Social Worker - Adult Assessment or Safeguarding Team

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Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Adult Assessment or Safeguarding Team to work Full Time based in Haringey.

The salary for this Social Worker job is up to £51,574 per annum.

Main duties:

* To take responsibility for a suitable caseload and develop and develop experience and competency across the following duties with opportunity to progress from one grade to the next when/of progression requirements are met.
* Develop and maintain effective relationships with service users, families, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning that is person centred, and strengths based.
* Work effectively within legal, policy and financial frameworks, obligations, structures and culture particularly, the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act, Human Rights and Equalities legislation and accompanying guidance and codes of practice.
* Construct and implement care packages which are clearly linked to the needs of clients, working creatively with community and voluntary organisations to maximise independence, to minimise risks and improve outcomes and the quality of life for service users and their carers.
* Be responsible for the assessment and safe discharge of service users from hospital back into community settings, working within challenging timeframes and reducing risk of future re admission.
* Undertake a range of Care Act Assessments and Section 42 enquiries through the safeguarding process, in accordance with relevant statutory requirements, identifying risks, needs and options, including self-directed support options.
* Undertake Mental Capacity assessments for service users where it is deemed that they may lack the mental capacity to make a specific decision.
* Identify service users who are eligible for Continuing Health Care (CHC) or Section 117 funding and undertake checklists and work with other professionals to provide a multi-disciplinary assessment within this framework.
* Complete Human Rights Act assessments for those who have no recourse to public funds but may require support under the Care Act.
* Take responsibility for managing an individual caseload of clients, regularly monitor, review and evaluate changes in clients needs and ensure that all services contribute effectively to the support/care plan, and it remains an effective use of resources.
* Undertake ongoing and urgent case reviews as necessary.
* Intervene in emergency situations to protect vulnerable adults and children and initiate the appropriate statutory or other actions required.
* Participate in office duty on a rota basis, responding to new referrals, assessing urgency of requests and implementing actions to meet immediate needs.
* Maintain and update case notes and other records within required timescales, write reports provided written responses as required, if required, give evidence in court in relation to care or other proceedings.
* Develop and maintain up to date relevant knowledge and competency and personal effectiveness in relevant legislation, social work practice and changes in social work including strengths based working delivery models through development as agreed by the Team Manager.
* Work effectively as a member of a team and contribute through team meetings, forums and organisational events to the development of the service.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning 'Best Candidate Care' at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.