Adults Community Social Worker

Salary: £32/ Hour
Job type:
Day to Day Cover

Location:

Redbridge

London Borough of Redbridge are looking to expand their current team with a dedicated Adults Community Social Worker. The role offers training, support, and an initial 3-6 month placement with potential extension based on performance.

Adults Community Social Worker responsibilities include:

• Undertake assessments, care and support planning, reviews of people and carers with a range of needs, working within a multi-disciplinary framework.
• Provide a person-centred, asset-based interventions to enable people to optimise and maximise their abilities, by utilising a strengths-based approach.
• Support people to maintain their independence, within their homes and by utilising support in the local community and their own personal networks.
• Ensure people receive the required health and social care support within the community, prevent hospital admission and pro-actively work with the principles of admission avoidance.
• Work collaboratively with health colleagues to ensure people are discharged from hospital within agreed time frames and with appropriate support mechanisms in place.
• Will undertake the legal and statutory duties of the post, as required by the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act, and any other appropriate legislation.

Experience preferred:

• Evidence a clear understanding of the principles and benefits of integrated working for self, service users and carers.
• Experience of working with vulnerable service users and carers to assess their needs and circumstances and support them to make informed decisions and choices.
• Experience of planning, carrying out, reviewing, and evaluating health or social care practice with service users and carers.
• A clear understanding of asset based and outcome focused assessments.
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of social care processes and responsibilities in line with the Care Act.
• Experience of work in relation to Mental Capacity Act and deprivation of liberty safeguards legislation.
• Experience of writing court reports and providing professional expert evidence.

Minimum Requirements:

• SWE Registration
• 1 year post qualifying experience within UK Social Care industry
• Enhanced DBS/CRB (we can obtain for you)
• Eligibility to work in the UK

Benefits of working with Ackerman Pierce:

• Your own personal consultant
• Access to a variety of Social Care jobs Nationwide
• DBS and Compliance Service
• Quick and Easy Registration Process
• Access to CPD
• Guaranteed weekly payment

To discuss this Adults Community Social Worker position, or any similar vacancies we have available in London Borough of Redbridge, please contact Sydnee Hannam
, or email your updated CV today.