Adults Social Worker - Locality (Gr H)
Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : Royal Borough of Kingston
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:45
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £22.95
● To be fully responsible for managing a caseload including people with complex needs, (including mental health).
● To be responsible for accepting referrals, undertaking screening, and carrying out assessment of needs for people.
● To apply eligibility criteria as identified in the Care Act and work in accordance with its requirements to ensure people’s well being.
● To assist vulnerable adults to be protected and safeguarded and ensure that they are effectively managing their own risks and capacity wherever possible.
● Ensure that a strengths based, person centred approach is central to your interventions
● To discharge statutory duties related to the care of adults and of their carers.
● To maintain the professional qualifications, memberships and registrations required to perform the role, including keeping updated CBD.
● To develop and maintain effective working relationships with all partners (both internal and external).
● To promote and participate in good team working practices and to demonstrate these whenever possible.
Qualifications and Experience: ● Educated to degree level with appropriate professional qualification relevant to the role and specialism (e.g.- CSS/CQSW or DipSw Dip COT or Degree in Occupational Therapy)● Registered with SWE
● Knowledge of the Care Act 2014,,the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and other relevant legislation.
● Demonstrable understanding of the principles and application of excellent adult social care
● Demonstrable experience of creating effective working relationships with internal and external customers
● Strong literacy, numeracy, interpersonal and IT skills.
● Relevant experience of working in a Social Care setting or other relevant agency Application ● Experience of a similar role in a Local Authority.
● General knowledge across all council services.
● To have attained a relevant Post Qualifying award. E.g. Practice Teaching, PQ Award; ASYE
● A minimum of 1 year’s experience as a qualified practitioner
● Experience of commissioning and coordinating delivery of services.
● Experience of using case based ICT systems.
Ability to: Meets the following criteria as set out in the One Council Leadership and Management Framework.
Understand the Business and Customer Needs
● Balance conflicting interests to find an effective solution
● Recognises financial pressures and the need to provide value for money and maximise return on investment
● Uses and shares best practice in service delivery from within and outside the organisation
● Responds proactively to organisational change
Lead:
● Support colleagues in achieving performance objectives
● Display a commitment to own and team’s personal development and learning
● Actively promote a culture that values equality and diversity
● Measure and monitor service delivery standards
● Continuously looks for ways to improve services and develop new ways of working
● Promote the corporate and service view.
Communicate effectively:
● Uses a range of communication styles to influence others
● Communicate at all levels, always sharing information with those who need to know
● Demonstrates an awareness of the impact of own communications on others
Build Relationships:
● Acts as team player, to promote a friendly climate, good morale and team cohesiveness.
● Mediates conflicts with internal and external customers effectively, or recognises the need to escalate appropriately, in order to facilitate a mutually beneficial resolution.
● Establish effective working relationships with a wide range of colleagues and partners at all levels
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Knowledge: ● ● Understanding of the different roles within the service.
● Understanding of the external and internal influences on the service and their impact on service delivery.● Proficiency in a social care case management system and in particular Liquidlogic IAS
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