Adult Social Worker needed for the Locality Team in Chelmsford, Essex – £36 ph (£266 per day)
Job Purpose:
- We require a proactive and experienced worker who has a proven record of working complex cases and supporting other staff members to join our Chelmsford Neighbourhood team.
- The team operate across Chelmsford, forming part of a Neighbourhood approach linking closely with our partners in health, housing and voluntary sector.
- The team work with Adults aged 18 and above across all specialisms, undertaking a wide range of duties under the Care Act 2014 from assessment, reviews, mental capacity assessments and adult safeguarding.
- Managing your own complex caseload, as well as supporting colleagues with theirs, you'll be a source of specialist advice and enable the mitigation of high levels of risk.
- You'll also bring your professional expertise to contribute to the development of practice standards and our four key principles of prevention, early intervention, enablement and safeguarding.
Your responsibilities will also include:
- Working collaboratively across the Council, with partners and statutory and voluntary agencies, to ensure a joined-up approach.
- Taking part in a range of case conferences, court attendance, meetings and statutory reviews, pro-actively taking the lead when a social care perspective is required.
- Developing a high level of expertise in particular areas of practice, and leading on those areas.
Working on a busy duty system Working with Tripod Partners offers you a number of benefits including:
- Your own dedicated specialist consultant
- Access to the widest variety of jobs across 150 authorities and private organisations throughout the UK
- Prompt and reliable payroll
- Free DBS and compliance service
- £500 referral fees
For more information, please contact Dylan at Tripod Partners on 07919 026892 or dnel@tripodpartners.co.uk