Early Intervention & Prevention Social Worker

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Temporary Early Intervention & Prevention Social Worker
Reference no: Stockton on Tees 1000400614919152
Pay Rate: £154.99 per day PAYE
37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 2 months
City: STOCKTON ON TEES
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
Provide a Social Work service to residents who are ordinary residents of Stockton. This will include those with needs identified and their Carers.
Key Responsibilities
Provide a Social Work service to adults over the age of 18 years via the Early Intervention & Prevention Social Work Team.
Undertake comprehensive assessments of need in conjunction with appropriate staff from other teams and/or agencies in accordance with agreed policies, procedures and guidelines.
Undertake and participate in risk assessments and risk management plans and refer to statutory agencies as appropriate, for example: Child Protection, Public Protection and Vulnerable Adults.
Promote a personalised approach to support building on the persons wishes and desires.
Devise support plans to meet the assessed needs utilising the resources in the local community and the resources available to the individual.
Commission an appropriate package of care based upon the overall assessment need with agreed policies and budgetary provision.
Identify and feed back to the Team Manager any service provision developments.
Ensure re-assessment of need is undertaken within agreed time scales and to determine appropriate continuing support and/or withdrawal of service, as necessary.
When appropriate, to undertake carer’s assessments and to assist the carer in completing a support plan to meet their needs.
Implement, monitor and review the care and support plan.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles
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Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Qualifications:
A recognised Social Work Qualification e.g. CQSW, CSS, DipSW
Valid registration with Social Work England
Driving Licence
Knowledge:
Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act
Working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act
Working knowledge of the Care Act
Understanding of Departmental Policies and Procedures, including the Equal Opportunity Policy
Understand lines of accountability
Experience:
Evidence of practical experience with complex service users
Skills & Abilities:
Effective interpersonal skills (written and verbal)
Report writing skills and experience
Effective organisational skills
Able to work as a member of a team
Able to liaise effectively with external agencies
Able to respond to regular supervision and support
Be able to work in a person-centred way ensuring that the person’s wishes and views are taken into consideration
Able to acquire and implement relevant knowledge
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Job Ref: Stockton on Tees 1000400614919152
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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