Qualified Social Worker - Long Term Adults

Qualified Social Worker - Long Term Adults
Location: South East
Pay rate:  £36 per hour
Are you a Qualified Social Worker looking for a new opportunity within the Long Term Adults Team? We are currently working with a local authority in the South East  who are looking for experienced Social Workers to join their Long Term Adults Team.
In this role you will  undertake longer-term (6 weeks or more), complex social work interventions, working with older adults and physically disabled people; including those with concurrent mental health and substance misuse needs. The team undertakes complex mental capacity work, including Court of Protection or Inherent Jurisdiction applications; Safeguarding enquiries and reviews, as well as assessments and unscheduled reviews under the Care Act 2014, and multi-disciplinary input to Continuing Health Care processes. You will report directly to the team manager, and supervise and manage a small team of 4 – 6 Social Workers, acting as a role model and expert practitioner, and building on the team’s already strong ethos of reflective practice, learning and development, and commitment to staff support. This local authority  is an ambitious, vibrant, culturally diverse and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude. This Council is successful, passionate and forward-thinking. They  value their people, celebrate diversity and seek to find effective and creative ways of supporting their communities. The Local Authority is  committed to their ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that Their residents and businesses are central to everything they do. Their residents and communities are their greatest asset and the passion they have for Sthe community  is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy  their outstanding cultural offer, use their hospitals and attend their universities.  Their refreshed borough plan and focus on Stands Together, (which is their work with communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that they do. they are committed to supporting and progressing thier staff, offering manageable caseloads and good quality reflective management support, and excellent learning and development opportunities.
Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care; you will be supporting in the delivery of person centred, safe and effective social care services. Using your professional knowledge and experience you’ll make assessments and decisions about the most appropriate interventions. Applying your significant Social Work experience and excellent communication skills you’ll establish and maintain relationships with service users and other agencies to ensure services meet identified needs.
You’ll be committed to ensure positive and sustainable results of your interventions. Using best practice, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly however, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to ensure that they thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.
Perfect candidate will be:

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
• Experienced in working with children and families including those from vulnerable groups.
• Creative, flexible and forward thinking in approach.
• Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection issues.
• Constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children.
• Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.
• Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans
• Committed to providing our service users with a high-quality service
• Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency basis
• 4 Years plus Qualified

In this role you will:

• Use skills, knowledge, and experience to make full assessment of risks protection and social care needs.
• Manage an agreed case load.
• Use specialist communication skills to achieve optimum outcomes for service users.
• Devise individual care plans, taking account of diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.
• Offer advice and support to unqualified staff and students to assist development.

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-
Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to, easy registration process, referral schemes and incentives, ongoing compliance managed for you, prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.
This role is ideally located for those travelling from Hammersmith, Chiswick, Wembley, City of London, Wimbledon, Fulham, Lambeth, London, Twickenham, High Wycombe, Slough, Maidenhead, Bracknell, Guildford, Croydon, Bromley, Dartford, Romford, Watford, Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Ilford, Chelmsford, Brixton, Barking, Southwark, Mitcham and Woolwich.