Social Work Assistant

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a full-time Social Work Assistant based in a Residential home in Pontypridd.

The salary for this permanent Social Work Assistant role is £28,463.

Main Duties:

• To provide high-quality, community-based, advice and support services for former miners and
• their dependents who may be experiencing health issues, disability, financial or emotional
• issues. Working in former mining communities, the service is delivered predominantly on an
• individual basis within client’s homes but may also include group work within community venues

Key Responsibilities:

• To carry out high-quality assessments of service users’/carers’ needs in accordance with
• CISWO policies and procedures
• To provide a range of interventions in response to the assessed needs of the client, including welfare benefits advice, advocacy, emotional support and practical advice
• To gather, analyse and record information in relation to service user assessment
• To liaise with a variety of agencies to establish a range of networks of help, to address need
• To utilise basic counselling skills and an appropriate professional supportive response to individual distress
• To have a good working knowledge of welfare benefits, and associated legislation, to assist in income maximisation work with individuals
• To ensure that referrals are actioned in accordance with CISWO policies and that priorities are effectively met for assessment and intervention
• To utilise the organisation database to accurately record work undertaken and to enable analysis
• To provide accurate written information and comprehensive reports, for internal and external communication in line with GDPR guidelines
• To promote a positive approach towards CISWO, to service users and other professional agencies/partner organisations in facilitating shared working initiatives
• To function in an efficient and flexible manner through effective team working, which involves offering support, co-operation and feedback to / from colleagues
• To attend and participate in internal meetings
• To take responsibility for learning and professional development, utilising the supervision policy, within a framework of changing organisational needs and requirements
• To participate in local and national training and development opportunities, in cooperation with colleagues
• To initiate and participate in changing work practices, as agreed, to ensure effective coordination of services and communications
• To undertake any other duties as are deemed appropriate and necessary to the post and delivery of the service

Skills:

• Experience of working in a Social Work/social care environment
• Experience of providing welfare benefits advice
• Experience of undertaking professional assessments, planning and providing interventions for service users
• Experience of working with older people and / or those with disabilities in a community setting
• Experience of working collaboratively with other agencies and professionals
• Excellent knowledge of social care legislation and welfare benefits
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Driving licence with own transport
• Good IT skills – experience of using databases and Microsoft packages
• Good organisational skills
• Good standard of education to GCSE – Minimum of Grade C in Maths and English
• Ability to prepare reports for both internal and external audiences
• Ability to empathise with service users
• Experience of Welfare Benefit Appeals
• Knowledge of issues facing former mining communities
• Experience of working in the charity sector
• Social Work Qualification

Contact:

This job is advertised by Maisy Price; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.