Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for 2x experienced and dedicated Social Workers to work full-time in Lewisham in a Community Gateway Team. The ideal candidates will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Adults' Services and be registered with Social Work England.
The pay rates for these locum Social Worker jobs are £30 per hour (Assignment rate) and are initial 3 month contracts.
Duties:
- The main purpose of this job is to work as a care management social worker to assess the needs of vulnerable adults and their carers, and to support them to arrange services to meet the needs and outcomes identified.
- The promotion prevention, independence and self-directed support, choice and control will be central to this post.
- Risk management and safeguarding will also be key parts of this role (including children's safeguarding where relevant), together with case management support for those adult requiring frequent specialist intervention to meet their needs.
- To ensure that service users and carers are involved in individualised and creative support planning, encouraging choice and control through the use of personal budgets, including Direct Payments as the default position.
- Work with Community Development Staff to help people access community based services.
- Ensure that risk management and adult safeguarding procedures are adhered to in social work practice.
- Be aware of any potential children's safeguarding concerns and liaise as appropriate with Children's Social Care Services taking into account children's safeguarding procedures.
- Carry out any assessments and service users reviews to a high standard in a timely manner in accordance with procedures reflecting the needs and outcomes of the service user and carer.
- Work with advocates and carers where the service user does not have mental capacity to achieve outcomes in his/her best interests.
- Ensure the principles of the Mental Capacity Act are applied where appropriate.
- Ensure that all relevant case work recording is made on appropriate electronic systems in an accurate and timely manner.
- To be responsible for update Service User and Carer information and identifying and rectifying missing or incorrect information.
- Manage own work and use both professional supervision, and the Council's Performance Evaluation Scheme, as opportunities to seek advice and reflect on and develop practice.
- Attend team meetings and foster a positive team working environment.
- Take responsibility for own and other people's safety, by ensuring that team members and other staff are not knowingly exposed to the risk of violence.
- Alert line management to any situation of high risk which may attract negative public attention to the department.
Requirements of the Social Workers:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant senior level frontline experience within Adults' Services
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These Social Worker jobs are advertised by Ashley McSheen; if you are interested in these positions please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
