Social Worker - Learning Disabilities Team

Location Cambridgeshire
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £28.00 per hour
Reference HQ00100214_1575290635

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Worker to work full-time within a Learning Disabilities CHC Project. This role is based in Cambridgeshire but the specific working location is flexible (in Cambridgeshire).

The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in adults' services and be registered with the Social Work England.

The pay rate for this locum Social Worker job is £28 per hour (LTD Company Equivalent) and is an initial 6-month contract.


Duties of the Social Worker:

  • To review and assess care packages that fall within the scope of CHC guidance to ensure that Adults with learning disabilities continue to have access to a CHC service which offers an appropriate level of care

  • To ensure residents of Cambridgeshire (predominantly people with learning disabilities) continue to have access to a seamless Continuing Health Care service which offers the appropriate level of care at the optimum cost to the public

  • Ensure the approximately 700 care packages have been correctly assessed and finance apportioned as per care package

Requirements of the Social Worker:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work

  • Current Social Work England registration

  • Significant senior level frontline experience within adults' servicesÂ

  • Essential Qualifications/ Skills

  • Excellent case management skills

  • Knowledge of the CHC process

  • Experience within learning disabilities, older people or hospital discharge

  • Professional Social Work qualification

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Sam Jewell; if you are interested in this position 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.