Social Worker – Adults
| Posting date: | 13 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28.11 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | BOURNEMOUTH, Dorset, BH11 8SH |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Bournemouth 5247473 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim Social Worker – Adults
Reference no: Bournemouth 5247473
Pay rate: £28.11 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 2-3 months
City: BOURNEMOUTH, Dorset
Hybrid working
Enhanced DBS required for this role
An Adults Social Worker is required to work as part of a team of Social Workers, Social Care Practitioners, and other professionals, delivering high quality relationship and strengths-based interventions to people and families. To manage a workload of people within statutory, legal and policy frameworks, professional standards (Social Work England) and practice standards. To work in partnership with people, families, and colleagues across the system to contribute to the delivery and development of the high-quality services provided by Adult Social Care. Applicants need to be local or willing to travel and work part or all the time from the Boscombe office and can be linked with the carers team and East Community Team for support.
Key responsibilities:
Discharge the relevant statutory duties and Council service objectives which relate to adult social care under the supervision, guidance, and direction of the relevant manager.
Manage a workload appropriate to the primary function of the team, acting as the allocated practitioner or ‘lead professional’, where appropriate.
Undertake appropriate strengths-based assessments, and participate in multi-agency, multi-disciplinary working, whilst taking a person-centred approach.
Ensure that people are at the centre of assessments and support plans and that all people and families are fully enabled to participate in planning and decision making concerning their own lives.
Ensure that any complaints are managed in line with policy and procedure and that people and families have access to and are enabled to use available advocacy services.
Participate in and contribute to the continuous improvement and development of Adult Social Care Services, including providing mentoring, oversight and support to other professionals.
Make, under the guidance of an appropriate manager, clear evidence based professional and financial decisions in accordance with policies and procedures.
Ensure that work undertaken meets expectations as outlined in quality assurance and performance management systems and practice standards.
Co-design and implement individual support plans, with the person, their family and /or support systems. Undertake direct work with individual people and their families as part of an agreed plan, and within this promoting their health and wellbeing.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
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.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
Driving licence.
Qualified Social Worker (see list of accepted qualifications below) and registered with Social Work England (or awaiting registration): Diploma in Social Work (DipSW); BSc / BA Social Work (BSc/BASW); Masters in Social Work (MSW); Social Work Degree Apprenticeship (SWDA); Equivalent Oversees Qualification.
Experience:
Experienced in completing written assessments and plans and making evidence based and outcome focussed decisions using proactive risk management within set procedures.
Proven experience of delivering programmes and direct interventions which contribute improved outcomes for carers and the people they support.
Experience of appropriate sharing of information and sound understanding of GDPR/confidentiality.
Experience and understanding of adult safeguarding.
Experience of completing written assessments and plans.
Experience using mosaic.
Knowledge:
Working knowledge of relevant legislation & statutory guidance (Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children Act, Equality Act, human rights & data protection).
Skills & Abilities:
A flexible and inclusive approach to case work, understanding different customer needs.
Effective communication skills.
Inclusive person-centred approach.
Ability to work as part of a team/multi agency partnership.
Able to reflect, analyse and deal with complex issues including risk management.
Ability to both support and challenge adults, families and carers as appropriate.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
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.
Full Driving licence, access to a vehicle or access to means of mobility support.
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Job Ref: Bournemouth 5247473
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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