Social Worker – Adult Safeguarding & Assessment

Our client in London Borough of Haringey is looking for an experienced and motivated Adult Social Worker to join its West Locality Front Door Team within Adult Social Care.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Social Worker with a minimum of two years' post-qualification experience to make a positive difference in the lives of adults within the local community.

Working within a strengths-based approach, you will support residents to maintain and improve their independence, wellbeing and quality of life. You will manage a varied caseload, undertake assessments and reviews, coordinate support plans and work collaboratively with individuals, families, carers and multi-disciplinary professionals.

The successful candidate will play a key role in promoting independence, reducing risks, safeguarding vulnerable adults and ensuring residents receive appropriate, person-centred support.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will:

• Manage a caseload using a strengths-based approach to promote residents' independence, wellbeing and resilience.

• Undertake comprehensive strengths-based assessments, reviews and support planning.

• Provide advice, guidance and practical support to residents and carers, including access to assistive technology, aids and adaptations, benefits advice and community resources.

• Assess and coordinate short-term care packages and respite support to help prevent carer breakdown.

• Work collaboratively with residents, families, relatives and carers to ensure their needs and preferences are reflected in support plans.

• Liaise with multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs), Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), housing services and social care partners.

• Maintain accurate and timely electronic case records and prepare documentation for panel applications.

• Ensure residents' voices are heard throughout assessments, reviews and multi-disciplinary meetings.

• Participate in safeguarding decisions, applying the Making Safeguarding Personal approach and contributing to risk assessments and protection plans.

• Apply the National Framework for Continuing Healthcare (CHC) to ensure individuals are directed towards appropriate service pathways.

• Undertake statutory visits, special projects and group work as required.

• Work in accordance with council policies, departmental procedures, equal opportunities and professional standards.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification.

• Current registration with Social Work England.

• Minimum of 2 years' post-qualification experience as a qualified Social Worker.

• Experience working within Adult Social Care.

• Strong knowledge of strengths-based assessments and person-centred support planning.

• Experience undertaking safeguarding assessments, risk assessments and developing protection plans.

• Experience managing a varied caseload involving adults with complex care and support needs.

• Knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and relevant adult safeguarding legislation.

• Experience working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams and external agencies.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to maintain accurate case records and prepare professional reports.

Interested? Apply now or get in touch with us to learn more about this opportunity.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service

• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly

• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies

• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal

• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge

• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK

• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*

• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

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 by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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