About the Role
Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Social Worker within the Home First & Urgent Response Team to work full time for based in West Berkshire.
The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £42,403 per annum.
Main duties:
To provide statutory support to adults with care and support needs and their carers/families, which includes information and advice, assessment, support planning and safeguarding.
Comply with legal frameworks for social care in line with personalisation principles, which aim to put individuals, families, and communities at the heart of care and wellbeing; and in doing so strengthen relationships between members of that community and build social capital.
Work in partnership and liaison with partners including primary, secondary, and tertiary health care, private providers, voluntary sector organisations and others to provide coordinated support for individuals and/or carers.
To undertake person-centred social work with individuals and to plan for the provision of support and/or services with them in order to assist then to meet their outcomes and to live as independently as possible.
To ensure accurate and timely recording of all information and activity onto the social care records database in accordance with work targets set by the Team Manager and Supervisor.
To support carers to continue in their role.
To have a well-developed understanding of assessment, support planning and the management of risks for individuals and to be able to apply Council policy and support people to manage risk appropriately.
To identify where adults may be at risk and to act in accordance with safeguarding policies and procedures.
To gather sufficient information about individuals in order to be able to accurately assess their needs against eligibility criteria. To ensure that local knowledge about universally available services is up to date including what is available within the voluntary and community sector, as well as the service area’s commissioned and contracted services and to signpost/advocate for people accordingly.
To ensure that Council corporate and service policies and procedures are followed at all times.
To fully engage and prepare for own supervision and appraisal through self-evaluation, ensuring that continual professional development is evidenced.
To provide advice, guidance and support to colleagues to ensure whole team achievements are met.