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Responsibilities
- To provide advice and guidance, initially by telephone, to both professionals and families based on their personal support requirements.
- To signpost professionals and families to appropriate local services to ensure that relevant support is provided.
- To undertake service user assessments including assessments of need and assessments of risk to inform casework planning, in line with Service and national standards.
- To provide high quality services to children, young people and their families/carers.
- To work in partnership with service users, carers, other professionals and agencies both internally and externally.
- To develop improved multi-disciplinary working practices within the area of service.
- To raise awareness and promote access to community services provided by other organisations to meet assessed needs.
- To take personal responsibility for ensuring your knowledge is updated and forms part of your continuous professional development with the support of your supervisor including identifying training needs and developmental targets.
- To maintain compliance with Departmental and Corporate Standards and procedures for assessments, planning and reviewing of individual casework, ensuring that individual care plans remain relevant and within available resources.
- To attend a range of meetings, reviews and produce written reports where required to do so.
- To maintain accurate and up to date case records, both electronically and on case files in relation to each child, young person and family in line with Service policy.
- To positively represent the organisation and Directorate in all meetings, reviews, Court and other forums and produce written reports where required to do so.
- To actively participate in professional supervision and appraisal with your designated supervisor in line with Service policy.
- To take professional responsibility for your continuous professional development with the support of your supervisor including identifying training needs and development targets.
- To actively participate in team meetings including contributing to the development of the Annual Team Plan and overall performance improvement of the team/service.
- To provide any information/reports as required by you supervisor and/or their line manager(s).
- To be responsible for ensuring the use of available resources to meet identified needs in a flexible and efficient way.
If interested, please submit CV and call Varsha on (phone number removed) between 9am to 5pm (Mon to Fri) for more details
