Newly Qualified Adult Social Worker

Newly Qualified Adult Social Worker - (up to 2 years post qualification experience) - Assessment & Safeguarding

Haringey

30/hr

Start date: ASAP

Full Time: Mon - Fri 36/hrs a week

Hatched Recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for a Newly Qualified Social Worker to join the Adult Social Care team - Assessment and Safeguarding in the Haringey area.

Job Purpose:

1. Working within strengths-based model of practice and holding a non-complex caseload to support residents to improve their independence and well-being by working closely with partners and maximizing the use and benefit of community resources.

2. Undertake strengths-based assessments, reviews and support planning that enable residents to maximize their independence, improve quality of life and build their resilience.

3. Provide practical support to residents and carers, that helps support them such as accessing living aids: accessing the welfare benefit system in order to provide advice and information to service users.

4. Assist in arranging short term care and in providing clients and carers with respite to reduce carer breakdown

5. Work with adult clients, relatives, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to support planning.

6. Liaise with colleagues across the haringey health and social care partnership in order to gather information relevant to assessment and support planning activities.

7. Maintain and update reliable, timely and accurate case notes, systems and other records, write reports as required; support social worker to collect information and present to legal.

8. Undertake reviews of care packages

9. Contribute to effective Multi Disciplinary Team working by inputting through meetings and working with others to achieve best outcomes for those accessing services

10. Attend safeguarding strategy meetings were required.

11. Complete Continuing Health Care checklists and identify those that require full assessments