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Teqniq is searching for a Social Care Officer to work in the public sector.
36 hours per week.
3 months contract.
09:00-17:15
Job Description:
1. To provide high quality, responsive and safe assessment, support planning, brokerage and review services to meet the needs of adult customers and their family/carers to manage risks and prevent harm, and promote an ethos of positive partnerships, within specified allocated resources and in line with national and local standards and operational requirements.
2. To deliver high professional standards of social care practice including: quality and proportionate interventions; clear, sound and up to date recording, decision making and agreed performance management.
3. To deliver personalised services that promote the independence and choice of customers and carers, responds to needs promptly and effectively, and positively manages risk.
4. To facilitate customers and carers in the identification and purchasing of personalised services, seeking alternative, imaginative and flexible solutions where possible, including equipment related solutions within the community to meet their needs.
5. To be responsible for the commissioning of personalised services, seeking alternative, imaginative and flexible solutions where possible.
6. To provide a social care service, including assessment, support planning, brokerage and review activity, and discharge activity to an allocated caseload at an appropriate level of responsibility.
7. To facilitate customers and carers to undertake supported self assessments, support planning and reviews based on outcomes they define and using all appropriate resources and evaluation of potential risks.
8. To assist with safeguarding adult enquiries, assessing and analysing risk and contributing to the development of multi-agency safeguarding adult plans.
9. To comply with the roles and responsibilities within the Safeguarding/Risk Management framework and assist with the delivery of this to a high level of competence. This includes responsibilities in line with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the protection of service users’ financial resources and affairs where needed.
10. To lead and facilitate meetings for individual customers. Meeting to include other agencies as required, ensuring that people who use services and their family/carers are supported in making a full contribution to the meetings.
11. To ensure that reports for case conferences, panels and reviews are prepared and presented to a high standard, within allocated timescales and evidence the involvement of adults, families and carers.
12. To respond to safeguarding concerns, risk management boards, complaints and routine enquiries and provide detailed responses in accordance with relevant standards and time frames.
13. To ensure that people, including those who do not meet the Council’s eligibility criteria, have access to information, advice, and signposting to universal and preventative services which promote health and wellbeing.
14. To provide cover and participate in team duty arrangements on a rota basis in accordance with management instructions.
15. To develop and maintain strong relationships with specialists, support groups and networks to strengthen support available to customers and their families/carers and share knowledge where appropriate.
16. To be an ambassador for Newham’s vision for adult social care and the delivery of Newham Council’s diversity and equalities strategy in all aspects of their work.
17. To contribute to developing an organisational culture which is positive, forward looking, results orientated and continually improving, and focused on business priorities and meeting individuals’ needs.
18. To value and celebrate the diversity of the community and organisation through personal example, open commitment and clear action and promote equality of opportunity in service delivery.
19. To attend and contribute to supervision and appraisal sessions with the Team Manager, Practice Manager or equivalent level officer and ensure that they are informed of any circumstances requiring management oversight including issues around risk, mental capacity and safeguarding practices.
20. To complete all necessary administrative procedures and maintain high standards of record keeping, ensuring that information is timely, accurate and complete and complies with statutory recording requirements.
21. To keep up to date and comply with corporate and directorate policies and procedures.
22. To undertake mandatory and other relevant training as required.
23. To work with other Social Care Officers, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and other staff across Adults Services to share skills, experience and knowledge to support policy developments and improve quality standards within the service area and across professional boundaries.
24. To ensure that health and safety policies and procedures are followed at all times.
25. To carry out any other duties that are in line with the purpose and grade of the job.
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