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Social Work Officer

Hatched Recruitment Group
Posted 9 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

London, Greater London N22 6BS

Salary

£23 per hour

Contract type

Part Time

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  • Hatched Recruitment is seeking a Social Work Officer in Haringey, offering a salary of £23 per hour.
  • The position is full-time, with a commitment of 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday, on a contract basis of 3 to 6 months with potential for extension.
  • Candidates should have demonstrable experience or exposure to social care, whether through voluntary, paid, or personal involvement.
  • The role involves working with a strengths-based model to support residents in improving their independence and wellbeing, requiring effective communication and relationship-building skills.
  • An enhanced DBS check is mandatory for this position.

Social Work Officer

Haringey

23/hr

Start date: ASAP

Full Time: Mon - Fri 36/hrs a week

Contract: 3 - 6 months with chance of extension

Hatched Recruitment is looking for a Social Work Officer 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 wellbeing 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

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

  • Examples and evidence which demonstrate your genuine motivation for continuing to develop a career in Adult Social care
  • Awareness and understanding of the part that Adult Social Care plays in maximising the independence of vulnerable Adults - demonstrably gained experience or exposure to social care in a voluntary, paid or personal basis
  • Evidence that you have researched the social care ethics and values and that you can explain what they are and demonstrate that you share these values and have behaved in ways that evidence this
  • Examples that demonstrate that you have an achievement focus and have achieved or delivered what has been required and expected of you
  • Ability to develop positive and productive relationships with people, including the ability to empathise, motivate and inspire as well as fulfilling your part of any requirement
  • Enhanced DBS check

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