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Social Worker
- Posted 23 July 2025
- Salary 33.42
- LocationBromley BR1 United Kingdom
- Job type Contract
- Sector Social / NGO / Health & Care
- ReferenceRQ1571066
Job description
3 Month Contract with a local Authority
Job Purpose
- The role involves promoting and maintaining
independence for vulnerable adults while safeguarding them from abuse through
established protective procedures. It includes assessing the needs of
individuals and their carers in accordance with the Care Act (2014),
collaboratively developing personal budgets and support plans, and ensuring
that services and direct payments are regularly monitored, reviewed, and
evaluated to meet identified needs effectively.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensuring the ethos of wellbeing is adhered to
when working with vulnerable adults and their carers.
- Participate in the operation of duty and
respond accordingly to need, which will involve Safeguarding enquiries and Best
Interest Assessment (BIA) when required.
- Provide an assessment service to individuals,
their carers and other agencies in accordance with Care Act (2014)
criteria.
- Initiate and co-ordinate care and support plans
for and with individual service users and support plans for carers, in
conjunction with professional colleagues and representatives of voluntary and
private agencies.
- Supervise and support staff as agreed with Line
Manager and in line with Council procedures.
- Offer support and advice as appropriate to
service users and carers.
- Through the assessment and prioritisation of
need, commission appropriate services and authorise expenditure on services
within designated limits.
- Monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of
individual care and support plans.
- Review the needs of individual service users
and carers.
- Maintain client records in accordance with
Council policy.
- Respond to and where possible resolve
complaints within the Council’s complaints procedure.
- Respond to new and changed legislation in
respect of Adult Services and implement as directed.
Essential experience Required
- Relevant experience of working within community
care with vulnerable adults in the community and/or hospital settings.
- Working across a range of agencies and
understanding their role.
Essential Qualifications Required
- Social Work
Degree/CQSW/CSS/DipSW/OT/RGN/RNMH/RMN with community Experience.
- For qualified Social Workers, registration with
the Health and Care Professionals
- Council is mandatory from 1 December 2012.
- Those holding a social work qualification from
2012 onwards must provide evidence of
successfully completing an assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE) OR
if newly qualified undertake to an ‘assessed and supported year in employment’
as part of the council’s probationary process.
- Either be qualified to undertake best interest
decisions or be willing to undertake
Additional Information To Note
- This
Role is 36 Working Hours Per Week
- This
Role Requires An Enhanced DBS
This Role Closes On 31/07/2025