Social Worker - Adult Social Care

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Adult Community Learning Disability & Autism Team to work full time based in Luton.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £39,186 per annum.

Main duties:

• Complete professional assessments of need and risk for highly complex and challenging cases in respect of service users and carers using Luton Borough Council eligibility criteria. This will include safeguarding cases and undertaking AMHP and BIA assessments.
• Undertaking statutory duties under the Care Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act, other legislation and guidance relating to service users and carers and maintaining professional registration.
• Providing reports for Court and other purposes, meeting the needs of internal/external agencies and complying with Luton Borough Council Policies and Procedures.
• Working with other professionals and partners to achieve effective joint working through initiatives that require a multi-agency approach, participating in and organising and chairing multi agency meeting.
• Coach and mentor and provide support on case work issues to a group of up to 4 unqualified staff/Social Care Assessors. Providing leadership, support and challenge to enable them to undertake assessments, including risk assessments, complete RAS paperwork and support service users and carers with support planning review tasks.
• Ensuring that service users and carers are involved in timely assessment and support planning and review processes.
• Ensuring needs are met through negotiation with service users and their carers and consultation with professional colleagues, meet assessed needs, address risks, promote independence, and choice, respect service users dignity and rights and meet their cultural needs.
• Ensuring there is engagement with other professionals and partners to achieve effective joint working through initiatives that require a multi-agency approach.
• Ensuring the provision of an effective service to local people by maintaining high standards of professional practice and implementing quality assurance systems.
• Undertake research or development work on specific issues or problems as required by your manager and inform colleagues of the likely benefit and cost of different options.
• Contribute to the development of Directorate projects or strategic plans and or borough wide and neighbourhood projects as required.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Social Worker job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.