ASW - Social worker Job London area,Greater London England UK,Social Work

Position: ASW - Social worker 2+ Years
Location: Greater London

About the job ASW - Social worker 2+ Years

Post title: Adult Social Care Social Worker

Service area: Adult Social Care

Expected grade: SO2 PO3

Reports to:
Senior Practitioner / Team manager

Your team: various

Number of supervises:
Potential line management of 1-2 staff

Job description

Post title: Adult Social Care Social Worker

Service area: Adult Social Care

Expected grade: SO2 PO3

Reports to:
Senior Practitioner / Team manager

Your team: various

Number of supervises:
Potential line management of 1-2 staff

Primary job function

As a Social Worker you will be carrying out the full spectrum of statutory responsibilities under the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and other related law and policy. You will be expected to carry out your role in a strengths based way, to a high quality, and always seeking to reflect on and continually improve your practice. You will be fully committed to working in partnership with residents, carers, community-based organisations and other key professionals involved in enabling people to be as independent as they possibly can.

You will have a comprehensive understanding of the impact a well-functioning resident-facing team will have on people in need of care and support and their carers, as well as the council and adult social care department as a whole, in contributing towards maximising people’s independence and managing the demand on council services. In your social work practice you will prioritise delaying and preventing need for social care intervention by having strengths-based conversations with people, taking a relationship-based and person-centred approach so that all informal sources of support are made best use of and people can continue living life in the way that they wish.

You will be a core member of a multi-disciplinary team of social workers, occupational therapists, case managers and support workers/advisers. The team is fast-paced and sits at the heart of the Council’s corporate customer centre to deliver positive outcomes for residents with adult social care needs. The post holder will be part of a wider Adult Social Care team; further detail of the teams can be found in the Target Operating Model.

Responsibilities

Leadership

To contribute to positive cultural change, embodying and promoting the values and behaviours of the council and supporting and empowering colleagues, service users and carers to reach their full potential.

Promote and model a collaborative and strengths-based way of working at all times with service users, carers, colleagues, providers and other colleagues.

Resources and Financial Management

Ensure that any commissioned packages are cost effective, innovative, using strength-based practice values and focused on recovery.

Ensure at all times that use of resources is linked to clear impact and measurable outcomes for service users, and that the need for support is kept under continual review and changed appropriately.

Comply with all resource and finance governance processes, cost controls and income maximisation in an ever changing environment, fluctuating demands and priorities.

Compliance

Identifying and assessing mental capacity during work with service users, undertaking Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest reports, making legal referrals and ensuring legal processes are followed in respect of Court of Protection.

To ensure all work undertaken with people, carers and others is recorded accurately and in a timely manner, using information technology systems to carry out duties in the most efficient and effective manner.

At all times to carry out responsibilities/duties within the framework of the Council's Dignity for all Policy (Equal Opportunities Policy).

Ensure legal, regulatory and policy compliance under GDPR, Health and Safety and in area of your specialism identifying opportunities and risks and escalating where appropriate.

Adhere to the standards of conduct, performance and ethics of Social Work England.

Service Delivery

Deliver strengths-based quality conversations, signposting and early intervention and prevention which enable our residents to lead healthy independent lives outside of formal adult social care wherever…


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