Social Worker – Preparing for Adulthood Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Social Worker within the Preparing for Adulthood Team to work full time based in Bexley.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £43,155 per annum.

Main duties:

• To assess the needs of older people and people with physical and learning disabilities or mental health problems, and their carers.
• To devise re-enablement programmes, with service users and their carers, which will maximise their ability to function independently.
• To devise innovative packages of care in consultation with service users, and carers which respond to individual needs and are managed within available council budget and resources, including the use of Individual Budgets. To implement services of an emergency, preventative and developmental nature.
• To carry out statutory duties, this will include the safeguarding of adults policy and procedures.
• To participate in the Social Work emergency duty rota.
• To ensure effective and efficient use of time and resources.
• To accept and contribute to supervision and guidance within the procedures and policies of the department.
• To provide reports and necessary documentation.
• To identify shortfalls in resources in meeting service user/community needs.
• To follow departmental procedures and guidelines in all aspects of work.
• To utilise professional skills and expertise in order to work in a person centred manner with users and carers.
• To maintain and develop community and preventative support through direct work and liaison with other agencies both statutory and voluntary.
• To make a positive contribution to service development within the Team.
• To participate in and contribute to team functioning, goals and objectives.
• To maintain high professional standards.
• To carry out any other duties 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, Global Healthcare Jobs 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.

Global Healthcare Jobs 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, Global Healthcare Jobs 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.