Adult Social Worker, Learning Disabilities, Harlow

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Adult Social Worker within the Learning Disabilities Team to work full time based in Harlow, Essex

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £42,053 per annum

Main duties:

• Using the skills and knowledge gained through obtaining a professional Social Work qualification, to carry out the most complex and challenging asset-based assessments/reviews.
• To carry out background research on referrals, much of which will be distressing and/or emotionally/mentally demanding.
• To work as a role model showing qualified and unqualified team members how to mange creatively within budgetary restraints to achieve excellent values for money for customers, carers and the service.
• To share examples of excellent practice with colleagues across the Area/further afield (and seek out examples of excellent practice from elsewhere).
• To give good financial and benefit advice in complex and conflicting situations, including Adult safeguarding situations, Approved Mental Health situations and/or Best Interest cases.
• Where necessary, to advise on Daily Living Equipment and adaptations, championing use of Assistive Technology.
• To appropriately identify eligibility in line with current legislation and policy.
• To advise customers and carers concerning their rights, the options available to them and how they can be better supported in a wide variety of the most difficult and challenging circumstances.
• To implement and review Short Term Enablement Plans, identify Personal budgets and implement and review Support Plans with customers.
• To work as a Practice/Policy Champion within the team, advising team members and contributing to their development.
• To act as a mentor to qualified and unqualified staff, identifying with them area for development/further induction.
• To liaise with colleagues in both purchasing and provider services, within a variety of internal and external agencies.

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 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.