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JOB PROFILE
Department: / Adult Care
Section:
Job Family: / Social Care & Inclusion / Job grade:
9-11
Purpose of this role:
· To provide a social work service that supports individuals and communities to achieve their potential.
· To work in partnership with individuals to identify needs and to develop plans and responses which meet those needs.
· To act on behalf of vulnerable individuals to safeguard their health and wellbeing.
· Effectively manage a designated caseload to achieve the best outcomes for individuals, groups and communities.
· Provide leadership and expertise to empower individuals, groups and communities to achieve identified change.
· Build and sustain relationships with individuals and communities.
· Represent the needs of vulnerable people.
Key relationships:
Individuals
Carers/Families
External partners/agencies
Employees
Local people & community groups
Line managed by:
Service Manager
Supervises and supports:
Newly Qualified Social Workers and other learners/employees as required.
Key result areas include:
v Work with individuals, their carers and their advocates, where appropriate, in the assessment of individuals needs and the provision of appropriate services/resources.
v Work with individuals to identify the aims and objectives of proposed interventions.
v Produce care plans with individuals and ensure their effective implementation.
v Provide social work with homeless and potentially homeless persons/families.
v Act as a Duty Officer.
v Assist in the inductions of newly qualified social work employees.
v Provide consultation to other social worker staff on a particular specialism.
v Supervise and assess social worker students or trainees.
v Record all work undertaken and prepare reports/assessments.
v Accept responsibility, with the line manager, for reviewing work on caseloads at regular intervals. This would include closure and transfer of cases.
v Ensure that the quality of service provided to and on behalf of individuals meets agreed quality standards.
v Maintain effective contacts with all providers of care and other people responsible for relevant community resources.
v Initiating, where necessary, multi-disciplinary meetings for the co-ordination of complex care arrangements including safeguarding.
v Undertake financial assessment role, where required.
v Seek to ensure income maximisation for people.
v Understand and comply with all County Council policies and relevant legislation in the performance of the duties of the post.
General Responsibilities:
Equality and Diversity
Actively support the Council’s Equality and Diversity policy.
Health and Safety
Ensure own compliance with the Council’s Health & Safety policy/procedures and that of any resources you have responsibility for.
Risk Management
Identify opportunities and risks associated with the service and escalate/report to management.
Information Security
Comply with the Council’s policies on information security including the ICT Security Policy, Internet and Email Policy and Safe Haven Guidance.
Updated July 2017
PERSON PROFILE
Job Title: / Social Worker / DCC/17/7834Job Family: / Social Care & Inclusion / Job Grade:
Grade 9 -11
Department: / Adult Care
Essential / Desirable / Evidence
Experience / v Assessment of need
v Working with people in an variety of settings within social care
v Multi-disciplinary work
v Work with people experiencing emotional, personal or practical problems / v Working with groups & communities / All experience will be evidenced by Application Form & Interview
Skills and knowledge / v Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals, groups/agencies
v Excellent interpersonal skills
v Organisational – ability to take responsibility for planning and managing an individual workload
v Comprehensive assessment skills
v Person Centred care planning
v Ability to work on own initiative
v Ability to work with other organisations and local people/community groups
v Information technology
v Relevant service issues related to specific service user groups
v Welfare Benefits
v Relevant legislation
v Range of resources available
v Understanding of the principles of treating others with dignity and respect / v Supervision
v Practice assessing
v Ability to identify and manage risk
v Group work
v Counselling, liaison, negotiating skills / All skills and knowledge will be evidenced by Application form and Interview
Personal Effectiveness / v Ability to reflect on own practice and development
v Ability to travel, as required, between Departmental service outlets throughout the County.
v Ability to work flexibly across teams or functions
v Ability to speak fluent English in order to be able to communicate fully in the role with clients/the public / All personal effectiveness will be evidenced by Application form and Interview
Qualifications / v BA Honours in Social Work or equivalent
v Current HCPC registration
Otherwise as agreed in meeting registration Continuing Professional Development requirement (post appointment)
NB To be read in conjunction with Social Work Career Progression Framework Document.
/ Application form and certification at interview
Updated March 17
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