21 Oct
London Borough of Haringey
London Borough of Haringey
Job description
Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Location : 48 STATION ROAD, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : immediate Start
Start Time : 09 : 00
End Time : 17 : 00
Salary : £19.95
1. Working within strengths-based model of practice and holding a non-complex caseload to support residents to improve their independence and wellbeing by working closely with partners and maximizing the use and benefit of community resources.
2. Undertake strengths-based assessments, reviews and support planning that enable residents to maximize their independence, improve quality of life and build their resilience.
3. Provide practical support to residents and carers,
that helps support them such as accessing living aids : accessing the welfare benefit system in order to provide advice and information to service users.
4. Assist in arranging short term care and in providing clients and carers with respite to reduce carer breakdown
5. Work with adult clients, relatives, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to support planning.
6. Liaise with colleagues across the Haringey health and social care partnership in order to gather information relevant to assessment and support planning activities.
7. Maintain and update reliable, timely and accurate case notes, systems and other records, write reports as required; support social worker to collect information and present to legal.
8. Undertake reviews of care packages
9. Contribute to effective Multi Disciplinary Team working by inputting through meetings and working with others to achieve best outcomes for those accessing services
10.
Attend safeguarding strategy meetings were required.
11. Complete Continuing Health Care checklists and identify those that require full assessments
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Examples and evidence which demonstrate your genuine motivation for continuing to develop a career in Adult Social care
Awareness and understanding of the part that Adult Social Care plays in maximising the independence of vulnerable Adults demonstrably gained experience or exposure to social care in a voluntary, paid or personal basis
Evidence that you have researched the social care ethics and values and that you can explain what they are and demonstrate that you share these values and have behaved in ways that evidence this
Examples that demonstrate that you have an achievement focus and have achieved or delivered what has been required and expected of you
Ability to develop positive and productive relationships with people, including the ability to empathise, motivate and inspire as well as fulfilling your part of any requirement
Ability to be creative and positive in identifying solutions with residents that maximise and build upon their strengths
Ability to develop positive and productive working relationships with colleagues to deliver successfully both as an individual and as part of a team
The ability to produce coherent and business like written communication such as high quality assessments, reviews, support plans and reports.
Ability to plan and prioritise to meet deadlines and targets
Knowledge and awareness of issues relating to communities from different racial and cultural backgrounds and Equal Opportunities
▶️ ASW – Social Work Officer
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