Manage a complex caseload of disabled children and young people aged 0-25 to assess, plan, monitor and review the support/personal assistance needs of service users, working in a person-centred way to ensure that resources are utilised effectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of disabled children and young people.
Provide a consultative/supervisory service to a staff team operating within a multi-agency environment to provide professional expertise, skills and advice to enable a safe, effective and high quality service to disabled children and young people that meets agreed existing and new policies and practices.
The post holder should be working in line with the Social Care Capability Framework.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Manage a complex and diverse reduced caseload of children or young people and their families, undertaking assessments to determine the needs and capabilities of clients and carers, and drawing up plans of support, using agreed eligibility criteria and in accordance with statutory requirements, Directorate and Corporate Policy and National Legislation. Ensure resources are utilised effectively within a multi-agency environment and in accordance with service users' wishes, directorate budget limits and the requirements of strategic frameworks.
Provide a high quality resource of professional case management knowledge and expertise to Social Workers and Young People's workers in the team to include casework supervision and...