What's involved with this role:
Interim Senior Social Worker - Hospital Discharge Neighbourhood Team
Reference no: Leeds 0009 9153 / 1
Pay Rate: £20.85 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: LEEDS
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
Hybrid working
A senior social worker to join the South 'Hospital Discharge Neighbourhood Team'.
Your role will be to:
Take a key role in supporting the team alongside the team manager including supporting less experienced staff with complex cases.
Support with allocations and attending partner meetings in the absence of the team manager.
Responsible for own case load which will be based both in hospital and outside of hospital. Such work will include supporting safe and timely discharges from hospital and reviewing care in temporary placements and in people's homes.
Key responsibilities:
Undertake a wide range of complex assessments including Community Care and Best Interest Assessments and construct innovative and cost-effective solutions
Carry out Safeguarding investigations within multi-agency procedures
Carry out risk assessments and identify needs and options
Using a person-centred approach, develop and maintain effective relationships with service users, their families and carers enabling them to make informed choices
Promote independence and early intervention, helping resolve conflict where needed
Contribute to the enhanced screening of new referrals and existing service users
Work in courts with appropriate support to obtain and implement court orders
Contribute to the development of practice and services
Carry out specific pieces of work on cases that are allocated to other teams
Undertake the Practice Educator Level 2 role
Participate in the Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) rota where qualified
Key requirements:
Appropriate social work professional qualification (BSc, BA, MA, DipSW, CQSW, or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience
Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Considerable experience working in a statutory setting
Planning, managing, prioritising and evaluating work with service users
Providing a high level of effective written and verbal communication
Overcoming resistance and exercising assertiveness where appropriate
Negotiating, challenging and managing conflict
Supporting service plans
Maintaining accurate service user records, assessments and following policy and procedure
Chairing multi agency meetings and representing the Authority in a professional capacity
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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Job Ref: Leeds 0009 9153 / 1
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