Major Duties and Responsibilities:
1. To use strengths-based approaches to assess, monitor and review the social care needs of service users and informal carers and find appropriate solutions and make appropriate referrals to external agencies within a preventative, enabling and rehabilitation framework and universal services in accordance with the Care Act eligibility criteria.
2. To hold an individual caseload of varying degrees of complexity excluding casework that requires the expertise of a qualified professional.
3. Take responsibility for managing casework with the supervision of a qualified senior practitioner within an outcome focussed approach and within the teams expected performance targets and outcomes, whilst promoting independence and assessing and managing risk.
4. To conduct Assistive Technology assessments and organise provision of suitable equipment.
5. To conduct risk assessments and undertake initial enquiries in response to vulnerable adults safeguarding concerns with support from senior staff, including responding to Merlin Reports.
6. To undertake Continuing Health Care Checklists contributing as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Support Team to the decision support tool.
7. Within the remit of caseload and with support as required, assess Mental Capacity and undertake the role of Best Interest decision maker when required in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act and have awareness of Depriv...