What's involved with this role: Interim Adults Social Worker for Triaging Referrals Reference no: Wakefield 0009 B725 / 1 Pay Rate: £20.85 per hour PAYE 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for up to 1-2 months City: CASTLEFORD Enhanced DBS disclosure required The team provides cover until 7pm and evening and 9am – 5pm on a weekend, so some out of hours work is expected. Flexible working and the opportunity to work from home on a regular basis. Your role would be to triage these referrals, providing urgent responses, offering advice and information and signposting. The role involves triaging requests for social care assessments and safeguarding referrals. As a Senior Social Worker, you would also have the chance to attend multi-agency meetings and be a lead in championing new initiatives and team developments. It is expected you will be a practicing Best Interest Assessor, AMHP, Practice Educator or ASYE Assessor. Most of the work is done over the phone, so you will need excellent communication skills. The work is very varied, with no two days the same, and suits someone who likes a fast pace of work and has excellent time management and prioritising skills. Key Responsibilities: Undertake comprehensive needs assessments. Plan, implement and review care plans within the framework of the Care Programme Approach. Provide social work interventions to individual service users and carers as identified within the care plan. Contribute to the effective assessment and management of risk and protection of others. To liaise with the Probation Service and make referrals to the relevant MAPPA when appropriate. Undertake care coordination and social supervision of service users living in the Wakefield locality. Contribute to the provision of specialist multidisciplinary treatment programmes. Work with local and regional mental health services to meet service users needs and facilitate effective transfer of care and discharge. Key requirements: DipSW or equivalent recognised by CCETSW. PQ1 ( or a willingness to undertake within 12 months) GSCC Registration. Comprehensive understanding of types of mental disorder and effects of mental health problems on individuals and their carers. Aware of responsibilities under the Care Act 2014 in relation to the principles of the Act, prevention, having strengths based conversations in order to determine eligibility and support planning with service users, families and advocates. Aware of the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 with experience of undertaking Capacity and Best Interest Assessments. 2 years post qualifying experience. Experience of working within a fast paced environment. Good risk assessment skills. A proven ability to manage a caseload effectively. 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. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. "XI ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.