The primary purpose of the role is to: Contribute to the delivery of an effective Adult mental health MDT service as part of a social care service. Improving outcomes for People and Carers. Carry out high quality holistic assessments, using strengths based, person-centred, community focused, and multi-agency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships and to secure the best outcomes for people and carers. Understand the legal and statutory duties of the post as required by the Care Act. Have a good awareness and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, liberty protection safeguards, Mental Health Act and any other relevant legislation. Provide a person-centred service which focuses on asset-based interventions to enable people to optimise and maximise their abilities, by using a strengths-based approach. Pro-actively support and work collaboratively with health services to ensure people receive the required health and social care support within the community, supporting the facilitation of discharge from hospital within agreed timeframes with appropriate support mechanisms in place, preventing hospital admission. Support people to maintain their independence within their homes by utilising support in the local community and the person's personal networks. To be responsible for a small caseload of service users to establish supportive and empowering relationships with service users and carers. Support the appropriate allocation of resources required to maintain independence through the use of Personal Budgets and explore all options that are available to people. Contribute to maintaining quality standards, and ensure self-development is maintained. Manage, plan, prioritise and progress cases of an appropriate level of complexity, seeking support and suggesting resolutions for workload difficulties with due regard to service standards, targets and timescales. Promote effective communication within the team and with colleagues internal and external to the organisation. Assess and evaluate risk in partnership with service users, carers, and the wider MDT where required, putting in place appropriate interventions, strategies, and contingency plans to mitigate risk and protect vulnerable adults. Use knowledge and skills to support appropriate recovery-focused care plans, promoting choice and independence. Assess using professional judgment to determine level of need and urgency, as well as obtaining further information as required, determining appropriate intervention and proposed outcomes of intervention. Promote and deliver new ways of working and evidence-based practice within the service. Develop and implement reflective practice in all areas of work. Implement evidence-based practice in all areas of practice and recording. Promote and implement social care principles and practices within an integrated setting with health. Clear understanding of Mental Capacity and its impacts on practice. Support the team to meet performance requirements and outcomes and ensure data is recorded in line with organisational requirements. Ensure safeguarding issues are raised in line with Havering's policies and procedures. Ensure that vulnerable adults are adequately protected in line with Havering Safeguarding Adults policy and procedures and relevant legislation. Have a good understanding and working knowledge of risk; including identification and management of risk for the people they are working with and to self. The post holder will respond to the needs of the service by being positive, flexible, and empathetic to customers' and carers' needs, working in an integrated way supporting both social workers and occupational therapists to promote independence, choice, and control. Strengths-based practice will be the key driver to providing excellent person-centred care whilst applying the eligibility criteria and ensuring equity across the service. Support and be actively engaged with the induction of new staff. Act as a point of guidance and reference for appropriate persons within the team. Ensure that staff expenditure is properly authorised and recorded, in line with departmental procedures under the guidance of the social inclusion manager. To instigate, participate, and facilitate service development including social activity groups in the community in consultation with the social inclusion manager. The post holder may be required to perform duties not specifically identified in the job profile but which are in line with the general responsibilities of the post. To be responsible for monitoring changes, both positive and negative, within the lives of those who receive services from STR and peer workers and reporting to the care coordinator, team manager, and social inclusion manager.