Best Interest Assessor

Our Client, Devon County Council, is seeking a Best Interest Assessor to join their team! Fantastic payrate of £250 per assessment! Are you a Children\’s Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity! Responsibilities of this role: To undertake the statutory responsibilities as set out in the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards legal framework.To safeguard adults and children and young people at risk.To take a strengths-based approach, which seeks to be inclusive, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive, and support others to adopt that approach.To gather information from service users, informal networks and other agencies to analyse, summarise and evaluate the information to provide a holistic assessment, which adheres to legislation and balances risk and protective factors.To maintain case records, keeping them up to date and to provide concise and accurate information about a service user’s circumstances. Make use of IT systems provided by the Service, complying with policy and procedures.To manage a workload of complex specialist assessments and organise work activities, taking into account the need to prioritise tasks and responsibilities, working to statutory timescales and meeting national and local performance expectations.To develop and maintai…