Social Worker

Work within the local social care and health systems, to support clients using their networks, to ensure support is appropriately coordinated and communication is effective between agencies. Use a strengths based approach to maximise strengths identified through assessment to enable people to meet desired outcomes and needs and maintain wellbeing.

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Carry out appropriate and proportionate assessments, which consider strengths and capabilities and what support might be available from the person’s wider network.

2. Work with individuals to develop care and support plans that ensure choice and control over support arrangements and which evidence that all interventions promote wellbeing, safety, independence and autonomy.

3. Provide a holistic approach to interventions, working with the whole person, their family or system, building relationships and networks, enabling individuals, their families and carers to achieve sustainable change and agreed outcomes.

4. Manage care and support to clients in partnership with their service provider and local health and social care network. Monitor, review and modify care and support plans with clients, and work with service providers to support clients in working towards their goals and outcomes to optimise their independence and wellbeing.

5. Work closely with service providers to conduct reviews, including annual statutory reviews, of clients’ care and support plans to ensure the level of service is appropriate to meet their assessed eligible needs and monitor to address any changing needs.

6. Manage crisis intervention to meet immediate requirements and reduce risk, using positive risk assessment policy and tools.

7. Support and, participate in, joint and integrated working with a range of teams including safeguarding teams , partner organisations and other parties to offer a broad range of options to clients and carers. Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings with partners where required.

8. Develop and maintain knowledge of available resources to support clients and their carers in the commissioning of ongoing services. Through a range of interventions, direct management and signposting, support clients to access the voluntary sector, information, advice and advocacy.

We are currently recruiting a Social Worker, who has experience as an Inquiry Officer to join Kent’s Safeguarding teams. Successful candidates will have knowledge of relevant legislation such as the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act.