At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide essential support to adults in crisis and ensure their needs are met.
- Company: Join Leicestershire County Council, a leader in social care services.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working hours, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment focused on inclusivity and community impact.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your social work skills.
- Qualifications: Qualified social worker with a passion for helping others.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Our client Leicestershire County Council is looking for an Adults Social Worker to join their Duty Team. Ensure high quality outcome-based responses to all citizens eligible for social care services by:
- Providing appropriate responses or referrals within required timescales, organisational, policy and legislative requirements including the reimbursement legislation and eligibility guidelines.
- Providing prompt support to meet immediate risks and needs in crisis situations.
- Providing targeted, appropriate support to citizens' self-assessments of their needs.
- Working in partnership with colleagues in health and other partner agencies to contribute to multi-disciplinary assessments as required.
- Acting as care co-ordinator for citizens with complex needs, supporting high risk, complex assessments where there are specific concerns requiring a high level of specialist qualification and knowledge and/or where there are difficult life circumstances or serious trauma.
- Ensuring that responses are geared to citizens' ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic background, practicing in a manner and delivering services which are in all respects anti-discriminatory.
- Addressing concerns and complaints by making appropriate changes to existing practices.
- Identifying, investigating and managing potential safeguarding, mental capacity, continuing health care and other related issues.
We think you need these skills to ace Adults Social Worker - Duty Team in Leicester
Crisis Intervention
Assessment Skills
Care Coordination
Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration
Safeguarding Knowledge
Mental Capacity Assessment
Cultural Competence
