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Qualified Social Worker- Adults

Qualified Social Worker- Adults

Connect2Luton • Luton, ENG, GB
24 days ago
Job type
  • Temporary
Job description

Job Description

Role: Qualified Social Worker

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Team: Adult Social Care

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Grade: M1

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Temp

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Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Qualified Social Worker on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their public health and wellbeing department.

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About the Role

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The Adult Social Care Division exists to promote the independence, inclusion and well-being of all adults with social care needs. It aims to do this by enabling people to:

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  • Have control over their lives.
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  • Live safe, healthy, and fulfilled lives.
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  • Have an active role in a stronger and prosperous community.
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  • Access the support they need to be as independent as they choose.
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You will be expected to: 1) receive and co-ordinate complex referrals, undertake the resulting assessments including Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) and Best Interest Assessor (BIA) and carers assessments; 2) coach and mentor Social Care Assessors who are undertaking assessments, support planning and review tasks; 3) influence the direction of future services.

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You will be expected to provide leadership on risk and safeguarding matters and to promote personalised care pathways ensuring choice and control for all eligible individuals. You will be expected to work with others to influence and shape the local environment, to promote social inclusion and accessibility and ensure that identified needs are understood individually, by locality and fed into strategic commissioning.

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Skills and Experience

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  • Complete professional assessments of need and risk for highly complex and challenging cases in respect of service users and carers using Luton Borough Council eligibility criteria. This will include safeguarding cases and undertaking AMHP and BIA assessments. This involves:
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  • Undertaking statutory duties under the Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983 and Mental Capacity Act 2005, other legislation and guidance relating to service users and carers and maintaining professional registration
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  • Overseeing a duty role as necessary and prioritising level of intervention (including allocating initial assessments to social care staff)
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  • Keeping appropriate case records, statistics and information utilising Council computer case recording systems, and other IT systems where required.
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  • Providing reports for Court and other purposes, meeting the needs of internal/external agencies, and complying with Luton Borough Council Policies and Procedures
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  • Working with other professionals and partners to achieve effective joint working through initiatives that require a multi-agency approach, participating in and organising and chairing multi agency meetings
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  • Undertaking training and keeping up to date to with legislative changes and best practice
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  • Relevant Degree in related area, or management qualification
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About Us

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Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

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Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

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We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

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Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

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