Agency Social Worker

Max Emerald Ltd; Colchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Max Emerald Ltd in Colchester is seeking an experienced agency Social Worker to support vulnerable adults to live healthily and independently. You will assess needs, develop plans, and work within statutory frameworks while collaborating with partners and the voluntary sector.

Role requires degree-level Social Work registration, CPD, and ability to travel across a wider area in Essex. Newly qualified social workers will not be considered.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with current Social Work England registration.
• Evidence of CPD and ability to work within professional standards.
• Experience in social care with challenging family and community situations.
• Strong communication and rapport-building skills with diverse groups.

Responsibilities

• Assess complex social care needs and support vulnerable adults to live healthily and independently.
• Develop support plans and secure commitment to solutions for individual needs.
• Work within statutory frameworks and determine when intervention is required.
• Collaborate with partners, voluntary sector to gain community support.
• Conduct assessments and plan responses, including interventions as needed.
• Foster early intervention and prevention to increase independence.
• Influence planning and decision-making across multi-disciplinary partners.
• Support families and communities to age well in line with council aims.

Skills

Communication

Relationship building

Assessment & planning

Mobility

Education

Degree-level Social Work (Dip/BA/BSc)

Job description

We are looking for an experienced agency Social Worker with the ability to demonstrate excellent practice. Proven track record of working closely with the community is essential. We’ll give you the tools and resources you need to enable vulnerable adults to live healthily and independently.

Responsibilities

• Assess complex social care needs and provide support to vulnerable adults, which enable them to live healthily and independently.
• Develop support plans that gain commitment to solutions that drive the care required for each individual’s needs.
• Accountable for working within the statutory legal framework, policy and guidance and determining when the threshold for statutory intervention has been reached
• Work collaboratively building effective relationships with internal and external partnerships and stakeholders, and the voluntary sector to assist children and vulnerable people in gaining support for inclusivity from within the community.
• Accountable for conducting assessments and plan responses to vulnerable adults include intervention as required.
• Develop a client centric approach which enables early intervention and prevention and increases independence.
• Pro-actively influences in a range of planning, decision making and case discussions across a diverse range of multi-disciplinary partners.
• Work with families, communities and individuals to help people age well supporting the Council’s wider strategic aims.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level i.e. Diploma or degree in social work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent. Current registration with Social Work Englandas a registered social worker
• Evidence of continuing professional development and demonstrable capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards e.g. professional capability framework, knowledge and skills statement.
• Experience within a social care setting with evidence of challenging social and family situations.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to develop a rapport and engage with diverse groups of individuals.
• Experience of developing strong working relationships with partners, other agencies and the voluntary sector to deliver improved outcomes.
• Developing strong relationships with partners, other agencies and the local community to achieve joint objectives and offer a supportive framework for children and vulnerable adults.
• Understand the financial implications of care packages commissioned
• Evidence of clear decision making in order to highlight and limit the potential risks associated with intervention.
• The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential

Please kindly note thatnewly qualified social workers will not be considered for this role