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Lead Social Worker

Sensible Staffing

Hyde

On-site

GBP 10,000 - 40,000

Full time

17 days ago

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Job summary

Ein etabliertes Unternehmen im sozialen Sektor sucht einen erfahrenen Sozialarbeiter, der alle Aktivitäten im Bereich der sozialen Arbeit leitet. Diese Rolle erfordert die Durchführung umfassender Bewertungen, das Management von Falllasten und die Zusammenarbeit mit verschiedenen Institutionen, um den Klienten die bestmögliche Unterstützung zu bieten. Sie werden die Verantwortung für die Einhaltung gesetzlicher Vorgaben übernehmen und als Hauptansprechpartner für Klienten und deren Angehörige fungieren. Wenn Sie leidenschaftlich daran interessiert sind, das Leben von Menschen zu verbessern und über fundierte Kenntnisse in der sozialen Arbeit verfügen, ist dies die perfekte Gelegenheit für Sie.

Qualifications

  • Erfahrung in der sozialen Arbeit mit einem Fokus auf Risikobewertung und Fallmanagement.
  • Kenntnisse über gesetzliche Vorschriften und Richtlinien im Bereich soziale Dienste.

Responsibilities

  • Leitung aller Aktivitäten der Sozialarbeiter und Sicherstellung der gesetzlichen Vorgaben.
  • Durchführung umfassender Bewertungen des Status und der Bedürfnisse der Klienten.

Skills

Soziale Arbeit
Risikobewertung
Kommunikation
Verhandlungsführung

Education

Bachelor in Sozialer Arbeit
Master in Sozialer Arbeit

Job description

Main Purpose

Over-sees and leads all Social Worker activity, Co-ordinates, negotiates and manages the mandatory processes and procedures to ensure the unit's compliance with current legislation and statutory regulation; taking appropriate action to preserve the psycho-social and socio-economic circumstance of assigned clients attending Priory units; needs assessments of clients and their families and identification of relevant resources pre and post discharge.

Key Accountabilities

  1. To conduct a comprehensive and objective evaluation of the client's current status, environment and functional abilities, including risk assessment of clients, staff and the wider community.
  2. Manages, monitors and reviews an assigned caseload ascertaining the socio-economic circumstances of clients, ensuring that the relevant people are made aware of the clients situation. Maintains accurate and timely records detailing each patient's rehabilitation / progress.
  3. To take the lead on POVA or Child Protection issues and take appropriate action with those statutory services. To apply working knowledge of statutory and company policies and procedures to set a strategy for protecting potentially vulnerable clients.
  4. Assists and supports colleagues and relatives in understanding and interpreting changes in legislation and statutory regulations.
  5. To collaborate and to act as main contact between relatives, agencies and other official organisations co-ordinating negotiations and communications regarding admissions, discharges and long-term needs.
  6. To co-ordinate health, rehabilitation, social service, medico-legal and voluntary agencies to ensure an individually tailored programme is provided for each client, to establish the necessary level of care and to liaise with external agencies to help obtain the funding and services necessary to meet ongoing needs.
  7. Responsible for the supervision and practice teaching of students and trainees assigned to the unit.
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