Social Worker - Adult Assessment Team

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking a qualified social worker to lead Care Act assessments within the Prevention and Early Intervention Assessment team. You will manage a caseload and contribute to early access to appropriate services, while supporting unpaid carers.

You will join a team prioritising safeguarding and collaborative case discussions, with a duties rotation to screen referrals and ensure timely responses to needs.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker
• Enhanced DBS check
• Commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Responsibilities

• Hold and manage a caseload of Care Act assessments
• Assess people referred from reablement teams who have longer-term care and support needs
• Support unpaid carers through strengths-based conversations and planning
• Help individuals access the right support at the earliest opportunity
• Take a rotating turn on duty, screening referrals into the team
• Support team members through case discussions

Education

Qualified social worker

Job description

The Prevention and Early Intervention Assessment team at Cambridgeshire County Council carries out Care Act assessments for people whom reablement teams have found need longer-term care and support. The work also includes supporting unpaid carers through strengths-based planning and getting people the right help as early as possible. Often the first social worker a person meets, the post carries a caseload and a rotating duty role screening referrals into the team. Applicants need to be a qualified social worker and to pass an enhanced DBS check.

What the job involves

• Hold and manage a caseload of Care Act assessments
• Assess people referred from reablement teams who have longer-term care and support needs
• Support unpaid carers through strengths-based conversations and planning
• Help individuals access the right support at the earliest opportunity
• Take a rotating turn on duty, screening referrals into the team
• Support team members through case discussions

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check

Other

• Commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults