Social Worker - Adults Learning Disabilities

Sanctuary Personnel; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Social Worker for an exciting locum position focusing on Adults Learning Disabilities in Cambridge. The role involves providing leadership in complex cases, conducting assessments, and ensuring the safeguarding of vulnerable adults. Ideal candidates will have a degree in social work, current registration, and significant experience in adults services.

Benefits

Effortless Registration

Free DBS and Compliance Service

Access to Exclusive Opportunities

Expert Guidance and Support

Rewarding Referral Program

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in social work required.
• Current Social Work England registration needed.
• Significant frontline experience in Adults Services required.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership for complex case arrangements.
• Identify and assess needs and strengths of service users.
• Lead on adult safeguarding issues.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Safeguarding

Education

Degree or equivalent in social work

Job description

Social Worker - Adults Learning Disabilities

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Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social Worker to join a well-established Adults service based in Cambridge.

Team/Specialism: Adults Learning Disabilities

Pay Rate: £37 per hour (assignment rate)

Contract: Locum, 3-Months

Hours: Full-time

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

* Effortless Registration : Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.

* Compliance Made Easy : Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.

* Exclusive Opportunities : Unlock access to prestigious roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.

* Expert Guidance and Support : Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.

* Rewarding Referral Program : Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a friend and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many friends you can refer.

* Professional Development : Working as a locum provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.

Main Duties:

* Provide professional leadership for complex case arrangements, in situations which involve, risk, complexity and safety of the service user and others.

* Identifying through assessment the needs and strengths of service users and/or family carers and source appropriate solutions and interventions.

* Use analytical skills to inform assessment, decision making and intervention.

* Complete support planning with services users to ensure that outcomes identified at assessment are met within budgetary constraints through the provision of support, equipment, adaptations and enabling programmes.

* Identify and take a professional lead on adult safeguarding issues where abuse or neglect is suspected.

* Take a professional lead and oversee cases of individuals who lack capacity to agree to or plan their care, undertake proportionate assessment in accordance with current Adult Social Care legislation including Mental Capacity Act and Best Interest assessments.

* To provide more specialist social work practice skills and knowledge to make independent decisions and support situations in which risk, ambiguity or complexity is greatest.

* To act as the lead professional to services users and their carers and families to enable them to retain, as far as possible, choice and control of their lives.

* To provide written and verbal reports, appropriate for courts and other legal purposes, which are concise, informative, and based on complex evidence to support problem solving and resolution.

* Support in safeguarding process to assess and manage risk, knowing how to intervene proportionately and ensuring people are protecting from harm, while protecting their human rights

* Assess and manage risk, knowing how to intervene proportionately and ensuring people are protected from harm, whilst protecting their human rights.

Requirements of the Social Worker:

* Degree or equivalent in social work

* Current Social Work England registration

* Significant frontline experience in Adults Services

Contact:

This Social Worker job is advertised by Rihana Chowdhury; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients' requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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