Qualified Social Worker

Seven Social Care is looking for a qualified Social Worker for a vacancy within Reading’s Adult Safeguarding service.

The role:

• To manage a caseload of service users who require an assessment of need and support to maintain their health, wellbeing and independence working with strength based/outcome focused principles, meeting the needs of a diverse community.
• To help residents build resilience and achieve outcomes that are important to the person by ensuring that they receive accurate information and advice and signposting to local preventative services.
• To undertake assessments, in a timely way, of individuals with care and support needs in line with Care Act 2014; Mental Capacity Act 2005; Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 and Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended 2007) duties.
• To apply your knowledge of a range of Social Work theories and practice to deliver a strength-based assessments, intervention and services to residents.
• To stay alert to, and investigate harm, neglect and abuse and, where risk has been identified agree plans to address it in accordance with safeguarding best practice.
• To provide supervision or line management to social care coordinators, student social workers and newly qualified social workers as designated and as experience allows
• To work within the framework provided by statute, guidance, policies and procedures.

Applicant Requirements:

• Qualifications: Degree in Social Work + SWE Registration
• Experience: 3+ years recent working as a Social Worker in adult services (in the UK)
• Compliance: RTW in the UK with no restrictions
• Travel: Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.
• Hours: 37 hours p/w.

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