
Social Worker - Adult Social Care West Team
- Newbury, Berkshire
- £41,418 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- To provide people with good quality advice and information relating to care and support.
- To receive and respond suitably to contacts from people who need support and their carers.
- To work with people to connect them to community resources, with people in crisis to stabilise their situation, to meet long-term care and support needs and review care and support arrangements.
- To ensure that service users are safeguarded by acting in line with the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act.
- To assist service users and carers to construct a Support Plan which meets their needs, outcomes and covers identified risks. In doing so, offering the widest possible flexibility and choice through comprehensive engagement with the family, the community, activities, voluntary organisations, and provider services.
- To develop relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to their role as a Social Worker.
- To provide social work expertise to other team members and undertake supervisory responsibilities as directed by the Team Leader.
- To record all records/reports, in whatever format, are completed thoroughly and accurately and communicated clearly.
- To promote equality as an integral part of the role and to treat everyone with fairness and dignity.
- To recognise health and safety is a responsibility of every employee, to take reasonable care of self and others and to comply with the WBC Health and Safety policy and any service-specific procedures/rules that apply to this role.
- To ensure that own practice is of the required standard by knowing and implementing relevant policies, procedures and guidance.
- To actively participate in supervision and appraisal, and relevant training.
- A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Relevant Social Work experience.
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