Senior Social Work Assistant

Posting date28 October 2024

Closing date27/11/2024 11:53:05

Salary£26,530.00 to £29,114.00 per year, £26530.00 - £29114.00 a year

LocationLincoln, LN2 5UA

CompanyNHS Jobs

Job typePermanent

HoursFull Time

Reference15487270

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To liaise with the Registered Social Care Professionals and carry out assigned duties delivering a variety of mental health and social care interventions to service users suffering from mental ill health. Provide direct social care support including short term social work intervention, rapid reablement and longer-term social care intervention under the direction of a qualified social worker, where applicable for joint-worked cases. Provide direct physical, social and psychological care to service users under supervision in accordance with individualised support plans, reporting about the service users condition to qualified staff and enabling service users to achieve defined outcomes set out in their support plans. Exchange factual information with service users, who may have barriers to understanding using reassurance, tact and empathy. Contribute to the assessment and analysis of clinical and non-clinical situations, making routine judgments to resolve straight forward problems. To be prepared to work on own initiative as necessary and report to social care professionals. Promote equality for all service users and understand their social care needs. Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of social care. Comply with and carry out safe practice in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and Social Work England codes of conduct. Liaise with, and develop effective partnership working with, people and organisations within the Trust and Local Authority, as well as other statutory and voluntary agencies. For full details please see the attached job description and person specification.

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