ASW – Social Work Officer PO1

Job Description

Job Title : ASW – Social Work Officer PO1
Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified
Category : Agency Workers
Location : 48 STATION ROAD, London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £19.95

1. Working within strengths-based model of practice and holding a non-complex caseload to support residents to improve their independence and wellbeing by working closely with partners and maximizing the use and benefit of community resources.
2. Undertake strengths-based assessments, reviews and support planning that enable residents to maximize their independence, improve quality of life and build their resilience.
3. Provide practical support to residents and carers, that helps support them such as accessing living aids: accessing the welfare benefit system in order to provide advice and information to service users.
4. Assist in arranging short term care and in providing clients and carers with respite to reduce carer breakdown
5. Work with adult clients, relatives, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to support planning.
6. Liaise with colleagues across the haringey health and social care partnership in order to gather information relevant to assessment and support planning activities.
7. Maintain and update reliable, timely and accurate case notes, systems and other records, write reports as required; support social worker to collect information and present to legal.
8. Undertake reviews of care packages
9. Contribute to effective Multi Disciplinary Team working by inputting through meetings and working with others to achieve best outcomes for those accessing services
10. Attend safeguarding strategy meetings were required.
11. Complete Continuing Health Care checklists and identify those that require full assessments

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Examples and evidence which demonstrate your genuine motivation for continuing to develop a career in Adult Social care.

Awareness and understanding of the part that Adult Social Care plays in maximising the independence of vulnerable Adults – demonstrably gained experience or exposure to social care in a voluntary, paid or personal basis
Evidence that you understand the regulatory framework of The Care Act 2014 and the statutory responsibilities of the Council.

Examples that demonstrate were you have been in a challenging situation and what approaches you have taken to manage the situation to resolve.

Evidence that you are able to develop positive and productive relationships with people, including the ability to empathise, motivate and inspire as well as fulfilling your part of any requirement.

Ability to be creative and positive in identifying solutions with residents that maximise and build upon their strengths.

Ability to develop positive and productive working relationships with colleagues to deliver successfully both as an individual and as part of a team.

The ability to produce coherent, well-constructed communication, emails, letters as well as assessments, reviews, support plans and reports.

Ability to plan and prioritise work to meet service designed and performance deadlines. To contribute to statutory departmental targets

Knowledge and awareness relating to the diverse demographic of Haringey communities. To address unconscious bias from different racial and cultural backgrounds