Social Worker - ARCC

Social Worker - ARCC Oldham, England

Oldham Council
Full Time Oldham, England 34723 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

People Directorate

Adult Social Care

Based at the Front Door of Adult Social Care


Ref: G7/OL-76171

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £34,723 to £38,296 per annum (Grade 7)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Civic Centre, West Street, Oldham, OL1 1UL

Closing Date: Sunday 30th April 2023

Interview Dates: TBC.


Job Description & Person Specification.doc


Role Overview:

To provide appropriate triage, allocation, crisis management and professional oversight for the adult social care front door (ARCC) ensuring the most appropriate support is offered relating to adult social care referrals.


To have a responsibility for a short-term caseload, including undertaking assessments, developing care and support plans, and revising them as appropriate once they are implemented.


To improve life opportunities for people with adult social care needs, their careers and families using social work methods and models. To continue to develop professionally, and be accountable for the delivery of, and promote, social work good practice.


Key Responsibilities:

To prepare for social work contact and involvement, including reviewing case notes, liaising with others for additional information and evaluating information.


To undertake the assessment of support needs for Service Users, Carers and Families, where their circumstances may be difficult and unstable, and assist in screening referrals. To develop/ assist to develop Care & Support Plans for Service Users.


To produce, deliver, evaluate and update Care & Support Plans and packages, in order to resolve practical and emotional social care, health and well-being difficulties.


To be proactive with respect to Safeguarding issues and following relevant policies and procedures if abuse is suspected.


To respond to crisis situations, making assessments about urgency and using appropriate legal intervention


To prepare, attend and participate in meetings and decision-making forums, for example, Court appearances, Reviews, Panels, Case Conferences or team meetings. To chair meetings as appropriate.


To develop and maintain appropriate working relationships with partnership agencies, including health and voluntary sector agencies


Key Requirements:

To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:

  • A Social Work Degree or an equivalent recognised Social Work Qualification, e.g., DipSW
  • Registration with Social Work England
  • An appropriate Post Qualifying Award, approved by the Social Work England in an appropriate discipline
  • Experience of undertaking accurate and sensitive assessments of Service Users, Carers and Families to produce Care/ Support Plans
  • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary team to deliver social work services
  • Ability to negotiate with others both internal and external, e.g. health service or voluntary sector organisations, to secure appropriate services for Service Users, Carers and Families

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS


If you would like support with this application, an interview or interested in looking at any courses that could help with this position please get in touch with Get Oldham Working - Get Oldham Working registration form - Oldham Council


About Us:

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.


The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses. Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham


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Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy.

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Social Worker - ARCC
Oldham Council

www.Oldham.gov.uk
Oldham, United Kingdom
Harry Catherall
$5 to $25 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Government
National Services & Agencies
1930
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