Learning Disabilities Social Worker – Adults

🔎 About the Role:

An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified Social Worker to join the Learning Disability Team.

Our Joint Learning Disability Team is a well-established, integrated and experienced team which is co-located within an integrated building providing the full range of adult social work and primary health services.

The Joint Learning Disability team provides a full range of health and social care services to adults with learning disabilities, providing a responsive, flexible and outcome focussed response to the citizens. Transitions based work and the promotion of personalised services to adults with learning disabilities and their families are central to our approach alongside assessment and care management responsibilities across social work services in line with statutory responsibilities and national outcomes.

 

đź’ĽKey Responsibilities:

  • Statutory Responsibilities and Accountability Outcomes
    • Ensure that interventions are compliant with statutory legislative requirements and standards
    • Operate within and adhere to national and local policy framework
    • Ensure ongoing registration with the relevant professional body
    • Ensure skills, knowledge and understanding of the social work role adheres to future legislative and policy changes
    • Ensure that professional practice is current, relevant and complies with the requirement of CPD
    • Meet all relevant internal and external targets

     

    Accountability for the Protection/Welfare and Safety of Individuals

    • Deliver effective and safe social work practices that contribute the achievement of better outcomes
    • Ensure there is effective communication across all relevant agencies to ensure better protection of vulnerable people
    • Work closely with all relevant agencies to ensure information is shared appropriately to enhance public safety
    • Be involved in the assessment and management of risk and ensure effective care planning and interventions to minimise risk ensuring the highest level of public protection and community safety
    • Contribute to the protection of children , families and adults by adhering to and applying the robust systems and procedures in place and thereby contributing to better outcomes for children, adults and families
    • Recognise and respond to the need for early interventions that benefit individuals in need of care and protection

     

    Accountability for Community Engagement

    • Establish and maintain excellent working relationship with relevant community groups and individuals
    • Promote a culture of social inclusion and empowerment for individuals and communities
    • Promote the role of the social work service within communities
    • Take account of the views of vulnerable individuals and groups
    • Promote and establish high levels of customer care

     

    Customer Service Delivery

    • Communicate with key stakeholders in identifying and taking action to meet the needs of different customer groups.
    • Consult regularly and seek feedback to improve overall service delivery to stakeholders.
    • Manage customer expectations by responding and prioritising customer requests, taking account of other work demands.
    • Support a customer focused culture in service delivery and improvement to enhance the performance of the organisation.

     

    Team Working & Relationships

    • Support good working relationships by offering advice, encouragement and assistance to enhance overall team performance.
    • Communicate within the community care team by being open and approachable and developing working relationships with fellow team members.
    • Work to achieve team objectives by developing strong working relationships with stakeholders.

     

    Corporate Responsibility

    • Adopt Champion Roles as allocated in line with Council Corporate Objectives.

     

    Best Value

    • Contribute to the performance of children and families team by achieving team objectives and priorities.

     

    Best Practice

    • Share best practice with team members to improve team performance.
    • Demonstrate personal commitment to tasks and objectives routinely delivering a first class service to all customers.
    • Work with pride and commitment to achieve high personal and professional standards delivering individual, team and organisational goals in line with corporate objectives.

 

✅ Requirements:

  • Recognised professional social work qualification (at degree level or equivalent)
  • Registered with SSSC or required to be registered on commencement of appointment.
  • UK Driving Licence preferred

 

📞 Interested?

For more information on this role or to apply, get in touch with our vendor department who will arrange for a specialist consultant to get in contact with you:

📧 jobs@onlysocialcare.com

📞 0203 906 8670

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