In this role, you will provide crucial support and care to individuals in diverse healthcare environments, including Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Care Home settings.
We are looking for compassionate and dedicated individuals to join our team as Senior Healthcare Assistants.
This position offers a rewarding opportunity to positively impact the lives of others.
For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past.
We are The Forward Trust (formerly RAPt and Blue Sky), the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often-interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives.
We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change.
Manage a case load of children in care, conducting assessments, and developing care plans in collaboration with children, families, and carers.
General
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing direct support to children in care, as well as working closely with foster carers, residential staff, and other professionals to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.
We are currently seeking a compassionate and dedicated Social Worker to join our Children in Care Team.
Manage a caseload of disabled children or young people aged 0-25 to assess, plan, monitor and review the support/personal assistance needs of service users, working in a person-centred way.
Work with the service user and their families/carers to develop a package of support/assistance as they prepare to become adults and in their early adult life that promotes and maintains independence and wellbeing; where appropriate involve other agencies and use community resources to provide equality of opportunity, full participation and inclusion in society.
Main duties and responsibilities
Manage a complex and diverse caseload of children, young people and their families, undertaking assessments to determine the needs and capabilities of clients and carers, and drawing up plans of support under the supervision and guidance of a designated supervisor, using agreed eligibility criteria and in accordance with statutory requirements, Directorate and Corporate Policy and National Legislation.