The role includes carrying out adult social care financial assessments to ascertain how much someone can contribute towards their care, gather financial details and expenditure, dealing with queries in writing and over the 'phone, liaising with several departments within the Local Authority and external agencies.
This is for 3 x full time posts on the Adult Social Care Financial Assessment Team.
Advising the service user what benefits they maybe entitled to and if a deferred payment arrangement applies.
Short Term Assessment Social Worker-£35ph - Flexible working
NonStop Care are working with a well established local authority in the West Yorkshire area who are looking for an experienced Social Worker to join their Assessment team.
The ideal candidate will have experience in carrying out assessments & strive towards the highest level of diligence towards their service users.
The Social Worker will undertake assessments, determine care packages/support plans and manage a range of the most complex caseload to maintain or improve the well-being of children and young people.
Plan, deliver, and oversee referral interventions for a complex caseload and where appropriate review cases.
Liaise internally and externally and work with colleagues from other agencies to ensure children and young people's interests are supported.
Pertemps are recruiting for a Social Care Assessor to work alongside Social Workers in providing information, advice, and assistance as the first point of contact for children in Wrexham.
The role will include undertaking What Matters" conversations with parents, carers, and children, liaising with partner agencies across the statutory, public and voluntary sector, assessing care and support needs, and working with families to assist with improving their wellbeing.
Duties
To carry a caseload of non-complex cases or to assist with complex cases, assessing needs, contributing to the formulation of plans, implementing and contributing to reviews of those plans, and carrying out such tasks as may be necessary to implement the plans.