Social Worker | Learning Disabilities and Transitions | Leeds City Council
We are looking for a Social Worker with current Social Work experience to join a busy front door team. You would have the opportunity to work in partnership with people in Leeds with learning disabilities and their carers and a range of other professionals and colleagues, including health and provider organisations.
Duties involve:
- Utilising strength based approaches to empower individuals and support customers to maximise their potential.
- Working in partnership to assess individual's needs, support plan and help to arrange a variety of services and support to meet needs; utilising approaches that empower and support customers choice and control.
- Meeting the challenges of both personalisation and working within significant financial constraints to develop creative support plans that deliver personalised outcomes and cost effective solutions
- Working in partnership to keep people safe and reduce risks. Depending on the role you may need skills and experience to undertake safeguarding investigations and develop and implement protection plans; and to assess risk and implement risk management plans.
- Mental Capacity Assessments with individuals and where appropriate make best interest decisions
- Good report writing and record keeping skills
- In the reviewing of services there will be a specific focus on working in partnership with colleagues across all Care Management Teams, Working Age Adults Contracts and Commissioning and a range of provider organisations to achieve 'value for money' through robust assessment and analysis.
- You will be fully supported in this work by your manager, the wider management team and the experienced safeguarding and risk managers who will offer some joint work as well as being available for consultation.
To be considered, you must have a Social Work qualification (Diploma in Social Work, Social Work Degree or equivalent) as well as at least 3 years post qualified experience working as a Qualified Social Worker within a similar team.
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- £500 referral fees
If this is something you are suited for, please apply with your CV and contact details