We are looking for someone who is a First Response Officer with the following experience:
- Uses a strength based, person centred approach, developing creative and personalised solutions to assist people to manage their lives independently for as long as possible, ensuring agreed outcomes are met. Encourage the use of direct payments as an option wherever possible
- Ensure those accessing the service, including families and carers, are at the centre of decision making over their support arrangements and that opportunities and capacity for choice and control are optimised and reflected in their assessments and reviews.
- Actively engage with, assist and provide advice to carers, conducting carers assessments when appropriate, to enable them to sustain their caring role
- Promotes independence by taking a preventative approach to interventions, maximising use of appropriate resources including Reablement, equipment, adaptations, assistive technology and advice and information. Undertakes trusted assessment/provision functions to promote independence and, where appropriate, offer access to standard equipment, which may involve the issuing of an equipment prescription (for redemption via a retail outlet) and delivery/fitting.
- To make ongoing assessments of need of service users allocated, including assessment of risk. Identify and process any safeguarding and quality of care issues and refer on to the appropriate staff/agency to ensure that clients' welfare is protected and that the quality and standard of support provided is optimised.
What you need:
- QSW Status - including qualification, Social Work England registration and completed ASYE
- A minimum of 2 years' experience
- Right to work in the UK
Benefits of working with Remedy
- A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
- Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
- Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
- Double payrolls each week.
- Terms & Conditions apply
You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.
Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.