Adult Social Worker - Walthamstow - Community Active Recovery Team

Job title
Adult Social Worker – Walthamstow – Community Active Recovery Team
Location: Walthamstow
Rate: £33.42 per hour
Start date: ASAP

Role:
Pertemps Social Care are supporting the front door assessment team in Adult Social Care in the London Borough of Waltham Forest by recruiting for an experienced social worker to join Community Active Recovery Team (CART).
Working in a fast paced team environment you will be committed to improving the care of vulnerable adults and to live as independently as possible.
You will need to be able to work well in a team setting and have excellent interpersonal and written skills.
The successful applicant will have a background of working in a similar setting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage with individuals, carers, families, groups and communities to assess and intervene preventatively using professional judgment and develop person-led Support Plans to meet the needs of individuals that promote choice, control and independence.

• Be able to use a strength-based approach to assessment to support individuals to identify and develop their support networks and consider positive risk taking to enhance their wellbeing.

• Be able to identify safeguarding concerns if vulnerable residents have experienced harm and carry out section 42 enquiries where needed.

• Be responsible for delivering high-quality and legally compliant social support in a timely way to agreed standards.

• To be able to complete court fit mental capacity assessments and engage the resident and their families in any best interest decision where appropriate.

Candidate Requirements:

• Degree in Social Work

• A minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience

• Social Work England (SWE) registration

• Right to Work in the UK

You will be working in fast paced teams environment and be committed to improving the care of vulnerable adults. You will need to be able to work well in a team setting and have excellent interpersonal and written skills.
The successful applicants will have a background of working in a similar settings.
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