Job Description

Job Title: Social Worker – Adult Disabilities Team – Powys
Location: Powys.
Pay Rate: £ 35/per hour

Liquid Personnel is seeking an experienced adult social worker to join their esteemed client. The position is for a Social Worker to become a part of the Adult Disabilities Team. This role involves working within a small, dynamic team dedicated to supporting adults with disabilities. The primary focus is to ensure that these individuals receive the necessary care and support to lead fulfilling lives.

Responsibilities:

• Caseload Management: Manage a diverse caseload, prioritizing cases based on urgency and need, and ensuring timely interventions and support for adults with disabilities.
• Safeguarding: Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns, conducting investigations and implementing protection plans to ensure the safety of vulnerable adults with disabilities.
• Mental Capacity Assessments: Conduct assessments to determine the mental capacity of adults with disabilities, ensuring decisions are made in their best interests.
• Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration: Collaborate with a range of professionals, including healthcare providers, therapists, and community organizations, to provide holistic support to adults with disabilities.
• Advocacy: Advocate for the rights and needs of adults with disabilities, ensuring their voices are heard and their preferences are respected in care planning and decision-making processes.
• Crisis Intervention: Provide immediate support and intervention in crisis situations, working to stabilize and support adults with disabilities and their families.
• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of assessments, care plans, and interventions, ensuring compliance with legal and organizational standards.
• Social Care Assessments: Conduct comprehensive social care assessments to identify the needs and strengths of adults with disabilities, ensuring their well-being and safety.
• Care Planning: Develop, implement, and review personalized care plans in collaboration with adults with disabilities, their families, and other professionals to meet their individual needs.

Benefits:

• Diverse Experience: Work with adults with disabilities, providing a broad range of experiences and opportunities to develop your skills in different areas of social work.
• Holistic Support: Focus on supporting the personal, social care, and health outcomes of clients, allowing you to make a significant impact on their lives.
• Professional Development: Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth. Collaborate with other professionals, enhancing your knowledge and expertise.
• Community Impact: Play a crucial role in the community by supporting adults with disabilities during their hospital stay and discharge, helping them achieve greater independence and well-being.
• Supportive Environment: Comprehensive support, including assessments and tailored care plans, ensuring you have the resources needed to effectively support your clients.
• Career Progression: Opportunities for career advancement within the service, allowing you to take on more responsibilities and leadership roles as you gain experience.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Professional Qualification: A recognised professional qualification in social work, such as an MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, or CQSW (Certificate of Qualification in Social Work).
• Registration: Must be registered with Social Care Wales, the regulatory body for social workers in Wales.
• Experience: Significant experience in delivering social work services to vulnerable adults, including those with disabilities and complex needs.
• Knowledge of Legislation: Thorough understanding of relevant legislation, such as the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Skills: Strong assessment and analysis skills, as well as the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Driving Licence: A full UK driving licence and access to a car are often required for client visits.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
• Twice weekly payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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