Qualified Social Worker - QSW - Adults - Transitions - Merten - 30ph

Mbi Medical are pleased to be working with the London borough of Merten. They are currently on the look out for a Qualified Social Worker to join there Access & Assesment Team.

- The person appointed to this post will be a member of a Community or Hospital based Social Work Team and will be contributing towards the maintenance of high quality services and the promotion of independence of service users and their carers by assessing, support planning, monitoring and reviewing their needs and service provision in accordance with Merton’s eligibility criteria.  This will include arranging domiciliary packages of care and care home placements.

Daily Duties

- Progress cases of service users from Children Services to Adult Services
- Work jointly with Special Education Needs Co-ordinators re: funding matters in cases where joint funding is required
- Work jointly with Health services within the integrated Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities
- Attend meetings/set up meetings relevant to the actions needed to be undertaken and to draw holistic support plans with all relevant stakeholders.
- The ability to work closely with families and service users and to promote their views as well as their wellbeing in all interventions
- Raise and/or manage safeguards raised on any case allocated and to address all relevant matters
- To present cases at the weekly Risk Panel when needed to request funding for new cases/amended care packages and in this process to be fluent with the cases presented, to be thorough in knowledge of those cases and detailed in relation to understanding of what is required for service user.
- To be part of a Duty system
- To hold a caseload of complex cases
- For the Senior SW
- To manage a Duty system on a rostered basis
- To Deputise for the TM
- To Manage a small caseload of complex cases
- To supervise SW staff
- To manage Safeguarding cases and act as the Safeguarding Manager

What You Need

- Professional Social Work Qualification (BA in Social Work or equivalent) and a valid registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.

- Experience of fulfilling a social work role either in a multi-disciplinary setting and across professional boundaries.

- A full driving licence and use of a car is preferable.

- A willingness to undertake further training to acquire post qualification awards.

- To be qualified as a Best Interest Assessor or to be willing to undertake the necessary training to become a Best Interests Assessor if eligible. In order to contribute to the Council’s legislative duties in relation to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards by carrying out Best Interest Assessments