Job Description

Our client, Leicestershire County Council, is seeking a Social Worker for its Adult Safeguarding team.

The role will last 3 months initially.

Paid at £34 per hour (umbrella).

The role will involve the following:

• The purpose of the Safeguarding Adult Team is to ensure that there is a consistent and timely approach to applying safeguarding thresholds, identifying and addressing immediate risk and establishing the outcomes of the person involved, in line with Making Safeguarding Personal principles.
• The focus is on making safeguarding personal and therefore the service user remains at the centre of the enquiry.
• You will provide short term intervention (usually 3 working days) during which time you will aim to make enquiries to enable you to:
• Apply safeguarding thresholds
• Identify and take steps to address any immediate risk
• Meet or discuss with the person involved to establish what their outcomes are in relation to the safeguarding enquiry.
• Where there are any doubts about the person's capacity to consent to the enquiry and advise of their outcomes, a mental capacity assessment and if necessary best interest decision in relation to this will be undertaken.
• Establish who is involved with the person's care and who needs to be involved in the enquiry.
• Hold a strategy meeting or discussion
• Average case holding: 15
• Team size and layout: 1 Team Manager. 9 Social Workers and 2 CSW's
• Hybrid working arrangements: Working from home most of the time. In the office for weekly meetings.

Please let me know if you are interested? Or can you refer a friend for £300 if placed?

Requirements of the role:

• Qualified Social Worker
• Fully Social Work England registered
• Must have significant post-qualified experience in adult social care
• Have knowledge of social work methodologies, social care policies such as person-centred approaches and asset based social work, and relevant legislation including The Care Act, Mental Health Act, and Mental Capacity Act.
• Have excellent Safeguarding and risk management knowledge and expertise

Please apply online or contact Lindsey Morgan asap to discuss in more detail. We are offering £250 joining bonus for new starters with Reed.Alternatively, we are offering £300 if you refer a friend or colleague and they are placed successfully into this or any other QSW role.