Social Worker - Adults

Location Cornwall
Salary £22 - £24 per hour
Discipline
Under the leadership and management of the Team Manager/Principal Social Worker
to provide a statutory social work service to adults with health and social care needs
achieving high quality, timely and person-centred needs assessments that will reflect
the needs and risks to the individual, analysis, care planning, intervention and review
appropriate to the work of the team or service unit.

Social workers are required to work collaboratively with colleagues from different
teams, disciplines and partner organisations in order to provide a seamless service to
individuals/families/carers.

They will work in partnership to work with individuals
facing complex social and family crisis across a range of settings, promoting
autonomy and development with individuals who have complex needs and are more
vulnerable to exclusion; and work with communities, individuals and families to
promote their personal strengths.

Social workers are to work at the required level of professional competence as
detailed in Adult Social Care practice standards and quality assurance framework and
in line with the national Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) for Social Work.

The Social Worker will ensure they maintain and improve their knowledge and skills
and contribute to the learning and development of other members of the team.

As representatives of Adult Social Care Directorate, behaviour and conduct should be
professional at all times, reflecting the values of the department and the council.