Social Worker-Adults -Disabilities

Location Southwark
Salary £27.00 - £29.50 per hour
Discipline
Purpose of the Job
The All Age Disability Service (0-25) service provides a comprehensive and
integrated social care pathway for children and young people with Learning
Disabilities and other disabilities from childhood into adolescence and on into
adulthood through a seamless care pathway.
To be responsible for providing comprehensive and effective integrated social
work service to respond to the needs of children and young people with
Learning Disabilities and other disabilities in accordance with Children’s and
Adults’ legislation, departmental policies and practice.
To undertake strength based social care assessments, determining the need
of an individual and producing outcome focussed support plans. Ensuring
focused interventions are delivered to safeguard children and young people
and promote independence, positive outcomes and promote the use of
assistive technology.
Principle Accountabilities
1. Provide focused and purposeful social work interventions, including
dealing with a wide range of problems presented by children and young
people facing crisis.
2. To take responsive action in accordance with the statutory provision and
departmental policy/practice to ensure that individual needs are met.
3. To work within a systemic framework to provide a comprehensive and
effective integrated social work service to respond to the needs of
children and their families in a timely manner.
4. To be responsible for decisions on the assessment of individual needs
and the provision of services at individual customer level. Decisions may
have implications on the short and long term future of customers.
5. To ensure the co-ordination and completion of a strength based
approach to assessment, the completion of outcome focussed support
plans, to support individuals to be active and engaged within their local
community and maximise their independ