Social Worker -Adults-DOLS MCA

Salary £27.00 - £30.10 per hour
Discipline
Senior Social Worker to support the council’s signatory function. The DoLS signatory must read the assessments and scrutinise the grounds for the authorisation. They may add or remove conditions or shorten the period the authorisation is granted. The authoriser may request further information from the assessors to support their decision making.

As a signatory once satisfied, the DoLS signatory should complete and sign the authorisation on behalf of the supervisory body or decline if they are not satisfied that the assessment eligibility has been met .

We are looking for experienced practitioners who have BIA or complex MCA experience who are able to actively scrutinise DoLS Assessments.