Social Worker - Adults Mental Heath

Location Lancashire
Salary £18.01 - £20.50 per hour
Discipline
countabilities/Responsibilities  Deliver and manage a full range of professional assignments and activities (e.g. inspections, assessments, investigations, caseloads) within a defined area to meet service requirements and to ensure council compliance with statutory, regulatory and professional requirements.  Provide specialist advice and guidance to internal/external customers, making technical/professional recommendations about a course of action appropriate to the situation.  Provide technical assistance and specialist training to more junior colleagues or external parties to ensure they are equipped to deliver their responsibilities.  Identify opportunities for improvements to policies and procedures within work area in order to improve professional practice and customer service. This may include periodically providing analysis of management information to more senior professionals regarding possible improvements.  Plan, control and manage small/medium projects to meet a well-defined brief, and provide input to larger projects to resolve specific issues. This may include analysing complex data and producing ad hoc reports using professional expertise  Develop and maintain effective relationships and communications with other agencies and service providers to share information, build working relationships and to ensure joined up service provision.