Social Worker - Children with Disabilities

Location Milton Keynes
Salary £28.00 - £35.01 per hour
Discipline
• To use professional skills, knowledge, and experience and a range of interpersonal

and specialist communication skills to gather information and make a full assessment

of risks protection and social care needs of individuals and carers/families, within

relevant legal and statutory frameworks, agreed priorities and current eligibility

criteria.

• Refer to other relevant agencies and undertake joint assessments where appropriate

to ensure all risks and needs are considered.

• To arrange, provide or purchase appropriate services/care within the Departments

agreed priorities and resource framework to reflect best value principals and to

comply with legislation and statutory duties.

• Take appropriate action in conjunction with other agencies and within legal and

statutory framework, to protect vulnerable people.

• Manage an agreed case load in accordance with statutory and Departmental

procedures and objectives, and professional good practice to enable individuals to

achieve goals and maximise their strengths

• Monitor, review and reassess care packages/services against identified risks, needs,

and objectives to ensure the continued effectiveness in achieving required or wanted

outcomes.

• Make appropriate use of paper and computerised case recording systems to and

effectively contribute to professional case management and comply with current

legislation and Departmental Policies and Procedures. Records should be accessible

to individuals, colleagues and managers as appropriate.

Last updated: 19 02 2019

• Produce reports as required which comply with statutory and Departmental

procedures and capture and analyse information clearly and guide decision making

and case management

• Ensure knowledge of benefits, fees and allowances is current and advise individuals

how to access them in order to achieve maximum independence and manage

expectations and demands

Role Requirements:

• Applicants must hold a degree in social work or equivalent (e.g. CQSW, DipSW) and

be registered with the HCPC.

• Good communication skills – listening, understanding, ability to express self to

people from a range of backgrounds and cultures and ability to negotiate with service

users, relatives and providers.

• Able to write clearly and concisely and have experience of report writing.

• Able to assess risks, needs, analyse information and recognise problems.

• Understand equalities issues in social work practice and principals of safety, dignity

and empowerment.

• Understand philosophies, professional social work issues and legal frameworks

underpinning specific client groups and social services statutory duty and role in the

wider community.

• Experience of working with children and families in social work setting.

• Knowledge of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection

issues and substitute care.