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About the Role

The assessment team in Adult Social Care, the Community Active Recovery Team (CART), assists residents new to Adult Social Care. The team's key objective is to work preventatively with vulnerable adults, helping them live independently by providing tools for self-sufficiency within their support networks and communities, while also safeguarding them. CART offers reablement support for up to 6 weeks with proactive case management, collaborating with occupational therapists, physiotherapists, community health colleagues, and equipment suppliers. We seek committed applicants who build on residents' strengths and natural support networks, offering residents choice and control. Social workers will manage varied caseloads, including depleted funds, human rights assessments, and complex cases requiring intense support. The team also includes Integrated Care Management (ICM) and Continuing Health Care (CHC) workstreams, with social workers acting as representatives in CHC assessments and MDTs.

Responsibilities

• Engage with individuals, carers, families, groups and communities to assess and intervene preventatively using professional judgment, and develop person-led Support Plans to meet the needs of individuals that promote choice, control and independence.
• Use a strength-based approach to assessment to support individuals to identify and develop their support networks and consider positive risk taking to enhance their wellbeing.
• Identify safeguarding concerns if vulnerable residents have experienced harm and carry out section 42 enquiries where needed.
• Deliver high-quality and legally compliant social support in a timely way to agreed standards.
• Complete court fit mental capacity assessments and engage the resident and their families in any best interest decision where appropriate.

Requirements

• Previous experience in working in adult social care, or be able to demonstrate transferrable skills to meet the needs of this post.
• Hold a current registration with Social Work England and be able to provide your registration number.
• Knowledge and experience of issues relating to people in need, including relevant legislation, guidance & procedures.
• Experience of service delivery which is culturally sensitive and responsive to the needs of a multi-cultural community.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Ability to work under regular supervision from a line manager.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Ability to prioritise work and risks.
• Ability to ensure Performance Indicators relating to service areas are met.
• Ability to participate in change effectively.
• Ability to communicate clearly verbally and in writing, and to follow through required actions.
• Commitment to the participation of vulnerable people and their families both at an individual and service level.
• Detailed working knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and other relevant legislation, procedures and guidance relating to children and families.
• Experience and working knowledge of Strengths Based Practice.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of the financial implications for a Local Authority when commissioning care and support to meet needs and an awareness of how to consider other funding streams / means of meeting needs.
• Awareness of current issues in care and support policy and practice.
• Must already hold a form of UK work authorisation that does not require sponsorship.

Skills

• Professional judgment
• Strength-based approach
• Safeguarding
• Culturally sensitive service delivery
• Teamwork
• Communication (verbal and written)
• Prioritization
• Performance management
• Change management
• Strengths Based Practice
• Financial implications of care commissioning
• Fluent English speaking

Location

• London Borough of Waltham Forest

Work Type

• Full time
• Permanent

Experience Level

• N/A

Education Level

• Social Work England Registration

Salary/Compensations

• PO1 £41,133 - PO4 £52,194
• £2,000 per annum retention bonus

Benefits

• Good Work Standard employer accreditation
• Flexible working arrangements considered

About the Company

• Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
• We are a highly ambitious borough, driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, developing new and innovative ways to build our communities.
• Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded.
• London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers, committed to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace.
• This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

Equal Opportunity

• Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff.
• The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population.
• We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace.
• The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: Promoting equality of opportunity, Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage, Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels, Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all.
• Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
• To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process.
• The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first.
• We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments.
• Wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.