Social Care Practitioner (Early Support Team)

Location

Wokingham, Berkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Social Care Practitioner (Early Support Team)

Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
Salary: £26,421 - £28,770 Per Annum (Pro-Rata)
Location: Wokingham Borough Council
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Part Time
Hours: 26 hours per week.
DBS Check: Enhanced
Closing Date: 17/03/2024 at 23:00
Reference: 710237

Social Care Practitioner (Early Support Team)

26 Hours Per Week

We have an excellent opportunity available for a Social Care Practitioner to join our Early Support Team in Adult Social Care on a permanent, part-time basis.

As the Social Care Practitioner, you will work under the supervision of a registered practitioner to undertake direct work with individuals and their carers. Whilst also supporting carers to continue in their caring role for as long as they are willing and able to do so.

We will look to you to seek to prevent, reduce, and delay the need for formal care and support using a strength-based approach which includes provision of tailored advice, information, and a range of interventions.

The Early Support Team is a short-term team that consists of social workers and social care practitioners who work with people who need care, support and safeguarding from age 18 upwards. 

Key Responsibilities:

• To work with customers and their carer’s using a strength-based approach to provide tailored advice information, and signposting to help them remain as independent as possible and live safely in the community.
• To identify and implement appropriate prevention plans that will avoid, reduce, or delay the need for formal long-term care.
• To identify and raise safeguarding concerns as required and contribute to development and implementation of protection plans which maintain the individual’s safety within the multi-agency safeguarding adults’ procedures.
• To accept referrals for adult social care, complete assessments, contribute to setting of a personal budget and create and implement support plans.
• Carry a designated workload and support registered practitioners as required and directed by Team and other Manager’s. Ensure social care information recording systems are appropriately used and maintained

Skills/qualifications:

• Experience of working in a social care setting.
• Social care qualification- preferred.
• Full UK driving licence

This is an excellent opportunity to develop and advance to a Grade 6 once all progression criteria's have been met.

Benefits

This brilliant opportunity can offer you an excellent range of benefits including flexible working options, a generous leave entitlement, a fantastic local government pension scheme, discounts and much more!

For an informal discussion, please contact Leila Hall (Team Manager) via email [email protected]

Closing Date: Sunday 17 ^th March 2024, 11pm

Interview Date: TBC

Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.

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£26.42k - £28.77k per annum