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Our Client, Devon County Council, is seeking a Best Interest Assessor to join their team!
Fantastic payrate of £250 per assessment!
Are you a Children's Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!
Responsibilities of this role:
- To undertake the statutory responsibilities as set out in the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards legal framework.
- To safeguard adults and children and young people at risk.
- To take a strengths-based approach, which seeks to be inclusive, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive, and support others to adopt that approach.
- To gather information from service users, informal networks and other agencies to analyse, summarise and evaluate the information to provide a holistic assessment, which adheres to legislation and balances risk and protective factors.
- To maintain case records, keeping them up to date and to provide concise and accurate information about a service user’s circumstances. Make use of IT systems provided by the Service, complying with policy and procedures.
- To manage a workload of complex specialist assessments and organise work activities, taking into account the need to prioritise tasks and responsibilities, working to statutory timescales and meeting national and local performance expectations.
- To develop and maintain good working relationships with other professionals within the team, wider service area and partner agencies to ensure an integrated, holistic and multidisciplinary approach.
- To ensure that all necessary communications and referrals are made to relevant agencies, working together with them to promote the wellbeing of children, young people and/or adults at risk and best outcomes for them.
- To convene and chair multi-disciplinary meetings including those where a degree of challenge or conflict is expected; or where the meeting may contribute to the evidence which will support legal proceedings.
- To share information with other agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and/or adults at risk.
Requirements of this role:
- Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
- Must have a Social Work qualification (Diploma in social work, social work degree or equivalent)
- Must have minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience working as a Qualified social worker
- Must be a qualified BIA which experience in a similar role
Benefits of working through Reed, include:
- Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
- Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
- Free CV building and Interview support.
- Free DBS checks.
- Weekly payroll.
- PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
- CPD contributions.
- Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
- Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.
Does this role interest you? Apply today!
