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Senior Social Worker - Adults

Connect2Luton
Posted 20 hours ago, valid for 25 days
Location

Luton, Bedfordshire LU2 7JT

Contract type

Part Time

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  • Connect2Luton is seeking a High Risk Complex Case Coordinator for Luton Borough Council's Adult Social Care department, offering a full-time, 2-year grant-funded position.
  • The role involves facilitating monthly multi-agency meetings and developing effective working relationships with colleagues and partners to support high-risk adult vulnerability interventions.
  • Candidates should have post-social work qualifying experience, particularly in complex case work, and must possess good English language and writing skills.
  • The position requires a salary of £35,000 per year and applicants should have at least two years of relevant experience in a similar role.
  • Due to the nature of the position, a Disclosure and Barring Service check is mandatory, and applicants must disclose any relevant convictions.

Role: High Risk Complex Case Coordinator

Department: Adult Social Care

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a High Risk Complex Case Coordinator on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their Adult Social Care department.

Main purpose of position:

The post is a full time, 2-year grant funded position to support the Local Authority to provide multi-agency interventions in the high risk adult vulnerability in Luton, coordinated through monthly multi-agency meetings.

As a High Risk Complex Case Coordinator,you will be responsible to:

  • To effectively chair, organise and facilitate the High Risk Complex Case Panel monthly meeting in a timely manner, ensuring a suitable venue is booked and that members are informed of dates and times.
  • Organising and chairing professional meetings for various High Risk Complex Case subjects as required, leading case conference meetings where you will initiate.
  • To develop and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, across the Council and with multi agency partners to ensure a fully integrated.
  • Be responsible for maintaining a working relationship with key partners.
  • To assist the team manage casework systems and processes, and professionally produce all relevant casework documentation.

Skills and Experience

  • Post Social work qualifying experience including in-depth experience of: complex case work with different adult client groups, advocacy and user and carer involvement issues, business/ financial management, taking effective action to achieve performance improvements.
  • Good English language and writing skills.
  • Ability to set up, develop and maintain partnership operational processes enabling staff to maximise service delivery.
  • Effective communication, negotiating, influencing skills, gaining commitment from a wide range of partners.
  • Ability to work both collaboratively and independently with little supervision.
  • Training and experience working with Adults.

DBS

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for Disclosure and Barring Service checks to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any convictions, bind overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applications are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being take-up, any failure to disclose such convictions will results in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

About Us

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

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