Adult Advanced Social Care Practitioner

About the job Adult Advanced Social Care Practitioner

Job Purpose

To be responsible for both the assessment of individual needs and the initiation and coordination of a range of outcomes to meet them, promoting the principles of choice and control, personalisation and self-directed support to ensure that service users can assess and manage their own needs, risks and uncertainties.

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Be responsible for the assessment, support planning and review of individual needs andthen initiate and co-ordinate of a range of outcomes to meet them.
• 2. Be responsible for the identification of potential re-ablement opportunities and provideaccess to those services as required.
• 3. Promote independence and personalisation to ensure that service users can assess andmanage their own needs, risks and uncertainties within their chosen living environmentand meet their identified short and long term goals.
• 4. Identify community and other natural support resources, maximising individuals assetsusing preventative/universal services and other funding sources, in line with the AdultSocial Care Strategy.
• 5. Review ongoing service provision as necessary.
• 6. Provide professional information, advice and support to service users and their carers.
• 7. To undertake and develop skills in using the Mental Capacity Act and in undertaking safeguarding work as a Safeguarding Officer.
• 8. Maintain a social work caseload whilst continuously developing skills and experience withappropriate supervision and support.
• 9. Following appropriate training, undertake assessments using a range of health and socialcare tools, for example, contributing to continuing health care assessments.
• 10. Organise and manage your workload independently, under the supervision and guidanceof the Advanced Social Work Practitioner and/or Team Manager.
• 11. Liaise and negotiate with local providers and support networks to deliver better outcomes.
• 12. Contribute to practice and service development.
• 13. Have regard at all times for the confidential nature of the work and note to discuss or disclose information to unauthorised parties.

Key Accountabilities

• 1. Accountable for own performance.
• 2. Accountable for the quality of the workundertaken.
• 3. Alert managers of issues that couldaffect performance.
• 4. Assist managers to meet specificservice targets within agreedresources.
• 5. Assist team in maintaining appropriatepartnership arrangements.
• 6. Maintain effective workingrelationships and contribute to aworking environment which is safe,considerate and supportive to all, inaccordance with relevant legislation and policy.
• 7. Take reasonable care of your health,safety and welfare and that of otherpersons who may be affected by theperformance of your duties.

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