Social Worker- Adults Community Team

Job Location	Faversham
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	£36.00 - £38.00 per hour
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent , full-time

Job Description

Purpose of the Job:Work to support adults with care and support needs, their families and carers to make a positive difference every day. Support people to make informed choices to live as full and safe life as possible. Work with communities early on to help people feel empoweredto find trusted help and support locally from a range of sources. Work in partnership to ensure support is appropriately coordinated and communication is effective between agencies and other parties. Work closely with service providers and other agencies tosupport the people we support working towards their independence and wellbeing goals and outcomes. Main duties and responsibilities:1. Deliver high-quality, person-centred care and support. Identify what is important to the people we support, and how they can live a life they want to live. Being involved in peoples lives in the least intrusive way - and always in their best interests2. Take a holistic whole family approach to ensure that the persons needs are met and identify how their care and support impacts family members or others in their support network. Facilitate conversations with people we support, their families and theircarers based on what matters most to them3. Support people, their carers, family members, or others in their support network, to build and maintain community links, and to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible4. Build and develop relationships with wider partners to conduct person-centred reviews, including annual statutory reviews, of the people we supports care and support plans, and work together to enable people to achieve their personal outcomes.5. Manage crisis intervention to meet immediate requirements and reduce risk. Undertake safeguarding enquiries as directed by the Safeguarding Coordinator / Team Manager6. Actively contribute towards a learning culture as set out in the practice framework by delivering high-quality, person-centred care across all specialisms. Focus on reflection and personal development through supervision, training and other opportunities.7. Be flexible and adaptable in supporting people, their families and carers by using skills and expertise/training to undertake specialist work by working with people in another locality if required and by working with managers and colleagues to provideaccess to the service during its operating hours in order to contribute to the delivery of an effective, accessible and resilient social care service.Connect2Staff/Connect2Kent, part of Commercial Services Trading/Kent Ltd, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

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