Best Interests Assessor

2 weeks ago

HaveringAtteBower Essex, United Kingdom Adecco Full time £19
Adecco are recruiting for a Care Assessor for an East-London local authority.


Our clients Adult Services Directorate Service has an Access Team who work as a front door, fast-paced service to deal with referrals on a daily basis.

The team manages urgent or immediate as well as short-term referrals.


The team is a multi-disciplinary team which includes senior staff, contact workers (who takes the referrals); Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, care assessors, social workers.

Full Time - Monday to Friday, 36 hours per week
Temporary Role - 3 months with likely extension as well as opportunity to apply for permanent role
£48 per hour PAYE / £24.24 per hour Umbrella (Circa £45 K per annum)
ASAP start

Contribute to the delivery of an effective Adult social care service as part of a social care team, improving outcomes for People and Carers.

Carry out high quality holistic assessments, using strengths based, person centred, community focused, and multi-agency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships and to secure the best outcomes for people and carers.

Undertake the legal and statutory duties of the post as required by the Care Act. Have a good awareness and understanding of Mental Capacity Act, liberty protection safeguards, Mental Health Act and any other relevant legislation
Assess and evaluate risk in partnership with service users and carers, where required putting in place appropriate interventions, strategies and contingency plans to mitigate risk and to protect vulnerable adults
To pro-actively support and work collaboratively with health services to ensure people receive the required health and social care support within the community, are discharged from hospital within agreed time frames with appropriate support mechanisms in place, prevent hospital admission and pro-actively work with the principles of admission avoidance
The post holder will be required to occasionally work outside "normal" office hours as required by their line manager up to 36 hours per week
Respond to the needs of the service by being positive, flexible, and empathetic to customers and carer's needs, working in an integrated way supporting both social workers and occupational therapists to promote independence, choice and controlWork with all other managers within the service to ensure sufficient operational management cover is maintained for the overall Homeless Assessment

Knowledge of social care practice and legislation (e.g. Care Act 2014, Equality legislation, Mental health Act, safeguarding and making safeguarding personal, GDPR and Data Protection policies)
Experience ( preferable but not essential) of using social care database (Liquid Logic)
Car driver preferred

Why work with Adecco:

  • 20 days annual leave + 9 days bank holiday
  • Perks at work discount vouchers and points to spend
  • Support program with 24/7 helpline
Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

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