Social Work Support Assistant

4 weeks ago


Blyth, United Kingdom Northumberland County Council Full time

Job Introduction
**Social work support assistant, Adult Social Care - fulltime (37 hours), permanent**

If you are passionate about delivering a high-quality service, we would like to hear from you. We are looking for a Social Work Support Assistant to work in our Care and Support Team based in Eddie Ferguson House, Blyth.

**About the role**:
As a key worker for adults with care needs over 18 years of age, you will be the main point of contact for support and advice to them and their families. You will also lead in ensuring their safety in their day to day lives and to help them live as full and independent a life as possible. The role will include responsibility for completing needs assessments, taking into consideration safeguarding, reviewing the need for continuing healthcare and promoting self-directed support.

You will work within a Care and Support Team which include social workers and care managers who will link closely with GP practices, community health services and district nurses.

You will need to have a strong commitment to enabling and empowering service users to live independently in the community and help them think creatively about how they can do that. There will be a focus on managing risk and ensuring service users are protected from significant harm. You will need to be able to work well within a team and independently, have good time management skills and an ability to prioritise.

You also need strong interpersonal, advocacy and communication skills. Solid IT skills are also needed to be able to input, use and retrieve data and information although full system training will be given.

**Essential requirements**:

- NVQ 3 in social care or equivalent
- Experience of working with adults in a social care setting
- Some knowledge of legislation relevant to mental health and adult social care
- Due to the nature of this role, it is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving license and has access to a car they can use for work purposes

The closing date for this post is midnight on 30th August 2023



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