Social Worker Assistant

1 month ago

Warrington, United Kingdom Elysium Healthcare Full time

Are you looking to step into the world of social care where helping some of the most vulnerable people in society is your passion? Then join Arbury Court in Warrington as a Social Worker Assistant.

Working 37.5 hours a week, you will join the team at Arbury Court, for adult women in medium, and low secure, and psychiatric intensive care PICU) environments, who have Personality Disorder and Mental Health conditions.  

Reporting to a Registered Social Worker, you will liaise with service users families/significant others as you gather information to assist in carrying out assessments and social circumstances reports to support service users to identify the best outcomes for their health and wellbeing. 

From supporting service users health progression to promoting their independence, you will correspond and liaise with external agencies to facilitate and progress arrangements to meet service users set outcomes. 

You will be responsible for accompanying service users on community leave and will support them in understanding and managing their personal budgeting and financial arrangements.

As a Social Worker Assistant, you will promote (adult /and children) safeguarding throughout the service, this will see you refer any safeguarding issues to a Social Worker/TDT and the Adult Safeguarding Team.

At Elysium a range of training opportunities are available that can see your career grow and you achieve your career aspirations.

As a Social Worker Assistant you will be:

  • Carrying out assessments with service users as directed identifying the best and most appropriate outcomes for the individual
  • Corresponding and liaising with external agencies at the request of and on behalf of service users, to facilitate and progress arrangements to meet their individual outcomes (e.g. Housing, Health)
  • Assisting service users in understanding and managing their personal budgeting and financial arrangements
  • Having a understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983/Care Act 2014
  • Maintaining timely and accurate records on relevant systems
  • To aid and support the Social Worker role as required
  • Community Meeting support
  • Assist with the gathering of information for Social Circumstances reports and social work assessments.
  • Complete and Maintain Visitor Records/Paperwork
  • Cover meetings/telephone calls/patient interviews when Social Worker is not available.

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

  • To have an understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983/Care Act 2014
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • An understanding of the needs of different client groups
  • The ability to work in a team and also use your own initiative
  • Resilience, to cope with difficult situations
  • Computer literacy and administrative skills

Where you will be working:

Location: Arbury Court, Townfield Lane, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 8TR 

Join the multidisciplinary team at Arbury Court and provide care and treatment for adult women in medium, and low secure, and psychiatric intensive care PICU) environments, who have Personality Disorder and Mental Health conditions.  

Rehabilitation and recovery at Arbury Court focuses on care being ‘person-centred’ as opposed to ‘disease-centred’.  

The service is located just off the M62 jnc 9 in Winwick, which benefits from good transport links, making it easy to commute to from most local areas between Liverpool and Manchester.  

 What you will get:        

  • Annual salary of £24,961
  • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off
  • Free meals and parking
  • Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
  • Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
  • Pension contribution to secure your future.
  • Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
  • Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

 



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