Reviewing Officer - London, United Kingdom - Cleantech People

Cleantech People

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

What's involved with this role:

Job Ref:
Hackney RQ1182997

_Enhanced DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role_

The team requires a Reviewing Officer - Social Care - Qualified (Adults) to be responsible for carrying out strengths-based reviews and reassessments regarding people with long term conditions in accordance with the principles of the Care Act and under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Practitioner.

Key Responsibilities:

To visit people in their own homes and also within care home settings to meet with the service users their families and carers to discuss the support plan, which will entail lone working.
To draw up an appropriate, budgeted outcome based support plan using the Resource Allocation System and will monitor established plans and residential nursing home placements, ensuring they the support is effective at maximising the person's independence.
To provide information, advice and signpost service users to a range of universal services based on the outcome of the assessments and recommend and set up Telecare support where appropriate.
To use your knowledge and skills to assess the cost of support appropriate to meeting a service users' needs and be aware of the financial implications of the work undertaken.
To be responsible for managing risk, capturing and recording qualitative and quantitative data, raising safeguarding concerns in line with the London procedures and taking responsibility for their own performance to achieve the National Indicator targets for assessments and reviews.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF.

_If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity._

Other "Essential Requirements" - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:

Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

Qualifications

NVQ Level 3 or 4 in Social Care
Social Work Certificate

Experience

Experience of working in a social care setting for adults with long term conditions.
Experience of reviewing and reassessing the needs of service users, within a social services context.
Experience of carrying out visits to service user's homes and care home settings, to carry out the review.
Experience of completing needs led reassessments and reviews from a strengths based perspective.
Experience of monitoring and reviewing the impact of support against agreed outcomes to ensure it is effective.
Experience of recording confidential and sensitive information accurately and confidentially.
Experience of working with service users and a diverse range of people including people from black and ethnic minority communities

Knowledge & skills

Knowledge of Adult Social Care
Knowledge of the Care Act, the Mental Capacity Act and Safeguarding.
Knowledge of current best practice including telecare within Adult Services.
Good understanding of the needs of Adults at risk and those with a physical, sensory or learning disability and the impact this has on their ability to communicate and function.
Understanding of the issues relating to the delivery of review, reassessment and support planning for people within a diverse community setting and the range of solutions available to facilitate their independence.

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**Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please