Mental Health Social Worker

Salary: £51.6 per hour

Based in Brent paying £51.6 +k

This is a full time permanent contract.

Our client is looking for an Approved Mental Health Social Worker.

To carry out needs led assessments of adults within the guidelines of Community Care Act.

To care manage straight forward and complex cases including Safeguarding Adults and Deprivation of Liberty.

Co-ordinating and reviewing multi-service care packages.

To support the unit in meeting individual / Unit performance targets and actively contribute to its continuous improvement

The successful candidate will formulate appropriate care plans and negotiate care packages with service users and service providers. This will involve formulating multi-service care packages, and reviewing on a regular basis. They will provide a strong social work and social care perspective to the work undertaken in the team and act as a social care expert to other members of the multidisciplinary team and apply Care Act criteria to determine eligibility for social care packages. This will identify appropriate services to meet appropriate need, and negotiate contracts with providers and provide care plans to service users in receipt of services from the department.

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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