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The Social Care Community Partnership
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Bathgate, West Lothian
Social Work Assistant - Edinburgh and Lothians
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Contract Type: Contract |
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Salary: £30,888 per annum |
Overview
Social Work Assistant - Edinburgh and Lothians Temporary - 36 hours a week, full-time (3 months) Salary: £16.50 an hour (£30,888 per annum) The Social Care Community Partnership are currently recruiting for a Social Work Assistants across Edinburgh and the Lothians to primarily work with older people and people with learning disabilities. Key responsibilities To carry out non-complex assessments and design and implement Care Plans. To identify and set up appropriate services to meet assessed need, including the provision of equipment, adaptations and packages of care. Undertake non-complex reviews of individuals' care plans. Support service user /carers / family in decision making to help promote and maintain service user's independence through utilising specific services to ensure successful outcomes for the service user / carer / family, e.g. care at home. To contribute and support Social Workers and Occupational Therapists within a multi-disciplinary team in managing their caseloads by carrying out a range of designated tasks, ensuring departmental objectives and service user's needs are met. To undertake basic risk assessments and have an awareness of Adult Support and Protection Procedures. To ensure appropriate and accurate records relating to service users and work undertaken are maintained in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Freedom of Information Legislation. To escort and transport clients as required. To assess, provide and check equipment/ adaptations for service users with disabilities. Qualifications and experience: Experience of completing needs assessments and delivering and reviewing care plans. Understanding of personalisation and self-directed support. Car users desirable but not essential. A relevant qualification such as: HNC in Social Care/Social Services or SVQ 3 in Health and Social Care/Social Services and Healthcare. Degree in Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Community Education or similar qualification. For more information about this job opportunity, please click apply and submit your CV to Social Care Community Partnership or contact Martin Brownjohn or Steve More on for a confidential discussion. About The Social Care Community Partnership: The Social Care Community Partnership is Scotland's premier social care recruitment agency, sourcing and placing Social Care professionals, support staff and administrators throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK. We have Investors in People Gold Award Status and Investors in Young People Award The Social Care Community Partnership is an equal opportunities employer and has recently been awarded the Scotland Excel Contract - the only specialist Social Work recruitment agency to supply personnel to all 32 Local Authorities in Scotland. As a general rule we offer PAYE contracts to all Locum staff we employ which means that you are paid directly through our agency and are covered by our own insurances negating the need to use a third party payroll provider. In addition to this there are no fees to pay for payroll services or insurances and contractors accrue holiday pay on top of their hourly rate and are auto enrolled into our pension scheme. If you prefer to use an Umbrella Company, this is possible after we have credit checked them.