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|Post Title |Assistant Social Worker |

|Job Family |PC |

|Line Manager |Teresa Gravett-Smith |New Role? N (delete as appropriate) |

|Location |Amersham Area Office |

|Job Purpose |

|To undertake assessments and support individuals and their families to develop required packages of support to help them optimise their independence and |

|meet their assessed eligible needs. Support and advise clients and carers on how best to manage their environment, whilst maintaining privacy and |

|respect to ensure a high standard of provision. To undertake safeguarding case work and manage complex and legally sensitive cases |

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|Job Context (key outputs of team / role to provide some specific examples of role profile accountabilities) 6-8 bullet points max |

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|Conduct statutory and / or complex / specialist assessments of clients’ circumstances and issues to determine intervention / referral to the appropriate |

|service |

|Plan, deliver and oversee programmes or packages of care and/or support or other interventions for a complex caseload. Monitor and review cases. |

|Provide professional advice and guidance to colleagues and partner agencies supporting the relevant client group |

|Liaise internally and externally to ensure that clients are supported and issues from own work area are appropriately represented and reported |

|Maintain properly documented case files, records and client information |

|Knowledge, Skills and Experience |

|(N.B. Only Essential criteria taken into account for job evaluation purposes) |

|Role Profile requirements. |Job specific examples. |Essential |Desirable |

| |(if left blank refer to left hand column) | | |

|Substantial relevant experience of working in the service | |X | |

|/professional area, with evidence of work responsibilities| | | |

|appropriate to the role. | | | |

|Good knowledge of the service / professional field. | |X | |

|Authoritative knowledge of the relevant range of | |X | |

|procedural and legislative frameworks, systems and | | | |

|initiatives. | | | |

|Experience of multi-disciplinary and partnership working | |x | |

|and awareness of the issues involved. | | | |

|Planning and workload management skills. | |X | |

|Good interpersonal skills [in working alongside people who| |X | |

|are ill and/or under stress] | | | |

|Be competent in the use of IT packages including word | |X | |

|processing and the Council’s client record system | | | |

|Knowledge of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Capacity, | |X | |

|DOLs, etc) | | | |

|Experience: | |x | |

|Experience of working with people with a disability | | | |

|Experience in assessing, arranging and management of care | |x | |

|packages | | | |

|Experience of multidisciplinary working | |x | |

|Qualifications |

|Role Profile requirements. |Job specific examples. |Essential |Desirable |

| |(if left blank refer to left hand column) | | |

|Educated to degree standard or equivalent. | |x | |

|Relevant Social Work qualification | |x | |

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|Other Requirements |

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|To hold a current driving licence and have regular access to a vehicle. |

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|Decision Making Accountability |

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|Budgets: |

|Is the role directly responsible for managing a budget? (please specify size and type of budget) |

|no |

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|Is the role responsible for monitoring a budget (monitoring of a delegated budget under management direction)? (please specify size and type of budget) |

|no |

|Planning and Decisions: |

|What sort of deadlines does this person work to? Specify short, medium, long term |

|Short and medium |

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|Is this post responsible for forward planning? Specify to what extent e.g. 6 months or 3-5 year planning  |

|no |

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|Approximately how many posts are under the role’s reporting line? (including those that are managed directly and indirectly) |

|none |

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|Which key stakeholders does the post holder have to work with to be successful in their role? |

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|CCG, NHS trust, Providers of care services, service users and their families, voluntary services, other council departments |

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|What are the top 3 key decisions the post holder would be responsible for? |

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|What decisions are referred to the line manager? |

|Budgetary decisions |

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|Contacts: |

|With whom does this post have regular work contact? |

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|Residents of Buckinghamshire, family members, providers, health partners and colleagues |

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|For what reason? # delete as applicable and supply more information |

|Receiving or giving information? Y |

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|Giving professional advice? N |

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|Negotiation? Y If Yes please give an example: |

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|May involve negotiation with a provider regarding the provision of care, with family members regarding autonomy of adult in vulnerable position |

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|Where this is an existing post, please identify the changes to the post since it was last evaluated: |

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|none |

|The job involves travel for business purposes: Often*. |

|Where possible please quantify the approximate volume of travel (see guidelines for examples). |

|Organisation Structure (Please attach if available) |

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