Specialist Homeless Prevention Social Worker

DEPARTMENT: Public Health & Wellbeing
DIVISION: Adult Social Care
Location: Luton
RESPONSIBLE TO: Operational Manager – Adults Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
GRADE: L7 & ASYE
Salary: £28-£30

Purpose of post:

This post works across Adult Social Care and Rough Sleeping to promote wellbeing by preventing rough sleeping in Luton. It aims to do this by enabling people to:

⦁ Have control over their lives.
⦁ Live safe, healthy and fulfilled lives.
⦁ Have an active role in a stronger and prosperous community.
⦁ Access the support they need in order to be as independent as they choose.

This post is specifically funded to work with people rough sleeping and at risk of returning to rough sleeping. You will be expected to: 1) receive and co-ordinate complex referrals, undertake the resulting assessments including if you are a qualified Approved Mental Health practitioner (AMPH) and Best Interest Assessor (BIA) and carers assessments; 2) work in close partnership with homelessness providers; 3) influence the direction of future services.

Experience
Post qualifying experience in
social/health care field

Experience of the customer interface environment and demonstrable commitment to customer satisfaction including knowledge of the different adult client groups.

Experience of advocacy and user involvement issues including promoting the involvement of people in developing their own care/support plans

Experience of collaborative, partnership and inter-agency working.
Skills/Abilities
Self-motivating and managing, high achiever, dynamic and innovative, able to work as part of a team.

Able to support the promotion the benefits of working together as one multi-disciplinary team and one department to minimise duplication and make best use of scarce resources

Able to work with straightforward cases with appropriate support and supervision – where there may be issues of vulnerability and risk and where crisis intervention may be required in compliance with health and safety policies.

Able to evaluate alternative lines of action, identify degrees of priority and urgency and make creative and sound judgments in providing solutions to case work issues.

Demonstrable organisational skills – able to manage periods of competing pressures, conflicting demands and priorities and plan workload in order to meet strict deadlines and targets whilst maintaining excellent standards.
Able to make professional judgements, accept the consequences of own actions and negotiate resources in a multidisciplinary setting.

Able to set and maintain the highest standards of personal, professional and ethical behaviour and gain the trust and respect of others.

Ability to reflect on own practice

Ability to work under pressure
Education and training
Dip SW or CQSW, must be registered with relevant body (e.g.
HCPC).
(or Foreign qualification where certified by Social Work England)

Demonstrable commitment to continuous professional development. Willing to undertake
further PQ training

Specialist knowledge
In depth knowledge and understanding of social care legislation and regulation and how to interpret this in a modern context including:
⦁ Personalisation
⦁ Care Act 2014
⦁ Making Safeguarding Personal MCA DoLS
⦁ Multi-disciplinary complex case work
⦁ CQC Care Standards
•No recourse to public funds
•Transition
•Transforming Care
•Continuing Healthcare
•Rehabilitation & Reablement
•Telecare & Other Technologies Knowledge of and application of the Early Help & preventative agenda