Social Care Assistant (Adults - Mental Health)

Purpose:To assess the needs of adults and older people with physical disabilities, mental health , and/or learning disabilities and their informal carers in accordance with the Care Act and eligibility criteriaTo work collaboratively with other health and social care colleagues to facilitate an integrated approach and seamless support to service users.To formulate and implement strengths-based support plans with service users, their informal carers and other appropriate people, which will maximise their independence.To assess service users and their informal carers'' activities of daily living and organise appropriate solutions to meet needs. To support service users and or informal carers to identify and commission resources that enable them to choose the best support options.To provide on-going assistance where required to service users in the management of their rehabilitation and complex support needs.To use strengths-based approaches to assess, monitor and review the social care needs of service users and informal carers and find appropriate solutions.To hold an individual caseload of varying degrees of complexity excluding casework that requires the expertise of a qualified professional.Take responsibility for managing casework with the supervision of a qualified senior practitioner.To conduct Assistive Technology assessments and organise provision of suitable equipment. Duties and Responsibilities: To conduct risk assessments and undertake initial enquiries in ..... full job details .....