Advanced Social Worker

Advanced Adults Social Worker, Leeds
Pay rate £35 per hour
The Talent Crowd are recruiting for an Advanced Social Worker to join a Hospital Discharge Neighbourhood Team in Leeds.
Job Purpose: -
Responsible for providing a high quality and comprehensive social work service to adults, carers and the community in accordance with statutory guidelines and the Authority’s needs, policies and practices.  Responsible for managing a caseload involving high levels of challenging and complexity including the assessment and management of risk.
Accountabilities:

• Undertake a wide range of complex assessments including Community Care and Best Interest Assessments and construct innovative and cost-effective solutions
• Carry out Safeguarding investigations within multi-agency procedures
• Carry out risk assessments and identify needs and options
• Using a person-centred approach, develop and maintain effective relationships with service users, their families and carers enabling them to make informed choices
• Promote independence and early intervention, helping resolve conflict where needed
• Contribute to the enhanced screening of new referrals and existing service users
• Work in courts with appropriate support to obtain and implement court orders
• Contribute to the development of practice and services
• Carry out specific pieces of work on cases that are allocated to other teams
• Undertake the Practice Educator Level 2 role
• Participate in the Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) rota where qualified
• Undertake the office duty role as required

Please contact Molly Rylance on or email for more information.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.