Assessor Care Manager

Network Recruitment Wales are recruiting an Assessor Care Manager for a temporary contract on behalf of one of our clients. 

Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : 27/01/2025
End Date : 20/03/2025
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00

KEY OBJECTIVES
1. To provide an assessment, support planning and review service in accordance with agreed case allocation principles and guidance in order to ensure that:
• To safeguard and promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people through the provision of high quality practice in assessment, care planning and review and ensure it is person centred and focus on specific outcomes to achieve maximum independence.
• To provide information advice and signposting to help children and families plan for their future needs, use services effectively, take responsibility for their own health and well-being.
• To undertake actions in relation to safeguarding as agreed within agreed statutory safeguarding policies.
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• To participate in effective partnership in effective partnership working and engagement and to work collaboratively with a range of organisations, statutory and voluntary in delivering a service to children and young people.
• To assist in the provision of effective services to support children and young people to continue to live at home or return to family members
2. To work within organisational policy and legislative requirements
• To work in partnership with young people, their career and significant other in undertaking assessments in accordance with statutory guidance, legislation and departmental procedures
• To maintain the highest professional standards in the discharge of this post and to uphold the Social Care Wales Code of Professional Practice and promote others within this area of responsibility.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITY
To undertake allocated assessments, person centred support planning and reviews in accordance with agreed case allocation principles and guidance; commissioning support where required.
To take on new cases as required by your line manager in accordance with agreed case allocation principles and guidance and to be prepared to take increasingly more complex cases as skills and experience develop.
To undertake actions in relation to safeguarding children and young people at risk, as required within agreed Statutory Childrens Safeguarding policies.
To provide information, advice and signposting to help people stay healthy, plan for their future needs, use services effectively, take responsibility for their own health and well-being.
To ensure personal outcomes are planned to maximise the impact of prevention and early intervention.
To monitor and review on-going case requirements, adapting budgets or commissioned support to ensure the personal outcomes identified are achieved.
To undertake reviews and monitoring of on-going requirements, adapting support plans to ensure delivery of assessed outcomes making the most effective use of resources.
To participate in team duty and referral taking systems as directed. To monitor and review ongoing case requirements, adapting support plans to ensure delivery of assessed outcomes making the most effective use of resources, this includes amending direct payment budgets or commissioned support to ensure the personal outcomes identified are achieved.
To participate and/or lead as required by your line manager and in accordance with agreed case allocation principles and guidance, in meetings relevant to your work.
To establish good professional working relationships with in-house and external agencies.
To participate and/or lead, as required by your line manager and in accordance with agreed case allocation principles and guidance, in meetings relevant to your work.
To attend team meetings and departmental meetings as required.
To operate within financial and budgetary guidelines.
To undertake training and development as required and part of an agreed programme of learning with your line manager
To input and maintain records on core computer systems as required and undertake training as necessary.
To ensure that children and families are aware of the complaints procedures, access to records in accordance with GDPR and advocacy services.
To provide work familiarisation and induction support to other team members as required.
To promote and ensure maximum individual and carer involvement at all times.
To establish good professional working relationships with in-house and external agencies.
To attend team meetings and departmental meetings as required.
To ensure you meet those areas required of you in the Division’s quality assurance and performance management framework.
To be allocated cases of children and young people whose names are on the child protection register and where case accountability remains with the Team Manager.
To identify unmet need and assist in the collection of data as required.
To ensure you meet the requirements of the data governance and confidentiality policies.
To carry out health and safety responsibilities in accordance with the Division’s Health & Safety Responsibilities document.
To undertake such other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grade, as may be reasonably required by the Service Director, or as a mutually agreed development opportunity.