Adults Social Worker
Pay rate: £31.04 (umbrella)
Location: North London
Contract: 35 hours p/w, hybrid
The Council’s Housing team have an exciting opening for an experienced Level 3 Social Worker (Adults) to work within the street homeless accommodation service. The service provides in-reach support to Housing first tenants with a history of rough sleeping with high/complex needs and circumstances living in a one bed or shared property within the Borough of Enfield, as part of the Rough Sleeper Accommodation Project (RSAP). The successful applicant will be required to work as part of a support team, which includes support staff and welfare, debt and employment advisors. The successful applicant will require an In-depth knowledge of the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (20005) and Mental Health Act (1983). Knowledge and experience of working with mental health and addiction would be essential in this post.
Key Duties and Responsibilities Include:
• Undertaking needs assessments in line with the Care Act 2014.
• Providing intensive support with integration into society and crisis intervention where proportionate and appropriate.
• Fostering a multiagency approach to the support.
• Supporting the sustainment of tenancy and progression to suitable and longer term accommodation, reducing returns to the street.
• The Enfield RSAP will offer accommodation to up to 20 Housing First tenants
What you need:
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-
Please contact Kaye Fleming 07435787863 or email kaye.fleming@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.
We recruit across all areas of 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.