2 jobs found in Yeovil

Our client Somerset Council is looking for an Adults Social Worker to join their Learning Disabilities team. Main Responsibilities and Duties Undertake detailed Care Act reviews and reassessments for adults with learning disabilities as part of the Review Project. Complete face-to-face visits with people in their homes, supported living services, residential settings and other community-based environments to gather evidence and assess current care and support needs. Gather, analyse and evaluate information from multiple sources, including the person, family members, advocates, providers, health professionals, records and direct observations to inform professional decision-making. Determine whether existing information supports a statutory review or whether a full reassessment is required, recording clear professional rationale for decisions made. Identify, evidence and record eligible care and support needs in accordance with the Care Act, applying strengths-based and...

Our client Somerset Council is looking for a Qualified Social Worker to join their children in need service. The responsibility of the Children's Services Function is to promote and ensure the safety, well bring and learning of children and young people. Within the Service, Children and Young People's Social Care Team provide services to "Children in Need", children subject to Child Protection Plans, Children "Looked After" and consultancy across Early Help Services. The Family Front Door Social Worker is responsible for triaging acute level of need referrals from professionals and families, gathering and analysing information, and making clear, evidence-based recommendations. The role ensures an effective interface between our families, partner agencies and Children's Social Care, to ensure that Children and Families within Somerset get the correct level of support and the the correct time. All Practitioners at the Front Door are office based for their intervention, assessment...