SDS Practitioner - Hospital Assessment Team

SDS Practitioner - Hospital Assessment Team

Location: Colchester , Essex Salary: 20 - 24.81 per hour Date posted: 01/06/2012 12:06 Job type:Temporary Company: Working for Essex Contact: Georgia Ray Ref: Totaljobs/WE-EC12363 Job ID: 53711445

SDS Practitioner - Complex Discharge Hospital Assessment Team

Colchester

24.81 LTD per hour / 20.34 PAYE per hour
3 month Temporary Contract

The Role

To facilitate and support service users to undertake supported self assessments and reviews to identify needs and outcomes. Providing assessment of need taking into account current support systems and to evaluate potential risks, for example Mental Capacity Act, continuing health care and safeguarding.

Job Purpose

To promote a model of self directed support to service users and carers to determine their own solutions.
To work generically as a member of a multi-disciplinary team within the self directed support model using the principles of personalisation.

Key Accountabilities

Facilitate service user choice and empowerment through promoting independence as far as possible, by using knowledge and skills to promote quality of life through application of the Social Model of Disability and inclusive communication.Facilitate service users in the development of support plans using a person centred approach in liaison with statutory and non-statutory/voluntary agencies. Through using the wide range of tools and options available to support the service user in determining their own outcomes and how they could be met.Facilitate service user choice and empowerment through promoting independence as far as possible, by using knowledge and skills to promote quality of life, through the application of the principles of the personalisation agenda, such as support planning, at validation / risk management board discussions and Family Group Conferencing.To facilitate service users in the identification of services within the community and purchasing of services on their behalf to meet both their short term and long term needs as identified by them via the service placement team where appropriate.Prepare sketches, diagrams and specifications with other agencies. Evaluate the safe use of equipment and adaptations, review its effectiveness and teach service users and carers to safely use equipment, to comply with relevant legislation, policy and guidelines on safe working practices.To refer, liaise, consult and work effectively with other professionals in order to identify and meet service user / carers needs e.g. Social Care Staff, Essex Equipment Service, Health Care Professionals, District Councils, Housing Teams, Home Improvement Agencies and contractors. In integrated teams, to positively contribute to the achievement of joint working practices.To facilitate service users and carers in the identification of assessment andsupport plans using appropriate tools to enable validation.Financial responsibility in relation to support planning and ECC charging policy.To hold a caseload of a level of complexity and provide case management, guidance, support and expert advice to social care staff and students, as and when required.Required to be mobile throughout an operational area. To be able to attend meetings or provide cover in other locations. Driving licence and car or access to other effective transport arrangements is essential.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Diploma / Degree in Social Work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent or Diploma of the College of Occupational Therapists or B.Sc. O.T. or other professional qualification recognised by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists.Registration with the Health Professions Council as an Occupational Therapist and/or Registration with General Social Care Council.Approved Social Worker status (specific to Older Adult Mental Health).

Working for Essex welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation.

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