Care Manager - South London Local Authority

Posted 02 May 2019
Salary £28.00 - £30.00 per hour + Depending on experience
LocationSouth London
Job type Contract
Discipline Social Care
Referencerem-0974690_1556810616
Contact NameHolly Astrop

Job description

Remedy Recruitment Group are currently seeking an experienced Care Manager to work within a South London Local Authority.

Job Purpose

  • Ability to carry out detailed needs assessments according to the Care Act (Welfare Principle).
  • Ability to write detailed needs assessments highlighting the adults' strengths and needs in relation to their daily activities.
  • Ability to arrange appropriate care packages and to the ability to calculate the cost of individual care packages.
  • Ability to identify, record and respond to risk.
  • Ability to maintain accurate records.
  • Ability to give information to adults and their carers and ability to direct them to the sources where information is available.
  • Ability to signpost adults and their carers to alternative services when appropriate.
  • Ability to work under pressure in a busy and fast-paced Duty Team.
  • Ability to liaise and work effectively with other Health and Social Care Professionals such as GPs, District Nurses, Occupational therapists, Housing, Mental Health, the Police.
  • Ability to use supervision and seek guidance regarding casework
  • Ability to support other members of the team.
  • Ability and experience to carry out Safeguarding preliminary enquiries to establish whether safeguarding threshold is met.
  • Ability and experience to carry out Safeguarding investigations and to proceed through each stage of the safeguarding process.

You will need to be:

HCPC registered

Eligible to work in the UK

Why Choose Remedy?

Competitive pay rates

Access to exclusive roles that aren't available from other agencies

1st tier agency

Up to £250 for each social work professional you refer to us who we place*

If you are interested and would like to find out more please apply to this advert with a copy of your updated CV. Alternatively, please send your CV directly