Newport County Council are seeking to recruit an experienced social work assistant based in the Home First team within Adult’s services.  You will manager a caseload of people, each requiring customised care and support plans. The role is a temporary, full time position for an initial period of 3 months with a view to this being extended on a rolling basis and is offering a pay rate of £16.92 per hour.The duties of this role will include:

• To provide people with information and advice in relation to care and support and assistance in accessing care and support. 
• To explore options with individuals for meeting their care and support needs and to empower the individual to access early intervention and preventatives services. 
• To respond to enquiries in an informative and knowledgeable way to enable people to better help themselves and others.
• To undertake proportionate assessments of care and support needs when offering advice and assistance.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Enhanced DBS check
• Experience of working within Health and Social Care
• Experience of carrying out care and support assessments
• Full UK driving licence
• Be able to work upon own initiative and within a team

The benefits of working with Eilidh at Service Care Solutions:
• You will receive a dedicated and personal consultant with a vast knowledge of social work
• We are a nationwide supplier of Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities which means we have a wide variety of exclusive roles based all over the country
• We provide frequent updates of new opportunities via text and email
• We have an expert payroll service which is processed twice a weekAt Service Care Solutions we also offer a £250 bonus for referrals! If you think you know someone who would be ideal for this role and they are placed in the job you will then receive £250 at the end of their probationary period.To apply for this role, or to refer someone else, then please do not hesitate to contact Eilidh at Service Care Solutions on .