Adult Social Care Reviewing Officer

Neway is looking for a Reviewing Officer to join our client based with Hackney Council.

This role is starting asap, working Mon to Fir 9am to 5pm in an ongoing contract.

The post holder will be responsible for carrying out strengths based reviews and reassessments regarding people with long term conditions in accordance with the principles of the Care Act and under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Practitioner. They will visit people in their own homes and also within care home settings to meet with the service users their families and carers to discuss the support plan, which will entail lone working. They will draw up an appropriate, budgeted outcome based support plan using the Resource Allocation System and will monitor established plans and residential nursing home placements, ensuring they the support is effective at maximising the person's independence.

The post holder will provide information, advice and signpost service users to a range of universal services based on the outcome of the assessments and recommend and set up Telecare support where appropriate.

They will use their knowledge and skills to assess the cost of support appropriate to meeting a service users' needs and be aware of the financial implications of the work undertaken.

The post holder will be responsible for managing risk, capturing and recording qualitative and quantitative data, raising safeguarding concerns in line with the London procedures and taking responsibility for their own performance to achieve the National Indicator targets for assessments and reviews.