Social Work Assistant

We are currently looking to recruit a permanent Social Work Assistant to join Porth Gofal Integrated Intake team, to work with individuals, families and professionals acting on their behalf. This is an exciting and varied role within the service where you will be the initial contact within Porth Gofal, responsible for discussing a person's concerns, addressing those concerns by exploring options and providing information and advice on support that is available both within the community and wider area to enable citizens and family resilience, and where appropriate starting a proportionate assessment. Porth Gofal is the integrated decision making hub for Ceredigion that triages and determines the level of need of all cases and the best outcomes for those individuals. Porth Gofal is the heart of service provision that focuses on ensuring that Citizens receive the intervention that is best placed to meet their needs or where else to guide them to early help or specialist services. What Porth Gofal provides:

• a responsive service to Citizens living in Ceredigion
• applies a Strength based needs assessment focusing on service user choice and control using the Signs of Safety framework
• a reduction in the time Social Care professionals spend in determining eligibility for statutory services
• legislatively compliant service that meets the statutory requirements of the SSWBA
• a safe service that identifies vulnerable and at risk Citizens, that responds effectively
What Porth Gofal achieves:
• provides information, advice and assistance about community health and social care services for adults that improves the connection between people and their communities
• encourages a balanced approach to the assessment of need ensuring that citizens are at the centre of conversations, decisions and the "what matters" conversation takes place
• multidisciplinary triaging of referrals to identify the right professional to respond e.g. physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist or Social care workers to ensure right response at the right time
• provide more consistent, coordinated assessment for care and support
• improve the flow of information between services, resulting in faster decisions being made about people's needs and support
• reduces hospital admissions. Provides an in-reach service to reduce delayed transfers of care by providing timely discharges from hospital
A commitment to integrated working with a focus on positive outcomes for the citizens is essential., We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:
• Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
• Flexi-time: Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.
  
  excellent communication (verbal and written)
• ability to analyse the impact of presenting problems and their urgency
• previous experience of working within a demanding environment
  
  What we offer
Work-life balance Lifestyle savings scheme Generous employer pension scheme Cycle to work scheme Learning and developmentWhere you'll work Porth Gofal - Targeted Intervention Services We are at the core of Ceredigion's through-age social care provision and we focus on ensuring that each individual receives the intervention that is best placed to meet their needs or, where necessary, guide them to early help or specialist services. Our functions include: o Porth Gofal Intake and Triage Team o Targeted Intervention Services o Fostering Services o Residential and Day Care Services o Housing Services o Integrated Community Equipment Stores o Emergency Duty Team More information regarding our teams can be found here. Penmorfa Penmorfa is our most central office, it is where our Chief Executive and Councillors are based. Read more Aberaeron Aberaeron is a picture perfect harbour town and is one of Ceredigion's best loved holiday destinations with fashionable places to stay and eat. Read more