Responsibilities

• Assist in daily management of workload allocation within the specialist area, taking into account changing and competing demands and making decisions about prioritisation of caseloads.
• Supervise junior staff and ensure adherence to rules and policies within the section, department or facility.
• Conduct, with the department head, performance appraisals of staff.
• Take charge of care management for vulnerable clients, producing comprehensive social assessments, formulating social care plans, and identifying relevant resources.
• Coordinate the delivery of social care plans and liaise with government or charity agencies.
• Assess highly complex psycho‑social needs with families and caregivers, set objectives, develop care plans and deliver appropriate interventions.
• Assist the multidisciplinary team to recognise and intervene for high‑risk patients, using approved criteria for assessment of patien...