How you'll make a difference
As an Adult Social Worker, you will make a real difference working with adults who may require social care services whilst in prison. Your primary purpose will be assessing their social care, functional and health needs and work with them to create a support plan, aimed at promoting their independence and meeting their goals, for them to manage the requirements of daily life.
What you will be doing
* Daily, you will deliver genuine people-centred, strength-based support, with a focus on what our service users tell us will make the biggest difference to them. Using your creativity to deliver the best outcomes for our service users.
* It will be your responsibility to implement, review and monitor actions and outcomes in line with individual care plans.
* Where appropriate, you will make changes and amendments as the needs of the individual change and evolve.
* You will work in line with best practice legislation, policy and guidance to promote the wellbeing and dignity of service users.
* Using your experience and knowledge, you will make recommendations for the implementation of reablement equipment.
As an Advanced Social Worker, you will be required to:
* support students on placement as an experienced Practice Educator.
* be fully up to date with the core training expectations as an Advanced Social Worker.
What we need from you
* It is essential that you have a degree in social work with relevant SWE registration to practice or be in the final year of your social work studies.
* Giving the elements of this role you must be able to work with the range of professionals based within the prisons, often in a challenging environment.
* We require you to have knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and processes.
* You will be able to demonstrate that you can manage complex cases and that you can apply excellent assessment skills in practice.
Additionally, as an Advanced Social Worker:
* You must have a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
* We require you to have evidence of meeting the essential (and desirable where possible) criteria for the role of Advanced Social Worker.
* You will have a clear commitment to Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
What you need to know
* This is a limited term contract, ending May 2026.
* This role is hybrid, predominantly you will be required to work in the office or within the community, with occasional days working at home.
* You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area so must have a full valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have alternative appropriate means of travel.
* Due to the nature of this role and the settings you will be working in, you will need to work under tight security rules. You will be required to complete enhanced security vetting and undertake specific training, under the continued support and supervision of the Senior Practitioner and Service Manager.
* Please note you will also be requirement to have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.
To be considered for the Advanced Social Worker position, your evidence must be clearly detailed in your application.
The salary is offered at points within these bands depending on experience:
* Social worker: £35,235 - £37,938
* Advanced Social worker: £39,513 - £42,708
Interviews are anticipated on 17/03/2025
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
* What’s special here is the strength of the team ethos. We are a relatively small local authority, so managers know staff well. They can plan their services to ensure teams have manageable caseloads and have effective supervision so feel supported to make decisions which are right for the people they work with.
* We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
* We invest in the careers of our people, and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.
* As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
* We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted, and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.
* We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
* We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life.
* We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.
We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.
We’re making a difference, be part of it!
To view the full job description, please click this link: Social Worker & Advanced Social Worker
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