Senior Case Worker (Learning Disabilities)
Job Reference: HCC619393
Salary Range: £32,149 - £35,241 pro-rata, per annum
Work Location: The Aviary, Eastleigh
Hours per week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 16 December 2024
The Role:
Joining our dedicated Learning Disabilities operational Reviewing Team as a Senior Case Worker, supported by qualified social care and health care professionals, you’ll review existing care packages to ensure that they continue to meet the individual’s needs, with the aim of promoting independence and maximising their wellbeing. Using a person-centred approach, you'll use your knowledge of strengths-based practice to focus on people’s resourcefulness and abilities and enable them to develop the best strategies to face life’s challenges and live independently and safely in the community.
Using your strong relationship management and negotiation skills, you’ll collaborate with the people who use our service, their families, providers, and other health care professionals. As a Senior Case Worker, you’ll support more complex cases and provide coaching and mentoring support to Case Workers. Your office base will be in Eastleigh; however, countywide and out of the county travel will be required for this role.
Take a look at our Candidate Pack for more information about the role, team, and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills, and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values in your application.
Joining us as a Senior Case Worker can lead to a fantastic career in Adults’ Health and Care. Our experienced Senior Case Workers can be considered for our social work apprenticeship scheme, which is currently run by the University of Winchester leading to a career as a Qualified Social Worker.
Within our Community Teams, we’re investing in creating the right conditions to ensure our Senior Case Workers can work flexibly and are given the capacity to provide the excellent level of support and attention needed to make a real difference to the lives of the people in our community. We believe our staff deserve to feel fulfilled professionally and enjoy a good balance between work and home life. We provide our teams with a safe and supportive working environment, offering regular supervision, mentoring and Continuous Professional Development opportunities, alongside a competitive Benefits Package.
Travel Requirements:
You will be required to travel to various locations within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight or other local authority, and it is essential that you have a current drivers’ licence and access to a reliable vehicle on a regular basis.
Values Based Recruitment
We recruit for attitudes and values in Adults’ Health and Care. We invite you to evidence how you demonstrate our 5 core values in your application. For more information on our values, please refer to the candidate pack.
Vetting Requirements:
This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
For general enquiries, please contact care.careers@hants.gov.uk
For an informal chat about the role, please contact Kim Plested on kim.plested@hants.gov.uk or Phillipa Neathey, Team Manager on philippa.neathey2@hants.gov.uk.
Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers, and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
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