TASC is a social care team set within Integrated Adult Social Care, with strong links with Children’s Services and Education. We work with young people from the age of 14 up until 18 across the Devon County Council footprint. The team comprises of two Team Managers, Social Workers, Social Care Assessors, Occupational Therapists and Business/Information Support Officers.
The TASC team works to the Care Act principles to engage with young people with a disability ensuring that independent living skills are promoted and maximised to facilitate young people’s ability to engage with their community, gain employment, and live and enjoy their adult life as independently as possible.
This is an exciting time for the transitions service as we are now in our second year of our TASC project. This project’s overall aim is to improve our joint services in supporting young people in Devon as they plan and make decisions about what their adult life will look like. Over the first year of the project we have shown that effective collaboration with Children’s Services, Education and voluntary agencies is improving the outcomes for young people, and those that care for them, as they transition into adulthood.
We are delighted to announce that we are looking to recruit a full time Social Worker to join our team. It really is a very crucial time in our project development and the successful applicant for this post will play a significant part as the TASC team continues to evolve. Being part of this project will require you to demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous improvement in service delivery.
About You
Are you a social worker with experience of:
1. working with individuals with disabilities?
2. working with children or young people?
3. skilled partnership working with other agencies and teams to support positive outcomes for individuals?
Such experience would be a great advantage for potential applicants for this social work position in our team.
We are ideally looking for a full time worker. However, applicants who can offer 30 hours could be considered but would require further discussion.
Social Worker Career Pathway
We have implemented the first phase of a new Social Worker Career Pathway within our Adults Services, with our vacancies available at the Social Worker (Grade F) or Experienced Social Worker (Grade G) levels. Our Social Worker and Experienced Social Worker roles align with the national Professional Capability Framework (PCF) for Social Workers, which provides a robust structure for all local authorities to use as a way of standardising professional capabilities and provides a clear career pathway.
This is a fantastic opportunity to provide you with an achievable, clear pathway for your career; to enable you as a practitioner to reflect and identify your own practice and development on the PCF pathway.
If successful in being shortlisted for interview, your experience, skills and knowledge, will be assessed against the PCF domains and if found appointable, this will determine your appointment to either the Social Worker (Grade F) or Experienced Social Worker level (Grade G).
With on-going learning and support from your line manager, those appointed as a Social Worker will be able to evidence incremental learning and submit an application in due course for progression to the Experienced Social Worker (Grade G) via a portfolio of supporting evidence against the PCF framework.
Does the job role include personal care?: No
Working Patterns:
TBC
What we can offer you
The TASC team is a countywide team and is located across the Devon County Council footprint. Therefore, we are not a team who go into an office base each day. However, we pride ourselves on being a supportive and friendly team who communicates and supports each other on a daily basis. Additionally, we provide 1-1 supervision and monthly practice-focused peer discussions and team meetings. These are a mix of face to face and remote MS Teams meetings.
We are committed to your continuous professional development, doing all we can to help you to get the most from your career. You will receive excellent support and supervision, with regular opportunities to discuss and reflect on your practice, both with your line manager and peers.
We offer 26 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays, rising incrementally to 31 days after 5 years’ service.
Flexible working opportunities are available, these include part-time hours, flexitime, compressed working hours and homeworking (this is subject to the needs of the role – please discuss at further at interview).
Offer an opportunity to enter a generous Local Government Pension Scheme.
As a place to live and work, Devon is hard to beat with top-performing schools, universities, vibrant cities, pretty villages and some of the most scenic coast and countryside in the UK. Living and working in Devon as a Social Worker has never been more attractive.
If you are currently living, working or studying in the UK and are looking to relocate to Devon, subject to qualifying conditions and in exceptional circumstances, relocation support of up to £10,000, may be available. Visa sponsorship may also be offered as part of the relocation support package, terms and conditions apply.
Please note: At this time, we are unable to consider overseas applications.
If you are a self-directed and motivated Social Worker who is committed to working towards positive outcomes for young people and their carers, please contact:
TASC Team Manager Magda Drake-Browning on 01392 383597 at magda.drake-browning@devon.gov.uk or
Kat Dwyer, at katrina.dwyer@devon.gov.uk on 01392 385805 for an informal discussion.
Internal Applicants, please note: If you are an existing DCC employee, please use your iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS) details to log in and apply.
* DCC embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and safe. We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to stop discrimination, challenge inequality and promote diversity across Devon.
* More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity webpages.
* Happy to Talk Flexible Working - The Council offers flexible working arrangements in terms of when and where people work e.g. hybrid working, part-time, condensed hours etc.
* We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
* This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
* Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice.
* For more information about Working for Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.
* This role requires a DBS disclosure.
* This role requires Social Work England Registration (SWE).
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