Job Summary
Royal Navy Family and People Support (RN FPS) is the Royal Navy’s dedicated welfare delivery organisation and is an integral part of Navy Command’s People Support. RN FPS offers a range of specialist services to RN Personnel, their families, and wider military communities across the UK and Overseas. If you are a qualified, registered, social worker, who wants to make a real difference in the lives of RN personnel and their families, then we want to hear from you.
The primary RN FPS function is delivery of an agile, integrated multi-disciplinary suite of services to support a global Navy. RN FPS provides three main pillars of service including Casework, Community Development & Outreach Support, and Information and Communication platforms. This adaptable and integrated organisation strives to enable and sustain resilience and resourcefulness within our diverse Naval Service Community.
Casework provides specific and tailored support to social care needs from crisis intervention to onward longer-term interventions. Casework service includes specialist support, especially during times of illness, grief and loss, or separation; and in particular where there are ongoing concerns for children, family, or relationships. As a Social Worker within the team you will be crucial to the success of service delivery.
RN FPS provides an open, flexible and supportive work environment, with a blended workforce comprised of civil servants and RN personnel working together.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description
In this role you will:
1. Deliver multi-disciplinary specialist welfare casework by positively engaging in integrated activities to enhance service delivery and promote holistic ways of working.
2. Coordinate and manage your own workflows in order to achieve optimal capability, ensuring the delivery of high-quality specialist welfare casework.
3. Be competent in the use of electronic information and case recording systems.
4. Provide formal supervision, reporting, and guidance to caseworkers and other staff, as the position requires. This includes mentoring of internal specialist welfare students and Social Work University students, commensurate with own experience, capacity and abilities.
5. Note that travel may be required, including overnight stays, to visit families, RN locations and attendance at meetings and forums.
Person Specification
If you are passionate about welfare, have experience in managing a complex caseload including safeguarding then this is the job for you.
As a Social Worker you will provide a reactive Specialist Welfare service to Service Personnel and their families, encompassing emotional support, advice, guidance, and signposting to additional support, ensuring individual well-being and the safety of vulnerable adults/children is paramount.
You will be required to respond to allocated work, and subsequent case management direction, and record activities in a timely manner in line with FPS processes, guidelines and complying with all applicable legal frameworks and statutory guidance. This will require regular communication with Service Users and attendance at home visits and multi-disciplinary team meetings.
Licences
Social Work England (SWE) registration
Qualifications
Social Work degree or equivalent
Memberships
Social Work England (SWE) registration
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Working Together
* Delivering at Pace
* Leadership
* Seeing the Big Picture
* Communicating and Influencing
* Changing and Improving
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
* Working Together
* Delivering at Pace
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