Employer: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: City Approach
Town: Salford
Salary: £34,834 - £41,418 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/11/2024 23:59
Social Worker Review and Extra Care Team
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced part-time Social Work Practitioner to join Salford Adult Social Care.
We strive to support people to live well and to be safe at home. We do this by having strength-based conversations to support people to promote their wellbeing. We work closely with other organisations to ensure that people are well connected with their local communities and can work towards achieving their personal outcomes.
The Adult Social Care workforce aims to improve outcomes for people who live in Salford by developing a skilled and motivated workforce. We do this by investing in continued professional development and ensuring that social work practice is current and of a high standard. You should hold a degree in social work, be registered with Social Work England, with evidence of continuing professional development and a strong understanding of the application of Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Safeguarding Adults.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role include completing strengths-based assessments and promoting well-being by utilising resources from social care, health, and other voluntary or statutory agencies.
The role involves undertaking initial assessments and proactively working with complex and legal issues, crisis planning, providing information, advice, signposting, and transferring to other social work teams or other services as required.
You will be a skilled practitioner who can identify whether the need for further assessment under section 9 and 10 of the Care Act is necessary and transfer these to the relevant social work teams for these assessments to take place. You will also be required to complete support planning and reviews.
There is a Safeguarding function within the service, which includes initial information gathering, risk assessing, safety planning, and establishing whether Safeguarding Adult Enquiries under section 42 of the Care Act are required.
The role requires resilient practitioners who can manage competing demands and prioritise the work demands effectively. The role requires applicants who are confident decision-makers and who can stay calm under pressure.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to supporting the recruitment and retention of our Social Work staff. It is recognised by the Trust that many experienced Social Work staff are currently likely to be employed by local government organisations, and to ensure there is clarity over terms and conditions of employment we offer National Joint Council Pay Scales to Social Workers we appoint, rather than NHS pay-scales. We have adopted the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment which is used for recognising continuous service regarding annual leave, sickness, and maternity for moves within Greater Manchester. In addition, we also recognise previous, continuous, national local government service regarding annual leave.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Possession of a recognised Social Work qualification; Degree, CQSW, CSS, Dip SW or equivalent.
* You must hold a current registration with the Social Work England.
Skills, knowledge & experience
* You must hold a full, current, and valid driving licence and have a vehicle with a current valid MOT certificate. You will also need adequate vehicle insurance cover.
* To undertake social work functions in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and best practice to deliver services effectively (i.e Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act, Equality Act).
* To be able to complete strength-based assessments, identify the need and urgency of the situation and implement actions to meet needs and minimise risk whilst balancing people's rights.
* To be able to effectively triage safeguarding referrals, taking into consideration risk, safety planning and decision making which is underpinned by the Care Act 2014 (s.42).
* To be accountable for your own workload by prioritising and monitoring your workload, completing timely assessments and support planning.
* To have the ability to develop effective working relationships with the people you work with, their carers/families, and other professionals/colleagues.
* To have a clear understanding of the social work role and be able to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.
* To be able to maintain accurate, complete, accessible, and up-to-date records and reports which meet legal and policy frameworks, using appropriate Information Technology, systems, and software.
* Ability to keep your knowledge of legal, policy and procedural frameworks and social work models and methods up to date in order to develop and improve your own practice and contribute to team development.
* To be able to support less experienced staff and mentor new staff and/or students across Adult Health and Social Care Services.
* To engage in supervision as a tool to help with managing own workload and improve practice.
* You have additional qualifications; Best Interest Assessors; AMHP; Practice Educator; Post Qualifying courses or other professional development qualifications.
* You can show knowledge of the recent Government Guidelines.
* Experience of working with adults/carers.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [emailprotected].
For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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