Livewell Southwest are currently looking for an experienced Social Worker who is keen to work with young people within The Learning and Disability Team.
If you are looking to develop your NHS experience and provide social care with the support of working within a multidisciplinary team, then please do apply.
Main duties of the job
You will provide a comprehensive effective and integrated social work service to young people and their families and carers using services in both a community and inpatient setting.
What you can add
Working collaboratively to seek resolutions to challenges.
Finding strategies to meet your patients' goals.
Job responsibilities
1. Supervise and/or train students and lower band colleagues as and when required to ensure their practice is safe and professional.
2. Provide supervision or peer supervision as and when required to ensure practice is safe and professional.
3. Support the delivery of induction training for new staff within the service as and when required to ensure practice is safe and professional.
4. Responsibility for the occasional short term security of a person's cash, legal documentation, or valuable items until they can be securely deposited.
5. Duty to consider best value option when planning for people's care and support.
6. Plan and organise day-to-day work using an online calendar, recording systems, and workload management tools in accordance with departmental guidelines.
7. Ensure records are timely, kept up to date, accurate, and used in accordance with the GDPR and organisational guidelines.
8. Have a good understanding of the various computer programmes essential for the completion of daily work such as Microsoft Office.
9. Arrange and plan meetings with colleagues and/or people who use services and be willing to chair them if required.
10. Maintain contact with people who use our services either face-to-face, telephone, or assistive technology such as video links and conference calls.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent in Social Work e.g. DipSW, CQSW, CSS.
Experience
* Evidence of Continuous Professional Development by producing documentation to meet the Standards of Proficiency for Social Worker registration.
* Registration with Social Work England as a social worker.
* Experience and knowledge in line with national standards and guidance.
* Ongoing training and evidence of continuous professional development.
* Relevant policies and procedures of the Department and Livewell South West.
Qualification Evidence
* In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of:
* Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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