Qualified Social Worker - Hospital Team
Location: SouthEast
Pay rate: £36,648 -£38,186 per Annum
Are you a Qualified Social Worker looking for a new opportunity within the Hospital Discharge Team? We are currently working with a local authority in the South East who are looking for experienced social workers to join their Hospital Discharge Team.
Working in accordance with social care legislation and local government requirements, informed by the values and principles of social care; you will be supporting in the delivery of person centred, safe and effective social care services. Using your professional knowledge and experience you’ll make assessments and decisions about the most appropriate interventions. Applying your significant Social Work experience and excellent communication skills you’ll establish and maintain relationships with service users and other agencies to ensure services meet identified needs.
You’ll be committed to ensure positive and sustainable results of your interventions. Using best practice, you’ll strive to provide the best outcomes for children. Most importantly however, you’ll have a passion for supporting children and their families to ensure that they thrive and flourish. Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable and to be as efficient as possible.
Perfect candidate will be:
1. Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
2. Experienced in working with children and families including those from vulnerable groups.
3. Creative, flexible and forward thinking in approach.
4. Knowledgeable of Child Protection legislation and understanding of child protection issues.
5. Constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children.
6. Able to use excellent mediation and negotiation skills on behalf of service users.
7. Highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in assessments and plans
8. Committed to providing our service users with a high-quality service
9. Experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary, interagency basis
10. 4 Years plus Qualified
In this role you will:
11. Use skills, knowledge, and experience to make full assessment of risks protection and social care needs.
12. Manage an agreed case load.
13. Use specialist communication skills to achieve optimum outcomes for service users.
14. Devise individual care plans, taking account of diversity and promoting dignity and empowerment.
15. Offer advice and support to unqualified staff and students to assist development.
16. Staff benefit include:
17. From 25to 32days' annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
18. Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
19. Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
20. Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
21. Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility)
22. Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
23. Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. W e welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
24. Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
25. Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
26. Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel
27. This role is ideally located for those travelling from Northampton, Cambridge, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Luton, London, Northampton Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough Bath, Swindon, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Worchester, Royal Leamington Spa.
28. We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.
This role is ideally located for those travelling from Northampton, Cambridge, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Luton, London, Northampton Oxfordshire, Reading, Slough Bath, Swindon, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Worchester, Royal Leamington Spa.
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.