Social Care Worker – Hospital Social Work Team
Salary - £29,093 - £32,654 (actual salary £14,546 - £16,327), Grade 5
Hours - 18.5 hours per week working Wednesday PM - Friday including some Bank Holidays
Contract type – part time, permanent post
This is an exciting time to join the City of Wolverhampton Council as a Hospital Social Care Worker. The post holder will be based within the Hospital Social Work team offering a citywide service facilitating timely discharges from the Acute Trust, West Park Hospital and Home First services.
In Wolverhampton we are ambitious for our social care workers, passionate about excellent, relational social care practice and courageous in our innovation, with leaders who are visible and responsive.
We need people like you who will support us to work in a truly person-centred and strengths-based way.
At the award-winning City of Wolverhampton Council, we work restoratively with people, building strong relationships and making connections to help them find long-lasting solutions that are right for them using the Three Conversations approach. At the heart of this way of working is having a meaningful conversation with a person, listening hard and being interested in what matters to them. But it’s also about innovation, creativity and professional autonomy.
Our vision in Adult’s Services is that the individuals we support will be at the centre of everything we do. We are committed to celebrating uniqueness and promoting independence, wellbeing and safety.
We are a forward-thinking, responsive organisation and want our social care workers to spend their time building relationships with people and families to achieve real, sustainable change. We have a clear development pathway alongside a substantial training and development offer which is varied and responsive to practice challenges. Our senior managers and leaders are visible and take the time to listen to frontline employees.
If you are someone who is passionate and tenacious, wants to do the best job possible and is committed to excellent social care work practice then we want to hear from you!
We will inspire, support and champion you so that you can be the social care worker you want to be.
Join us…
You will:
* Engage with and empower people on discharge from hospital or ‘home first’ discharge to assess (D2A) services, their carers, and their support networks, in short term care planning.
* Have good understanding of the hospital discharge process
* The ability to negotiate, advocate and influence safe discharges
* Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in supporting complex discharges
* Have a good understanding of the importance of appropriate Funding streams and how these may be accessed.
* Provide written and verbal reports as required and assist in assessing and monitoring the implementation of plans and positive outcomes for the people, including attendance and presentation of multi-disciplinary and family meetings.
* Be dedicated to working directly with people with care and support needs and carers to ensure that their voices are heard, and they are supported to live their idea of a good life
* Have a working knowledge of relevant legislation, such as the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Discharge policy and procedures.
* Have strong analytical, assessment and negotiation skills
* Have excellent time management and organisational skills
* Be passionate about making a difference and committed to strengths-based working
* Demonstrate the ability to work with colleagues and alongside service providers, police, health colleagues, voluntary partners and commissioners
* Have strong interpersonal, communication and IT skills
* Have a vision for your own career development and clear plan for your future training needs
These posts are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
For your valued contribution we offer:
* Regular informal and formal reflective supervision
* Reimbursement of Blue light discount card membership fees
* Supportive and flexible working arrangements, which may include some home working
* Excellent local government pension scheme
As part of the interview process, candidates will be required to undertake:
* A written exercise
* A panel interview
For further information on these posts please contact: Chris Evans, Faith Mazhude, Harjinder Rai or Sally Morris (Social Work Unit Manager’s) via telephone number 01902 695780.
You will be notified on the outcome of your application form as soon as possible after the closing date.
For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Our working arrangements
All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style. Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance.
Please refer to the Job Description for further information on the workstyle assigned to the role you are applying for.
Diversity
We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. We want to attract the best applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups because we strongly believe in adding value through diversity, inclusion, and equality.
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the essential criteria for the post.
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