Social Worker - Community Wellbeing Service (Adult Social Care)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hereford
Hours: 37 hours
Salary: £35235 - £39513 + £3,000 welcome payment
Job Summary
Herefordshire Community Wellbeing Directorate is a welcoming and supportive place to work. We are seeking enthusiastic, self-motivated, professionally confident Social Workers who enjoy fast paced work and who have experience of working with adults with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, mental health needs and older adults.
This role has the benefit of having a wide variety of adult social work, including Care Act Assessments and support planning, using a Strength Based approach, CHC and s117 work, Section 42 Enquiries, Mental Capacity Assessments and Community DoLS.
As well as having regular supervision, you will also have opportunities for your own professional growth and development, including potential for exploring specialist practice.
Benefits
- Welcome payment £3,000 for experienced social workers joining our children's teams
- Pension Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
- Protected time and budget to support social workers professional development to enhance their careers.
- Clear pathways to progress to senior social worker level
- Generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days plus bank holidays with the option to purchase an additional 10 days per annum
- Flexible working options available including: flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours & home working
- 24.7 assess to employee assistance programmes for support and counselling
- Payment of professional membership fees
- Access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.
Requirements:
- Be registered as a social worker with Social Work England.
- Hold a Degree, Diploma, C.S.S, or C.Q.S.W to be qualified in Social Work practice.
- Have awareness and understanding of current legislation and guidance and their impact on the adult social care profession.
- Have knowledge of undertaking person centred, strengths based, outcome focused, assessment, care management and review.
- Have the ability to undertake Safeguarding Enquiries commensurate with training and post qualifying experience.
- Have the experience of working in partnership with other agencies to ensure safety and support independence.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK
Why Hereford
Herefordshire is a beautiful, historic county located in the heart of the Marches on the border with Wales with wealth of countryside, distinctive heritage, and lively and attractive market towns.
One of Herefordshire's biggest assets is the strong and diverse communities. Our Talk Community approach brings together supporting people to help themselves, encouraging them to help their communities and identifying how communities can help individuals. Our ambitious transformation programme aims to further build on this to offer an all-age approach. We're excited about the potential of what we can achieve for the benefit of all residents of Herefordshire, stronger together and building brighter futures.
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Ethan Proud via: Mobile: 07384481925
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