Senior Social Worker - Discharge to Assess Hospital Team

Do you have a passion for social care? Do you strive for excellence and want to support lives that matter to people? We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Senior Social Worker to join our Discharge to Assess Hospital Team within our Adult Social Care team here at Reading Borough Council.  Wherever you are in your own career journey, we’re committed to offering the support and development you need.

It is an exciting time to be working as a registered Senior Social Worker for Reading Borough Council. With a creative experienced leadership team who values its workforce, promoting innovation, you will be part of an excellent well led friendly and supportive team.  We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate great communication skills and the ability to build and maintain relationships with colleagues, people who draw on care and support and health care providers.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

 

We support hybrid working, it’s important to us that working arrangements are designed to enable our employees to excel and within this role you’ll have the opportunity to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.

The Discharge to Assess Hospital Team promote home first and aims to actively promote wellbeing and independence, supporting people to retain or regain their skills and confidence by using existing and new support networks, Technology Enabled Care (TEC), equipment and short-term interventions.

  

About the Role:

This is a role for a Senior Social Worker who is interested in working with vulnerable adults to facilitate safe timely discharges from hospital promoting the home first agenda.

Team Objectives:

• To complete timely Care Act assessments for our higher intense case management with a strength-based focus, delivering positive outcomes for the individuals of Reading
• To complete post discharge reviews ensuring that care plans are accurate, and individuals eligible needs are being met
• To promote the use of direct payments to give individuals the flexibility in how they meet their needs.
• To promote a reablement focus for all individuals that are referred to adult social care
• To work with all families and carers ensuring that carers assessments are completed to promote support to individuals with a caring role.
• To develop close and effective relationships with providers, community voluntary services, and health professionals.
• To supervise staff to promote professional development and offer appropriate support
• To contribute to the efficiency of the team as a whole and deputise for senior workers when appropriate.
• To be a high performing, efficient, supportive and outcome focused team who together embed the principles of TEAM Reading.

The Discharge to Assess Hospital Team works closely with other teams in Adult Services who are involved with the delivery of Adult Social Care. 

We work closely with individuals that have been admitted to hospital to promote the home first principle with a strength base ethos to get the best outcomes for the individuals that we work with.

Our aim is to be a high performing, efficient, multidisciplinary team with a clear Team purpose and values that supports staff and values the skills and diversity within and around the team.

 

You will provide professional supervision and promote development to members of the team to ensure the team are continually improving to deliver the best and most efficient customer experience.

This post offers opportunities to improve your skills and experience within Adult Social Care working with vulnerable individuals to facilitate safe and timely discharges from hospital and ensuring that we support individuals to remain within their own homes.

You will work within the legal framework provided by the statute, guidance, policies and procedures.

You will need to have:

• A degree or equivalent in Social Work
• Registration with Social Work England
• Understanding of the Care Act 2014 and its application
• Understanding the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its application

We offer excellent support, supervision and induction.  You will have access to our Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth with opportunities to learn and develop new clinical skills, helping you to build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, extending your skills and supporting you to grow as a social worker.

We work closely with our colleagues in Reading Borough Council, Health Professionals, Voluntary and Charity colleagues to facilitate the best possible outcomes for those people we support.

You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:

Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do

Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential

Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way

Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed

 

Our offer
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
• Maternity, adoption, parental and sick pay
• A wide range of flexible working opportunities
• Access to a range of training and learning opportunities to help you develop
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted,
• Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years.  The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax
• Salary sacrifice scheme for Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) to help you save for your retirement

 

Closing date: Application to be reviewed upon submission
Interview date: To be confirmed

If you would like to find out more about this role and the team, please contact: Shaun Rogers (Discharge to assess Team Manager) on 07870 483 310 or Shaun.Rogers@reading.gov.uk

 

Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Visit: www.moretoreading.co.uk to find out more about Reading’s Community & Adult Social Care Services. It’s a chance to hear from the people who already work here and why they have chosen Reading as their professional destination.