Adults Social Worker - St. Peter's Hospital
The salary for this role is £39,355 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.
This is a Fixed Term/Secondment contract up to 31st August 2024. (For internal staff interested in a Secondment opportunity please discuss with your Line Manager before submitting your application).
We are excited to be recruiting a Social Worker to join our fantastic Social Care Team that sits within the Integrated Discharge Team in Ashford & St Peters Foundation Trust. The Integrated Team consist of Social Workers and Social Care Practitioners, Discharge Coordinator's, and Mental Health professionals.
Our diverse team is committed to making a positive difference to our residents' lives. In return we will provide you with the training, excellent supervision, and development opportunities to progress your career.
What we can offer you:
- 26 days annual leave with the option to also buy additional leave if required.
- Flexible / agile working to help with balancing work and home.
- Training and Development including a structured Induction Programme.
- Employee Assistance Programme (with a focus on wellbeing).
- Car lease scheme and many more discounted life-style benefits, please visit our website.
Applicants must hold a valid Driving Licence to drive in the UK and have access to a car.
About the role
Your work will include but not limited to, Care Act assessments, Mental Capacity Assessments, screening residents for Continuing Healthcare, Carers assessments, Safeguarding work and partnership working with our Hospital NHS colleagues, including Discharge to Assess. You will also work closely with Adult Social Care Locality Teams and community Health, charity and voluntary organisations.
The role is a really fantastic opportunity to promote Strengths-based and person-centred practice in supporting our residents to be discharged from an acute hospital setting in a safe and timely manner, involving the resident, their family and Carers in the process and working with partners to ensure presenting care and support needs are met in a personalised manner.
We are proud to say you will be well supported with regular supervision, management support as well as peer-to-peer learning and support. You will work within a fantastic team that is integrated with our Health colleagues, enabling a positive and collaborative approach to our work.
This service runs from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday. In practice, you are likely to be required to work a minimum of one weekend shift per month and one late shift per week. Staff who are on the rota to work a shift falling on a weekend will be given a day off in lieu. Full-time applicants will be contracted to a 36-hour week and these hours will be worked on a rota basis across 7 days a week. Further information regarding the working pattern can be discussed at interview.
In your application, we would love to hear about your:
- Professional qualification in Social Work and current registration with Social Work England.
- Safeguarding knowledge.
- Knowledge and experience of current legislation, including the Care Act and the Mental Capacity Act and its application to practice in a social care setting.
- Experience in carrying out safeguarding enquiries, carrying out assessments within the community and working with a diverse group of individuals and partner agencies.
- Experience of supervising less experienced members of staff within a team and supporting their development.
- Commitment to your own professional development.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 8th October 2023.
Interviews will take place week commencing 16th October 2023.
This is a secondment / fixed term contract up to 31st August 2024.
An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.
We look forward to receiving your application and personal statement, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:
- The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
- The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.
We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.