Social Worker – Medium, Low Secure & Psychiatric Intensive Care

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Adults Social Worker within the Medium, Low Secure & Psychiatric Intensive Care Team to work full time based in Medway.

The salary for this permanent Social Worker job is up to £32,461 per annum

Main duties:

• Using the skills and knowledge gained through obtaining a professional Social Work qualification, to carry out the most complex and challenging asset-based assessments/reviews.
• To carry out background research on referrals, much of which will be distressing and/or emotionally/mentally demanding.
• To work as a role model showing qualified and unqualified team members how to manage creatively within budgetary restraints to achieve excellent values for money for customers, carers and the service.
• To share examples of excellent practice with colleagues across the Area/further afield (and seek out examples of excellence practice from elsewhere).
• To appropriately identify eligibility in line with current legislation and policy.
• To advice customers and carers concerning their rights, the options available to them and how they can be better supported in a wide variety of the most difficult and challenging circumstances.
• To act as a mentor to qualified and unqualified staff, identifying with them area for development/further induction.
• To assist and support customers to make often difficult decisions about their future.
• To work within Department policy and procedures.
• To have case responsibility for allocated customers, most of will be very complex and challenging.
• To share knowledge and learning with colleagues and support team development, contributing to the planning of Learning Sessions/Practice Meetings where required.
• To participate effectively in internal team working such as duty rotas and buddy systems.
• To contribute to the team systems for responding to urgent work.
• To contribute effectively to supervision, team meetings, training and staff development opportunities.
• To contribute to meeting Departmental and Government performance data requirments.
• To develop specialist knowledge and effective multi-agency networks relevant to the customer group.
• To contribute to the formulation of policy and procedures and the implementation of policy at a local level.
• To liaise with colleagues in both purchasing and provider services, within a variety of internal and external agencies.

Requirements of this Social Worker job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Social Worker is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.