Experienced Social Worker – Children’s Services

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Experienced Social Worker within the Children’s Services Team to work full time based in Swindon.

The salary for this permanent Experienced Social Worker job is up to £45,495 per annum.

Main duties:

• Undertake assessments, determine care packages/support plans, and manage a large and complex caseload to maintain or improve the wellbeing of individuals in line with agreed service procedures and national legislation. Professionally supervise and support other colleagues.
• Participate in and where appropriate chair meetings of internal/external partners and other agencies, Best Interest decision maker, or facilitation of this, CHC joint decision-making panels, etc.
• Manage a small caseload of complex work, using person centred practice principles to assess, support plan and review with the aim of promoting well-being and positive risk taking of individuals.
• Ability to manage and resolve complex and high-risk situations using negotiations and diplomacy, involving individuals, their families, or staff groups. Where these fail pass to senior managers.
• Participate in planning, prioritising and all9ocation of work within the team.
• Promote, develop and model high quality social work practice including working within statutory responsibilities, evidence-based practice and comply with professional standards required by the Health and Care Professionals Council.
• To contribute to local knowledge (within the team and the service) about universally available services, including what is available within the voluntary and community sector, as well as the Department’s commissioned and contracted services and to Signpost/advocate for individuals accordingly.
• Provide professional support to social workers, assistant care managers, Heads of Service, Directors, and commissioning colleagues on a broad range of issues relevant to social work.
• Supervise and appraise social workers in line with the Post Qualifying Standards for Social Work Supervisors to influence and improve service delivery.
• Provide statutory support to adults with care and support needs and their carers/families, which includes information and advice, assessment, support planning and safeguarding.
• Comply with legal frameworks for social care in line with personalisation principles, which aim to put individuals, families, and communities at the heart of care and wellbeing; and in doing so strengthens relationships between members of that community and builds social capital.

Requirements of this Experienced Social Worker job:

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

Contact:
This Experienced Social Worker job 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.