Job summary
Previousapplicants need not apply
Are you a qualified Experienced Social Worker looking for a career where you can make a difference in your local community? Is a new challenge what you're searching for? Do you want to help improve people's lives? If this sounds like you, look no further!
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has 2 primary objectives, which are, to deliver high quality outcomes for the people of Wirral as well as valuing and investing in the professionals that work as part of our organisation. Our 5 year strategy sets out how we intend to improve our populations health whilst tackling the inequalities that can often present as a barrier.
If you have a passion to work collaboratively across a multi-disciplinary team, which includes Nurses, Therapists, GP's and Community Geriatricians, serving both community, discharge and ward-based care then this is the role for you. Wirral offers a large diversity of opportunities that will allow you to practice within your current skill set whilst providing training and development that will enhance your learning experience and help you to gain greater job satisfaction within your role.
So if this feels like the next step in your career progression then we would really love to hear from you
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated, experienced, band 6 Experienced Social worker to join a busy, pro active, multi- disciplinaryteam within the Trust.
Full and part time vacancies are available in:
- Community (Integrated Community Care Teams)
- Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
You will work with people aged 18+ who may have multiple conditions, learning disabilities and complex care needs as part of a multi disciplinary team in a community setting.
To join our Social Work teams you will:
- Be a registered Social Worker with Social Work England
- Have BIA qualification or Practice Educator award
- Have proven experience of working with vulnerable adults with complex needs, families and carers
- Have applied knowledge of The Care Act 2014/ Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act and other appropriate regulatory frameworks and statutory guidance relating to adults
- Apply social work ethical principles and values to guide professional practice, model and support others to reflect on and manage the influence and impact of own values on professional practice
- Be committed to delivering a high standard of care and promoting professional standards
- Be an excellent communicator who will inspire, support and lead others
- Advocate for members of our community, identifying changes in need and planning for their current and future care
This post requires applicants to be at an experienced social worker level.
About us
Our priority is to provide safe, high quality care to our communities every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. Through having social work in the Trust, people we work with experience a more integrated and coordinated multiagency approach.
Our hard working staff support us to embed an open, just and compassionate culture and in turn we support them by providing an inclusive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development.
The Trust has a strong CPD offer for Adult Social Care and is committed to supporting professional development of all staff.
Benefits & Rewards
The Trust offers a competitive starting salary and access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:
- Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this may increase depending on service)
- Recognition of continuous previous local authority service towards reckonable service for Social Workers who join the Trust from an existing Social Care team within another local government
- Pension scheme
- Flexible working and job share opportunities
- Salary sacrifice schemes e.g. public transport loans, cycle schemes
- Staff discount schemes e.g. Discounted leisure centre membership
- In house training
- Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
- Personal resilience training
- Mindfulness support
- Staff counselling service
- Active staff council
- Support for carers
- Fast track physiotherapy service
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the person specification and job description attached to this advert for further details.
As a social worker in the Trust you will be working with a model of strength based social work practice that enables you to make a difference to the lives of the people we support at right time.
Applicants are requested to provide the required information outlined in these documents in their application to demonstrate their suitability for the post
Current Social Work England registration with the relevant social work qualification is essential to this post. Travel is an essential part of this role and therefore access to a car for work purposes is essential. Appointment to the post will be subject to successful interview, references, DBS clearance and Occupational Health checks.
If your application is successful but you are unable to make the interview date, please do get in touch with the recruiting manager to explore flexibility, with an alternative date.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the person specification and job description attached to this advert for further details.
As a social worker in the Trust you will be working with a model of strength based social work practice that enables you to make a difference to the lives of the people we support at right time.
Applicants are requested to provide the required information outlined in these documents in their application to demonstrate their suitability for the post
Current Social Work England registration with the relevant social work qualification is essential to this post. Travel is an essential part of this role and therefore access to a car for work purposes is essential. Appointment to the post will be subject to successful interview, references, DBS clearance and Occupational Health checks.
If your application is successful but you are unable to make the interview date, please do get in touch with the recruiting manager to explore flexibility, with an alternative date.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Social Work qualification e.g. Degree in Social Work; DipSW or equivalent SW registered qualification
- Be registered with Social Work England and able to evidence this
- Evidence of continuing professional development and able to evidence this
- Relevant post-qualifying/vocational training courses. (Best Interest Assessor or Practice educator)
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of completing assessments, support plans, risk assessments, reviews, and court reports and generating these through information, technology.
- Applied knowledge of The Care Act 2014/ Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act and other appropriate regulatory frameworks and statutory guidance relating to adults (PCF1)
- Proven experience of working with vulnerable adults with complex needs families and carers
- Ability to fully consider the dimension to own activities, monitoring expenditure through reviewing individual needs ensuring true value formoney is delivered (PCF8)
- Experience in applying the Assessment Framework and other relevant assessment tools (PCF5)
- Experience and ability to demonstrate skill in undertaking asset/strengths based approach to assessment and an outcome focused approach to support planning. (PCF7)
- Ability to support and lead others, demonstrating excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise and manage fluctuating caseloads/servicedemands producing work to a high standard within time scales.
- Ability to effectively undertake partnership working with adults with care and support needs and their families/carers/advocates and other agenciesinvolved in their care.
- Ability to recognise and promote safety, health, wellbeing and emotional resilience for both self and colleagues.
- Able to demonstrate experience across a range of statutory work including assessment, planning, safeguarding and court work
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection requirements
- Able to communicate verbally and in writing with a range of people including families and professionals.
- Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice.
- Must be willing to move across teams according to the needs of the service.
- Sound assessment and interviewing skills
- Demonstrate appropriate IT skills e.g. use of Microsoft Office etc.
- Required to undertake the practice educator award.
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Identify and behave as a professional Social Worker, committed to professional development
- Values and Ethics; Apply social work ethical principles and values to guide professional practice, model and support others to reflect on and manage the influence and impact of own values on professional practice (
- Demonstrate skills in the sensitive exploration of issues of privacy and information-sharing in complex or risky situation, offering support and guidance to colleagues in managing such these dilemmas
- Diversity: Recognise diversity and apply anti - discriminatory and anti oppressive
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to travel within or outside the Borough.
- Exercise emotional intelligence and demonstrate a developing emotional resilience in relation to their job role.
- Able to work five out of seven days a week on a rota basis. This includes weekends and unsocial hours.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Social Work qualification e.g. Degree in Social Work; DipSW or equivalent SW registered qualification
- Be registered with Social Work England and able to evidence this
- Evidence of continuing professional development and able to evidence this
- Relevant post-qualifying/vocational training courses. (Best Interest Assessor or Practice educator)
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of completing assessments, support plans, risk assessments, reviews, and court reports and generating these through information, technology.
- Applied knowledge of The Care Act 2014/ Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act and other appropriate regulatory frameworks and statutory guidance relating to adults (PCF1)
- Proven experience of working with vulnerable adults with complex needs families and carers
- Ability to fully consider the dimension to own activities, monitoring expenditure through reviewing individual needs ensuring true value formoney is delivered (PCF8)
- Experience in applying the Assessment Framework and other relevant assessment tools (PCF5)
- Experience and ability to demonstrate skill in undertaking asset/strengths based approach to assessment and an outcome focused approach to support planning. (PCF7)
- Ability to support and lead others, demonstrating excellent organisational skills and ability to prioritise and manage fluctuating caseloads/servicedemands producing work to a high standard within time scales.
- Ability to effectively undertake partnership working with adults with care and support needs and their families/carers/advocates and other agenciesinvolved in their care.
- Ability to recognise and promote safety, health, wellbeing and emotional resilience for both self and colleagues.
- Able to demonstrate experience across a range of statutory work including assessment, planning, safeguarding and court work
- Understanding of confidentiality and data protection requirements
- Able to communicate verbally and in writing with a range of people including families and professionals.
- Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice.
- Must be willing to move across teams according to the needs of the service.
- Sound assessment and interviewing skills
- Demonstrate appropriate IT skills e.g. use of Microsoft Office etc.
- Required to undertake the practice educator award.
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Identify and behave as a professional Social Worker, committed to professional development
- Values and Ethics; Apply social work ethical principles and values to guide professional practice, model and support others to reflect on and manage the influence and impact of own values on professional practice (
- Demonstrate skills in the sensitive exploration of issues of privacy and information-sharing in complex or risky situation, offering support and guidance to colleagues in managing such these dilemmas
- Diversity: Recognise diversity and apply anti - discriminatory and anti oppressive
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to travel within or outside the Borough.
- Exercise emotional intelligence and demonstrate a developing emotional resilience in relation to their job role.
- Able to work five out of seven days a week on a rota basis. This includes weekends and unsocial hours.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
