Job summary
Job Title:Adult Social Workers & Senior Social WorkersLocation:Stevenage / Hemel Hempstead - (hybrid options)Starting Salary:
£33,820 with the opportunity to progress to a maximum of £37,261 per annum (Social Worker)
£38,296with the opportunity to progress to a maximum of £42,503 per annum (Senior Social Worker)
Plus relocation package, £1,000 welcome payment* terms apply & lease car* terms apply
Hours:Part time and 37 hours per weekContract:Permanent and fixed term contracts available
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? We are looking forSWE registeredSocial Workers to join one of our teams. Come and join us!
Vacancies:
Adult Disability Team- Hemel Hempstead
- Social Workers & Senior Social Workers vacancies -Dacorum , St Albans and Watford & Three Rivers ( Based in Apsley) Hemel Hempstead
The Adult Disability Service provides support to adults living with a learning or physical disability and our aim is to ensure we enable people to make positive decisions in their lives, promoting their independence and that they can take part in their local community. We are a service motivated by and dedicated to social care intervention and community social work.
The teams are community based and applicants will need to have a full UK driving license. We also offer hybrid working, which enables you to work from home/office (Minimum 2 days a week
Main duties of the job
- Social Worker - Review Team West
This is a fast paced environment and the teams focus is to review care packages, develop innovative support plans, build networks and raise awareness in the area developing valuable links for the team.
Adult Disability Team East - Stevenage
The Adult Disability Service provide support to adults with a learning or physical disability and we promote personalisation through our new assessment process, focusing on the wellbeing of the individual. Through care planning we strive for increased independence, choice and control by offering personal budgets to enable people to direct their own support. We are looking for Social Workers to work in line with Connected Lives principles in this person focussed area.
- Social Worker - Stevenage/Welwyn & Hatfield Locality Teams:
Our locality teams comprise of Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Community Care Officers and Nurses. These teams focus on complex cases and includes general assessments and care planning.
- Social Worker - Review Team
This is a fast paced environment and you will review care packages, develop innovative support plans, build networks and raise awareness in the area developing valuable links for the team.
- Senior Social Worker - Welwyn & Hatfield / North Herts team / 12 month Fixed term contract or secondment in Stevenage team
About us
Benefits of Working for HCC:
- Flexible Working Arrangements (depending on the role)
- Excellent Career Development
- Salary Exchange for Additional Benefits
- Excellent Pension Scheme with Employer Contributions
- Shopping Discounts
- Support Groups & Wellbeing Schemes
Job description
Job responsibilities
Adult Disability Team East Hertfordshire Stevenage
Provides support to adults with a learning or physical disability. We promote personalisation through our new assessment process focusing on the wellbeing of the individual. Through care planning we strive for increased independence, choice and control by offering personal budgets to enable people to direct their own support.
- Asperger Social Worker - Welwyn & Hatfield Team
If you have an interest, skills, or knowledge in working with people with Aspergers Syndrome we would love to hear from you. As an Aspergers specialist you will promote human rights through building strength-based approaches, ensuring inclusivity and removing barriers to participation and embedding personalised approaches in practice. You will enable choice and autonomy using the least intervention possible to ensure safeguarding and uphold the social work value base in practice, when working with people with Aspergers.
- Drug and Alcohol Social Worker - Welwyn & Hatfield Team (12 month fixed term / secondment)
We are looking for a Social Worker with a specialism in drug and alcohol to work across the East of the county, to provide social care support to people with needs arising from substance use. Some experience in this field would be desirable. You will have experience of managing case work in the areas of personalisation and safeguarding. You will joint work with providers of drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services, ensuring this group of people have equitable access under the Care Act to social care assessments. You will need to be SW(E) registered Social Worker and will undertake Care Act assessments for eligible current and historical cases, using our Connected Lives strategy to review and manage packages of care.
Older People Team East and North Hertfordshire Stevenage
- Welwyn & Hatfield / North Herts / East Herts
Our locality teams are diverse teams made up of Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Community Care Officers. These teams focus on extended involvement of complex cases and includes general assessment and care planning as well working with our Safeguarding team to ensure risks to vulnerable people are minimised.
Provides support to adults with a diagnosis of dementia and older adults by reviewing those in a residential or nursing home setting. This can include systematic reviews, as well as reviews due to a change in circumstance or a safeguarding concern. The team works closely with our commissioners to complete targeted reviews when we have potential concerns with care providers.
The team work closely with the Locality teams and Post Hospital Review Teams to identify individuals who would benefit from their intervention to regain independence. The team work closely with Enablement Occupational Therapists to provide a holistic assessment.
Adult Disability Team West Hemel Hempstead
Our focus is to ensure we enable people to make positive decisions in their lives, promoting their independence and that they can take part in their local community. We are a service motivated by and dedicated to social care intervention and community social work. Our core aim is to support people to be influential and active members of their community and promote true citizenship through our bespoke Connected Lives model of social care. We need social workers that can engage with people, promoting and enabling inclusive community options as well as self-directed purchased services.
Older People Team West Hemel Hempstead
This is a multidisciplinary team of Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Community Care Officers, in Herts Valleys. We work with citizens and their carers in assessing their needs and undertaking care planning. We believe in putting the person at the centre of all our work and supporting them in their decisions making.
Supporting citizens over 65 years who live in a vibrant, multi-cultural town. The aim of this role to promote independence by assessing older people to identify their desired outcomes to maximise independent living whenever possible. You will undertake assessments of need to determine eligibility and implement care and support plans with clear outcomes to achieve or maintain well-being.
Your role will primarily be to carryout comprehensive assessments to enable support and assist those in need of social care support to achieve their identified outcomes. You will promote independence and enablement for elderly people who are struggling to manage activities of daily living in their homes or in placement. Hertsmere Older person Team covers Potters Bar, Borehamwood, Elstree, Bushey, Radlett and Shenley.
Hospitals East and North Hertfordshire
- Integrated Discharge - Princess Alexandra Hospital (based in Harlow Essex)
We support Hertfordshire residents to return home safely. Working with their strengths, community resources and if needed a support package. We work with the multi-disciplinary team to understand the needs of our service users that we work with. If you are interest in working in a hospital environment and are prepared to work quickly and learn a lot this job may suit you.
- Integrated Discharge - Post Hospital Review Team / Emergency Discharge Lister / Discharge to Assess / Lister
The successful applicants will able to evidence sound knowledge of safeguarding practice, working with people with dementia, the personalisation agenda and Individual Budgets. Able to work in a fast paced team You will keep the user and any future potential users at the centre of all activity and address user needs within the legislative framework. You will be responsible for assessing and arranging care in a hospital and community setting. We are a busy team covering a large and diverse area and would welcome applications from candidates who can bring energy, creative care planning and are citizen focus.
These are ongoing vacancies and applications will be considered as and when received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Adult Disability Team East Hertfordshire Stevenage
Provides support to adults with a learning or physical disability. We promote personalisation through our new assessment process focusing on the wellbeing of the individual. Through care planning we strive for increased independence, choice and control by offering personal budgets to enable people to direct their own support.
- Asperger Social Worker - Welwyn & Hatfield Team
If you have an interest, skills, or knowledge in working with people with Aspergers Syndrome we would love to hear from you. As an Aspergers specialist you will promote human rights through building strength-based approaches, ensuring inclusivity and removing barriers to participation and embedding personalised approaches in practice. You will enable choice and autonomy using the least intervention possible to ensure safeguarding and uphold the social work value base in practice, when working with people with Aspergers.
- Drug and Alcohol Social Worker - Welwyn & Hatfield Team (12 month fixed term / secondment)
We are looking for a Social Worker with a specialism in drug and alcohol to work across the East of the county, to provide social care support to people with needs arising from substance use. Some experience in this field would be desirable. You will have experience of managing case work in the areas of personalisation and safeguarding. You will joint work with providers of drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services, ensuring this group of people have equitable access under the Care Act to social care assessments. You will need to be SW(E) registered Social Worker and will undertake Care Act assessments for eligible current and historical cases, using our Connected Lives strategy to review and manage packages of care.
Older People Team East and North Hertfordshire Stevenage
- Welwyn & Hatfield / North Herts / East Herts
Our locality teams are diverse teams made up of Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Community Care Officers. These teams focus on extended involvement of complex cases and includes general assessment and care planning as well working with our Safeguarding team to ensure risks to vulnerable people are minimised.
Provides support to adults with a diagnosis of dementia and older adults by reviewing those in a residential or nursing home setting. This can include systematic reviews, as well as reviews due to a change in circumstance or a safeguarding concern. The team works closely with our commissioners to complete targeted reviews when we have potential concerns with care providers.
The team work closely with the Locality teams and Post Hospital Review Teams to identify individuals who would benefit from their intervention to regain independence. The team work closely with Enablement Occupational Therapists to provide a holistic assessment.
Adult Disability Team West Hemel Hempstead
Our focus is to ensure we enable people to make positive decisions in their lives, promoting their independence and that they can take part in their local community. We are a service motivated by and dedicated to social care intervention and community social work. Our core aim is to support people to be influential and active members of their community and promote true citizenship through our bespoke Connected Lives model of social care. We need social workers that can engage with people, promoting and enabling inclusive community options as well as self-directed purchased services.
Older People Team West Hemel Hempstead
This is a multidisciplinary team of Social Workers, Occupational Therapists and Community Care Officers, in Herts Valleys. We work with citizens and their carers in assessing their needs and undertaking care planning. We believe in putting the person at the centre of all our work and supporting them in their decisions making.
Supporting citizens over 65 years who live in a vibrant, multi-cultural town. The aim of this role to promote independence by assessing older people to identify their desired outcomes to maximise independent living whenever possible. You will undertake assessments of need to determine eligibility and implement care and support plans with clear outcomes to achieve or maintain well-being.
Your role will primarily be to carryout comprehensive assessments to enable support and assist those in need of social care support to achieve their identified outcomes. You will promote independence and enablement for elderly people who are struggling to manage activities of daily living in their homes or in placement. Hertsmere Older person Team covers Potters Bar, Borehamwood, Elstree, Bushey, Radlett and Shenley.
Hospitals East and North Hertfordshire
- Integrated Discharge - Princess Alexandra Hospital (based in Harlow Essex)
We support Hertfordshire residents to return home safely. Working with their strengths, community resources and if needed a support package. We work with the multi-disciplinary team to understand the needs of our service users that we work with. If you are interest in working in a hospital environment and are prepared to work quickly and learn a lot this job may suit you.
- Integrated Discharge - Post Hospital Review Team / Emergency Discharge Lister / Discharge to Assess / Lister
The successful applicants will able to evidence sound knowledge of safeguarding practice, working with people with dementia, the personalisation agenda and Individual Budgets. Able to work in a fast paced team You will keep the user and any future potential users at the centre of all activity and address user needs within the legislative framework. You will be responsible for assessing and arranging care in a hospital and community setting. We are a busy team covering a large and diverse area and would welcome applications from candidates who can bring energy, creative care planning and are citizen focus.
These are ongoing vacancies and applications will be considered as and when received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- We are looking for SWE registered Social Workers
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- We are looking for SWE registered Social Workers
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
