Job summary
We invite you to join our Ongoing Support Teams at Wiltshire Council as we continue to strengthen our services to the citizens of Wiltshire by embedding strengths based practice and partnership working to promote peoples resilience, independence and wellbeing, and build strong communities. Our teams offers support and intervention to people aged 18 plus, who live with physical disabilities, chronic and long-term conditions, autism and sensory impairment.
Main duties of the job
The social work role includes:
- Working in partnership with people, their families and carers
- Undertaking Care Act 2014 assessments
- Reviewing needs and outcomes
- Providing short-term and long-term case management
- Progressing safeguarding enquiries
- Court of Protection work
- Working closely with health and multi-disciplinary colleagues
You will need to be registered with Social Work England, have sound knowledge and understanding of the Care Act 2014, a positive approach to risk, and be passionate about making a difference. Knowledge of safeguarding procedures, completing strengths-based assessments, and the framework of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, as well as the Continuing Health Care framework are essential. Your ability to demonstrate your experience in these areas will be incremental to the level of position you are applying for. Experienced social workers have the additional responsibility of court work, and providing supervision to colleagues.
About us
Why it's great to work for Wiltshire Council
- 26 days annual leave, increasing to 31 days after 5 years
- Ability to purchase an extra 20 days annual leave
- Regular support and appraisal
- Excellent Pension scheme
- Wiltshire Rewards, a leading staff benefit scheme
- Truly flexible working
We are passionate about our community and take pride in our work. We encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do through trust and respect, empowering our people to develop skills, collaborate and innovate to find solutions, be open, take responsibility, to listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, wed love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This team works with people with long term and complex needs providing care and support to enable people to be as independent as possible.
The overall responsibilities of the ongoing support team are:
• To 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
• Operate within defined budgets for social care
• Work in partnership and liaison with partners including primary, secondary and tertiary health care, private providers, voluntary sector organisations and others to provide coordinated support for customers and/or carers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This team works with people with long term and complex needs providing care and support to enable people to be as independent as possible.
The overall responsibilities of the ongoing support team are:
• To 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
• Operate within defined budgets for social care
• Work in partnership and liaison with partners including primary, secondary and tertiary health care, private providers, voluntary sector organisations and others to provide coordinated support for customers and/or carers.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- - Qualified Social Worker
- - Social Work England registered
- - Up-to-date knowledge and understanding of strengths-based social work with adults, including the safeguarding of adults.
- - Knowledge and understanding of health & social care and other relevant legislation and wider policy context.
- - Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with people in a variety of ways and levels.
- - Ability to utilise a range of Microsoft and electronic social care record software
- - A self-starter, well organised person who is passionate about delivery of high quality customer-centric services.
- - Ability to work with others in a developmental way.
- - Must be able to write clear, complex and accurate reports.
- - Evidence of appropriate work experience and reflective learning from placement experience whilst qualifying as a Social Worker and of appropriate professional and personal development relevant to length of post-qualifying experience
- -Fully fluent in spoken and written English
Desirable
- - Post qualification experience within adult services
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- - Qualified Social Worker
- - Social Work England registered
- - Up-to-date knowledge and understanding of strengths-based social work with adults, including the safeguarding of adults.
- - Knowledge and understanding of health & social care and other relevant legislation and wider policy context.
- - Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with people in a variety of ways and levels.
- - Ability to utilise a range of Microsoft and electronic social care record software
- - A self-starter, well organised person who is passionate about delivery of high quality customer-centric services.
- - Ability to work with others in a developmental way.
- - Must be able to write clear, complex and accurate reports.
- - Evidence of appropriate work experience and reflective learning from placement experience whilst qualifying as a Social Worker and of appropriate professional and personal development relevant to length of post-qualifying experience
- -Fully fluent in spoken and written English
Desirable
- - Post qualification experience within adult services
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).
