Qualified Social Worker - Central Locality Team (Adults)

Job summary

Come join the fantastic Central Locality social work team! We are a vibrant community team based in High Wycombe at the heart of Chilterns.

Why join us?

We are closer then you think!

• We are lucky to have really good transport links including easy access to M25 and M40 and therefore, we are commutable from various locations including Slough, Reading, Hillingdon, Luton and Bedfordshire. We are also outside of the ULEZ zone.

• We invest in staff wellbeing

  • We understand that you cant give what you dont have so we focus on staff wellbeing to enable employees to support the most vulnerable communities. To achieve that we organise meditation and getting active sessions, pull together for team building and volunteering days and promote open and inclusive communication.

  Robust induction

  • We have innovative approach to induction whereupon you will be provided with a buddy and presented with a schedule of shadowing opportunities already booked into your calendar to help you settle in to your role from the first day on the job.

  Realistic expectations

  • You can expect a manageable caseload of up to 25 active cases and supportive approachable managers to guide you. You are never alone!

  Staff Benefits

  • You will get free parking and an essential car user allowance. We will cover the cost of your annual Social Work England registration. You will also receive a Golden Hello lump-sum payment of £2000 paid on successful completion of your probationary period.

Main duties of the job

As a social worker at Buckinghamshire Council, you will ensure the highest standards of service are provided to the residents of Buckinghamshire. You will:

• Be an ambassador and leader across social work, both internally and externally.
• Provide a high-quality and effective professional casework service, taking responsibility for working and managing a caseload within a framework of appropriate supervision, dependent upon the complexities of these cases and your experience.
• Comply with legislation, statutory guidance, and local policies and procedures.
• Deliver outstanding support to our residents and ensure that regular monitoring and review of care and support plans are carried out.
• Be competent in all areas of the Professional Capabilities Framework of Social Work.

Mobile:

A mobile role gives you the flexibility to schedule your own diary, so you can meet with colleagues and clients in a variety of locations. Youll access digital folders and resources on your laptop and be able to use the network wherever you are based. Working from home will be common, as well as meeting your team in the office where necessary.

About us

Despite the challenges that Adult Social Care has faced within the last 12 months, our approach in Buckinghamshire has not been to take shelter and wait for the storm to pass. Instead, we have chosen totransform and restructure Adult Social Care so we can respond to a crisis as well as build for the future. We have created more roles in Social Work and Occupational Therapy; we are adapting to work much more closely with the community andsupport people near to where they live; we have developed a newcareer progression framework to encourage staff ambition and development; finally, to establish the conditions to deliveroutstanding practice, we have reduced the numbers that managers supervise and the caseloads the team have, to allow for more contact with our residents.

Initiated in 2019, our strength-based practice model, Better Lives, has been improving outcomes linked to independence, developing social connections, and improving areas that are important to the residents we support.

We are looking for motivated, ambitious and inspiring people to join us on our journey.