Job summary
Location: Aylesbury
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Early Resolution and Safeguarding Team for a Social Work Assistant who has a strong focus on helping people to give up smoking and promote their overall health and wellbeing.
This is a secondment/ fixed term contract opportunity for 12 months.
Main duties of the job
This role would be different to our usual Social Work Assistant role as there will be direct training and support from Public health as well as Adult Social Care.
ERaS are a very supportive and welcoming Team. You can expect a good induction with shadowing opportunities as well as statutory learning and meeting partner across the Council and within Public Health.
As this is a new role there will be opportunities to develop the role and if it proves successful then there is a possibility that the role can be extended for up to a further 5 years.
Fixed
As a fixed worker, youll spend most of your time in the same location, which will likely be a fixed office or location where your role is performed. Typically, youll be based in the same location as the rest of your team, because you provide a particular service from that fixed location or need access to information there.
About us
Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Early Resolution and Safeguarding Team for a Social Work Assistant who has a strong focus on helping people to give up smoking and promote their overall health and wellbeing.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be carrying out Care Act assessments with an overall focus on health and wellbeing. You will be confident and persuasive and able to encourage people to make the steps needed to stop smoking.
Other information
Please see the attached job summary for further information on this role and person specification.
We offer flexible working arrangement and we usually work from the office 2 days per week but this can be up to 5 days a week.
If you would like to have an informal conversation with the recruiting manager, please contact: Ricarda Aguinha -ricarda.aguinha@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).
For further information on filtering please refer toNacro guidanceand theguidance published by the Ministry of Justice(see, in particular, the section titled Exceptions Order).
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please beadvised to submityour application as early as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be carrying out Care Act assessments with an overall focus on health and wellbeing. You will be confident and persuasive and able to encourage people to make the steps needed to stop smoking.
Other information
Please see the attached job summary for further information on this role and person specification.
We offer flexible working arrangement and we usually work from the office 2 days per week but this can be up to 5 days a week.
If you would like to have an informal conversation with the recruiting manager, please contact: Ricarda Aguinha -ricarda.aguinha@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).
For further information on filtering please refer toNacro guidanceand theguidance published by the Ministry of Justice(see, in particular, the section titled Exceptions Order).
We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please beadvised to submityour application as early as possible.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please see the attached job summary for further information person specification.
Desirable
- Please see the attached job summary for further information person specification.
Experience
Essential
- Please see the attached job summary for further information person specification.
Desirable
- Please see the attached job summary for further information person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please see the attached job summary for further information person specification.
Desirable
- Please see the attached job summary for further information person specification.
Experience
Essential
- Please see the attached job summary for further information person specification.
Desirable
- Please see the attached job summary for further information person specification.
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).
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).
