Senior Social Worker - Complex Care
London Borough of Bexley
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Bexley
Contract type: Full time
Vacancy Description Title
Senior Social Worker - Complex Care
Service Area/School
Adult Social Care & Health - Adult Social Care
About Us
Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.
About The Role
Looking for a new and rewarding Social Work opportunity?
We want to invest in you and our community. We want to hear from you if you want to make a difference, feel valued and well supported, enjoy innovating and championing new ideas and working closely with the community and all our partners in Bexley.
We have an opening for a professionally registered Social Worker to take on a Senior Social Work role within a very well supported Adult Social Work Team, using your experience and skills to work with a range of people with different vulnerabilities, in what we call our Complex Care Team making a real difference and providing Care Act support to adults or young people moving into adulthood, to enable the life and choices they want.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to represent the amazing community we serve. You will advocate for and support managing assessments, support planning and reviews of persons with Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Physical Health or Older Person needs. You will have experience of managing complex safeguarding cases. You will be empowered to provide supervision and practice support ensuring Social Workers in the team are well supported with manageable caseloads, deputising for the manager as required.
Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Milcah Riitho, Deputy Service Manager, 0203 045 5046, [email protected] or Operations Manager Barry Davidson [email protected] 0203 045 3486.
We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme, hybrid and flexible family friendly working, generous annual leave plus bank holidays along with excellent training and career development opportunities. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Candidate Profile
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.
How To Apply
Use the ‘Apply for vacancy’ button.
Anticipated Interview Date: To be confirmed
Please note that the system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised and have your CV and/or Supporting statement ready to upload. If any mandatory fields are missing, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please check your Junk email for any correspondence.
Additional Information
As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on [email protected]
This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees. The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.
Grade
BEXLEY14
Contract Type
Permanent
Employment Details Contract Hours
36.00
Salary
£46,184 - £52,826 *Inclusive of Choices & Market Premium
Benefits
South East, London, Bexley Civic Offices
Attachments
Job Description Job Description - Senior Social Worker Complex Care (002) (1).pdf (118 Kb)
Attachment 1 Candidate Information Document.pdf (167 Kb)
Senior Social Worker - Complex Care
Service Area/School
Adult Social Care & Health - Adult Social Care
About Us
Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.
About The Role
Looking for a new and rewarding Social Work opportunity?
We want to invest in you and our community. We want to hear from you if you want to make a difference, feel valued and well supported, enjoy innovating and championing new ideas and working closely with the community and all our partners in Bexley.
We have an opening for a professionally registered Social Worker to take on a Senior Social Work role within a very well supported Adult Social Work Team, using your experience and skills to work with a range of people with different vulnerabilities, in what we call our Complex Care Team making a real difference and providing Care Act support to adults or young people moving into adulthood, to enable the life and choices they want.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to represent the amazing community we serve. You will advocate for and support managing assessments, support planning and reviews of persons with Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Physical Health or Older Person needs. You will have experience of managing complex safeguarding cases. You will be empowered to provide supervision and practice support ensuring Social Workers in the team are well supported with manageable caseloads, deputising for the manager as required.
Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Milcah Riitho, Deputy Service Manager, 0203 045 5046, [email protected] or Operations Manager Barry Davidson [email protected] 0203 045 3486.
We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme, hybrid and flexible family friendly working, generous annual leave plus bank holidays along with excellent training and career development opportunities. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Candidate Profile
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.
How To Apply
Use the ‘Apply for vacancy’ button.
Anticipated Interview Date: To be confirmed
Please note that the system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised and have your CV and/or Supporting statement ready to upload. If any mandatory fields are missing, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please check your Junk email for any correspondence.
Additional Information
As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on [email protected]
This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees. The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.
Grade
BEXLEY14
Contract Type
Permanent
Employment Details Contract Hours
36.00
Salary
£46,184 - £52,826 *Inclusive of Choices & Market Premium
Benefits
- Choices £2,769 & 5.5% Market Premium
South East, London, Bexley Civic Offices
Attachments
Job Description Job Description - Senior Social Worker Complex Care (002) (1).pdf (118 Kb)
Attachment 1 Candidate Information Document.pdf (167 Kb)
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