Qualified Social Worker- Adult’s

Job Description

Job Category: Social Care – Qualified
Location: Castle View, Shropshire Council
Hours Per Week: 37.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £22.58

Shropshire Council is undergoing a large-scale transformation programme aimed at ‘Creating a better future’, which puts improving the quality of life of all local people at the heart of everything we do. Satisfaction will drive our decision making and we are committed to changing for the better, by working together in new ways across the whole council and with our local partners. Front line services will be empowered to make decisions on the best form of service delivery and will have control of the necessary resources to do so.

The Council is concerned with promoting a healthy and inclusive society within Shropshire. This will be carried out through partnerships and collaborative working with health, housing, the private and independent sector.

As a member of the adult Northeast Adult services team you will support the delivery of the transformation programme.

Key Responsibilities:
The post holder will be responsible to the Team Manager and Senior Practitioner who is in turn responsible for the post holder’s health and safety, training and development. The post is located within North East Shropshire Adult Social Care Team.

Main Duties:
⦁ With access to advice and within normal arrangements for departmental accountability, to offer a social work service to vulnerable adults including people with a Disability, older adults and their carers taking account of the framework of relevant Acts of Parliament, Council policy and Partnership policies. This may take the form of: –

a) continuous support to people with older adults, adults with a long-term physical disability and or with a learning disability,

b) support users diagnosed as having a dementia type illness or psychiatric disorder.
c) Specialist knowledge and experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and physical disabilities.

⦁ To undertake training, as required.
⦁ This post is in the adult social care community team where the emphasis is on maximising independence to enable people to remain in their own communities and homes.
⦁ Use of a strength-based model in practice and performance

⦁ Engagement and development of customer interaction encouraging and values contribution to practice.
⦁ To work in line with legislation, council policies and procedures
⦁ To work in partnership with the Integrated Care Service team with people in hospitals to facilitate appropriate and timely discharges

⦁ In collaboration with other professionals, to assess individual client need and implement and monitor the agreed care plan, as appropriate.
⦁ To contribute to the development of all aspects of the services
⦁ As part of the requirement of the Social Work England registration you will be required to maintain evidence of continuing Professional Development in the agreed format.

⦁ To co-ordinate the use of all resources – fieldwork, residential and day care – towards the development of a preventative service.
⦁ To maintain records and statistics in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
⦁ To attend meetings and act as a representative of the Department, as required. To attend training sessions and contribute to team training sessions, as appropriate.