Senior Social Worker - Continuing Healthcare/117
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Job Description
Senior Social Worker - Continuing Healthcare/117 Team
Salary: Band 10: £41,510 - £45,718 per annum
37 hours per week
Portsmouth City Council
At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.
With a little over 207,000 residents and 8,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million-pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of 'adults at risk' and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The role
We are looking for Senior Social Worker with a range of experience to join our Continuing Healthcare/117 Team. You will need to be able operate with a level of autonomy and authority, assessing the needs of wide range of adults with complex and complicated needs and their carers identifying creative and personalised ways to provide support based on this.
You will consistently demonstrate a high level of competence and confidence in the full range of social work tasks, particularly in relation to Older People, adult with physical and sensory needs, adults with mental health needs, learning needs and those undergoing transition from Children to Adults.
You will be responsible for managing your own caseload and maintaining case records but will also be expected to supervise qualified and unqualified staff.
What you'll need to succeed
You will be a Social Worker registered with Social Work England and have substantial post qualified experience. You will be passionate about putting people at the heart of what you do, understanding the needs of the client group as well as promoting, and supporting individuals' rights and choices. You will have a knowledge of the Care Act, some experience of Continuing Healthcare, a thorough understanding of adult safeguarding legislation and an understanding of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Health Care and NHS Funded Nursing Care 2022. With excellent interpersonal skills you will be able to work in collaboration with and communicate effectively with service users, staff, peers, professionals, and more senior leaders. In addition, you will have excellent organisational and assessment skills, be able to deal with conflict and have experience of working in a supervisory role.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services - access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Application process:
Please read the full job profile (click here) for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.
Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. This is important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please do not just submit a CV. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information on the careers website.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body.
Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding roles.
You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement your application.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Closing date: 14 January 2025 @ 23.59 pm.
Applicants will be contacted for interview as and when shortlisting takes place and we reserve the right to close the advert early if we have successful applicant (s).
A commitment to our values
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.