Adults Social Worker- Community team- £42k

Non Stop Care are working with a well established authority in the East of England who are looking for a permanent full-time Social Worker to join the Ageing Well Community Service Team. The role offers regular supervision, hybrid working, alongside a competitive salary.

The Ageing Well Service provides assessment and review functions for older aged adults and older adults with mental ill health.

This post is crucial to the delivery of person-centred care assessments and supporting adults to remain as independent as possible. Working alongside health colleagues to prevent adults from being admitted to long term residential care and supporting interdependence with the community, you will support adults and their carers as a 'change agent' to build on their strengths, assets and abilities to self-manage.

Benefits

• Full-Time
• Stable Ongoing contract-
• Home working/ remote Flexibility-x2 days per week in office
• Collaborative team approach
• Permanent stable management team
• Manageable workload
• 25 days annual leave
• Salary car sacrifice scheme
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Free access to a benefits portal that provides access to wellbeing support and a range of salary sacrifice schemes to help spread the cost of items including bicycles, cars, electronics and gym membership.
• The portal also provides access to a range of discounts on products and services including retail, food shopping, travel, dining out and leisure activities.

Requirements

• A sound understanding of relevant legislation, policies, and procedures
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Experience in the field of safeguarding and knowledge of safeguarding procedures
• A valid Social Work qualification (DipSW, CQSW, CSS, BA in Social Work or equivalent)
• Registration with Social Work England, UK right to work and have completed your ASYE
• You must have current experience of working in the Adult Social Care sector and have the ability to build excellent working relationships with other agencies/professionals at all levels.
• You will need to be able to scope out community assets to better inform those people we work with.
• You must have knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations, skills in assessment of carers and the ability to provide support and guidance to carers is essential.
• You need to have experience of applying the Care Act (#####), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and managing adult safeguarding enquiries or have a good understanding/knowledge if no direct experience is available.

We are looking for candidates who:

• Motivate staff in challenging times
• Lead the design and development of new service initiatives
• Work with a range of people and organisations.
• Have strong communications skills.

Telephone interviews will take place as and when strong candidates become available. If you're interested don't delay and send across your CV today to #####

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