Social Worker

1
27 July 2023
Permanent
Part Time
18.5
Lawn View House, Station Road, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 5GA
Adult Social Care and Health
£30,151 - £39,493 per annum (pro rata)

An opportunity has arisen in the Living Well Flexible Response Service for a highly motivated qualified Social Worker to work with people who have care and support needs.

You will be expected to work closely with adults who have care and support needs and carers providing evidence based assessment and reviewing intervention. This role will also involve working in partnership with colleagues and staff from other agencies. You will be expected to have a working knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and other relevant legislation, work as part of a team but also work autonomously. You will also be expected to undertake outcome focused assessments and reviews using a strengths based approach to Maximise Independence, choice and control of service users to enable them to continue to live within their homes whether this is in the community or a care home environment.

You will need to be experienced in completing safeguarding Enquiries within Section 42 of the Care Act, Mental Capacity Assessments, Care Act assessments and reviews in a timely manner with older people, have experience of record keeping procedures, working as a member of a team and have very good organisational skills. You will also be experienced in working to tight timescales and commissioning cost effective personalised support to meet the assessed needs of the service users as part of the reviewing process.

If you have the above skills and are looking to join a supportive team, we would like to hear from you.

You would be joining a friendly, positive and busy county wide Living Well team. The remit of the team is to support Living Well district teams with work they are unable to allocate and/or complete due to demand.  The team has a reviewing function to assist with meeting district targets of overdue reviews and also completes targeted work tasked from the Senior Leadership Team.  Our team covers all areas of Living Well across the county and is based at Lawn View House, Sutton. Staff also work remotely at local offices and from home depending on work and visits.

Should you need any further information please contact Ali Lewis (Team Manager) on 01158546463 / ali.lewis@nottscc.gov.uk

Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.

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