Social Worker

Social Worker

Permanent

Grade 4 - £33,366 - £40,476 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review.

Golden Hello payment - £1,000 + £5,000 per annum

Working 36.5 Hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Discharge to Assess Community Team.

You will work as part of the Discharge to Assess Community Social Work Team to deliver on person centred practices where citizens are enabled to exercise choice, control, independence, and build resilience with a focus on prevention and early intervention to support, provide guidance and signposting in addition to assessments, via the 3 Conversations model, in accordance with the Care Act 2014.

You will have demonstrable social work experience, the ability to work positively as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team, in partnership with other stakeholders, together with an interest in and skills to work within the specific Discharge to Assess Multi-Disciplinary Team.

Working within the legislative framework, you will carry out social work functions, utilising relevant legislation to complete conversations and provide support and guidance, drawing on sound inter-personal and communication skills. You will require the ability to produce reports and the resilience to deliver under pressure within required timeframes.

You should be eligible to be registered with Social Work England. We are also excited to extend this opportunity to Social Work Apprentices and Students who have confirmation of their qualification (although is awaiting actual certificate) after completion of their studies this coming year.

We’re committed to creating an environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusivity, healthy lifestyle choices, wellbeing, and balance.

We’ll empower you to be the best you can be, with coaching, mentoring, and training programmes that meet your professional and personal development needs at every stage of your career with us.

Benefits we offer:

• Family friendly policies
• A range of benefits, including membership of the West Midlands Pension Fund, discounted gym membership and a confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
• 30 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus the option to purchase additional days (subject to terms and conditions).
• Reimbursement of professional fees (subject to terms and conditions).
• We offer the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) for newly qualified Social Workers
• Golden Hello payment - £1,000 (upon external appointment).
• Recruitment & Retention Payment - £5,000 per annum (paid monthly over a 12-month period, pro rota for part time staff).

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached

Birmingham City Council is a Disability Confident Leader and committed to a fair, supportive, and inclusive recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments or additional support during your application.

For informal enquiries please contact Sadia Alima Team Manager D2A Community Team: [email protected]