Are you a compassionate and driven Social Worker ready to make a real impact in people’s lives? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where every day brings new challenges and opportunities to create change? If so, we want you to join in our team!

We have an opportunity for a Permanent, Full Time Social Worker within our Adult Social Care Connect Team.

We share the #SocialCareFuture Vision, to enable us all ‘to live in place we call home, with the people and things we love, in communities where we look out for each other, doing the things that matter to us.

We have recently changed the way we work to strengthen our approach and ensure that we work with our partners to keep residents healthy, independent, connected and contributing to society. We want to ensure that our community and people who access our services feel safe, supported and connected enabling each person to live independently with opportunities to use technology enabled care and self-serve wherever possible.

Adult Social Care Connect is the front door team for Southampton City Council Adult Social Care referrals alongside our corporate Service Centre. Its primary focus is new referrals into Adult Social Care where no social care provision is currently in place. There is a strong focus on early intervention and prevention and providing clear pathways to our short-term and long-term care services. This service also includes operational safeguarding and supports the delivery of consistent approaches to safeguarding across Adult Social Care.

The social work role and responsibilities include undertaking assessments under the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005 assessments, contributions to multi-agency planning, provide interventions to individuals and their families or carers. Negotiating and coordinating resources and conducting s.42 safeguarding enquires.

The Successful Applicant Must Be

Innovative, creative and solution focused.

Enthusiastic about driving improvements and providing excellent social care.

Committed to personal development and sharing best practice.

Be registered with Social Work England

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

To participate in the effective delivery of adult social care services in line with statutory responsibility and the principles of best value
To work with staff to ensure they are working in a strengths-based, person centred way with people and their carers who require adult social care intervention, including having conversations about what matters most to them to complete and to authorise strengths-based assessments promoting independence, health, and wellbeing.
To work with people and their carers who require adult social care intervention, having conversations about what matters most to them to complete strengths-based assessments promoting independence, health, and wellbeing.
To create and review outcome focused plans, negotiate for and coordinate resources to meet needs.
To prevent harm and manage risk to adults in need of care and support in line with the principles of Making Safeguarding Personal by keeping the person at the centre of any planning and promoting positive risk taking.
To help people build resilience and achieve outcomes that are important to them by ensuring that they receive accurate information and advice and guidance and connecting them to wider networks of opportunity and support.
To work with colleagues and partner agencies to ensure a high quality, responsive social care service leading to positive outcomes for adults with care and support needs.
To provide practice and professional leadership, support and supervision for social workers and social care staff in adult care teams. With specific focus on Mental Capacity, Safeguarding incl. MSP and Legal Literacy and positive risk management

Learn more about working in Adult Social Care at Southampton here

What We Can Offer You

Here at SCC we have a range of different benefits, a few examples can be found below.

Excellent
Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
Generous holiday 25–31 days, based on role and service
Flexible working options (role-dependent)
Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer

Benefits

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Contact details for informal discussion:

For further information and details regarding the role please contact Ryan Cross, Team Manager by email:

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Recruitment contact details:

Tel: 023 8083 4033

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