Specialist Community Social Worker
Company
Location
Fetcham, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/8/2025
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Description
Please note that this vacancy is not part of Surrey County Council, we are advertising this on behalf of a partnership organisation.
The salary range for this role is £34,000 to £40,000 per annum (pro rata and subject to experience)
About The Organisation
Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey is an inclusive organisation dedicated to enabling and empowering people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind, partially sighted, and deafblind. We champion independence, where people thrive in their communities and achieve their aspirations. We are a countywide charity based in Fetcham near Leatherhead.
About The Role
The newly created Community Social Worker will play a vital role in supporting adults and improving the lives of individuals, families, and groups from within the Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened, Deafblind community. We value the opportunity to work creatively, flexibly and provide quality time, keeping ‘caseloads low’ so we can connect the community with the resources, services, and opportunities they need to enhance and maintain their physical and mental wellbeing.
To be successful in this role you will have extensive knowledge of the local community resources and services to facilitate, empower individuals and groups, to grow and connect to the right support and resources. You will also need to be committed and able to clearly demonstrate the professional standards of social work, from theory to application using up to date best practices.
You will be joining a highly supportive and compassionate social work team diverse in their different skills and strengths; you will be self-motivated and equally work well as part of a team.
Culturally aware you will have an avid interest and understanding of the needs of Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened, Deafblind community. You will need to be passionate about promoting accessible services for those in Surrey. Excellent communication and IT skills, the ability to work flexibly, collaborate with others, and have an enthusiastic ‘can do’ approach are also essential to this role.
You must be a Registered Qualified Social Worker with an up-to-date registration. We welcome applications from the Deaf Community who can confidently communicate in British Sign Language.
Principle Accountabilities:
For an application pack please contact Sophia Eyre, [email protected] or by post to Sophia Eyre, Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey, Rentwood, School Lane, Fetcham, Surrey, KT22 9JX. For further details please telephone 07396 820 717.
The salary range for this role is £34,000 to £40,000 per annum (pro rata and subject to experience)
About The Organisation
Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey is an inclusive organisation dedicated to enabling and empowering people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind, partially sighted, and deafblind. We champion independence, where people thrive in their communities and achieve their aspirations. We are a countywide charity based in Fetcham near Leatherhead.
About The Role
The newly created Community Social Worker will play a vital role in supporting adults and improving the lives of individuals, families, and groups from within the Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened, Deafblind community. We value the opportunity to work creatively, flexibly and provide quality time, keeping ‘caseloads low’ so we can connect the community with the resources, services, and opportunities they need to enhance and maintain their physical and mental wellbeing.
To be successful in this role you will have extensive knowledge of the local community resources and services to facilitate, empower individuals and groups, to grow and connect to the right support and resources. You will also need to be committed and able to clearly demonstrate the professional standards of social work, from theory to application using up to date best practices.
You will be joining a highly supportive and compassionate social work team diverse in their different skills and strengths; you will be self-motivated and equally work well as part of a team.
Culturally aware you will have an avid interest and understanding of the needs of Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened, Deafblind community. You will need to be passionate about promoting accessible services for those in Surrey. Excellent communication and IT skills, the ability to work flexibly, collaborate with others, and have an enthusiastic ‘can do’ approach are also essential to this role.
You must be a Registered Qualified Social Worker with an up-to-date registration. We welcome applications from the Deaf Community who can confidently communicate in British Sign Language.
Principle Accountabilities:
- To deliver a strength based, person-centred, service for those who are Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened, Deafblind and their family/carers, support networks and other professionals.
- To complete comprehensive specialist needs assessments creating person led support plans to reach individual goals and to review and evaluate the effectiveness of support plans.
- Promote community opportunities to empower access and educate community members on available resources and services. Utilising Deaf Café and Community Hubs.
- Advocate for and assist people in navigating the wider services and systems eensuring access is available whenever necessary, appropriate, or requested.
- Connect people with community resources to strengthen, enhance and promote their physical and mental wellbeing mitigating isolation and loneliness.
- Collaborate with other professionals to deliver a holistic support, sharing specialist social work advice.
- Provide appropriate information, advice and crisis intervention in situations requiring intervention via face to face ‘casework’ and/or duty service cover.
- Prevent, detect, and respond to safeguarding concerns, implementing safeguarding policies and procedures for people who may be/are at risk.
- Clearly demonstrate social work professional standards in both understanding and in the application of best practices and commit and maintain continued professional development.
- Depending on experience, to provide regular supervision to a social care assistant/s.
- Ensure appropriate and timely record keeping enabling effective communication and professional accountability.
- Contribute towards monitoring and evaluation, including both quantitative and qualitative data collection.
For an application pack please contact Sophia Eyre, [email protected] or by post to Sophia Eyre, Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey, Rentwood, School Lane, Fetcham, Surrey, KT22 9JX. For further details please telephone 07396 820 717.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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