Job summary
Come join the fantastic Central Locality social work team! We are a vibrant community team based in High Wycombe at the heart of Chilterns.
Why join us?
We are closer than you think!
We are lucky to have really good transport links including easy access to M25 and M40 and therefore, we are commutable from various locations including Maidenhead, Marlow, Reading, Hillingdon and the whole of Buckinghamshire. We are also outside of the ULEZ zone.
Main duties of the job
To ensure the highest standards of service are provided to the residents of Buckinghamshire, Advanced Practitioners will ensure:
- Work in accordance with the Better Lives framework
- Promote and deliver goal-based support people to achieve greater independence
- Promote equality as an integral part of a role and treat everyone with fairness and dignity
- Provides a proactive personalised approach to the delivery of care and practice
- Respond to peoples needs in a timely manner
- Focus on improving peoples well-being
- Give people greater choice and control over the care that they receive
- Take account of peoples risks and safety at all times, identifying mitigations to reduce that risk
- Support people to achieve the outcomes that are most important to them using all available resources and taking responsibility for the public purse
- Provide personalised information and advice, safeguarding, assessment, support planning and review to individuals/families and their carers
About us
Despite the challenges that Adult Social Care has faced within the last 12 months, our approach in Buckinghamshire has not been to take shelter and wait for the storm to pass. Instead, we have chosen totransform and restructure Adult Social Care so we can respond to a crisis as well as build for the future. We have created more roles in Social Work and Occupational Therapy; we are adapting to work much more closely with the community andsupport people near to where they live; we have developed a newcareer progression framework to encourage staff ambition and development; finally, to establish the conditions to deliveroutstanding practice, we have reduced the numbers that managers supervise and the caseloads the team have, to allow for more contact with our residents.
Initiated in 2019, our strength-based practice model, Better Lives, has been improving outcomes linked to independence, developing social connections, and improving areas that are important to the residents we support.
We are looking for motivated, ambitious and inspiring people to join us on our journey.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You must be a qualified Social Worker (holding a social work degree or equivalent) and be registered with Social Work England. In addition, a full driving licence with access to a vehicle is an essential requirement for this role.
Naturally, you will be a great people person, familiar with working to a strength-based approach where you think outside of the box and enable people to prevent, reduce or delay the need for care. Bringing your in-depth knowledge of the latest legislation and statutory guidance, youll work independently and with colleagues to support adults and their families. Persistence and an adaptable approach are needed in an outcome focused way with our partners such as health services, community sector, housing, care providers and other stakeholders.
We welcome individuals looking to return to social work and offer a return to social work programme assessment and support process. Should this be something of interest to you please contact the Learning and Wellbeing Hub via email atlearninghub@buckinghamshire.gov.ukto arrange an informal chat or to find out more information.
If you'd like to hear from some of our current social workers and social care staff, take a look at our careers social media pagesFacebook,LinkedIn,Twitter,Instagram
Job description
Job responsibilities
You must be a qualified Social Worker (holding a social work degree or equivalent) and be registered with Social Work England. In addition, a full driving licence with access to a vehicle is an essential requirement for this role.
Naturally, you will be a great people person, familiar with working to a strength-based approach where you think outside of the box and enable people to prevent, reduce or delay the need for care. Bringing your in-depth knowledge of the latest legislation and statutory guidance, youll work independently and with colleagues to support adults and their families. Persistence and an adaptable approach are needed in an outcome focused way with our partners such as health services, community sector, housing, care providers and other stakeholders.
We welcome individuals looking to return to social work and offer a return to social work programme assessment and support process. Should this be something of interest to you please contact the Learning and Wellbeing Hub via email atlearninghub@buckinghamshire.gov.ukto arrange an informal chat or to find out more information.
If you'd like to hear from some of our current social workers and social care staff, take a look at our careers social media pagesFacebook,LinkedIn,Twitter,Instagram
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please see attached Job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please see attached Job description
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
