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Qualified Social Worker (Adult Care & Support)

Job details
Posting date:	26 July 2024
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	25 August 2024
Location:	Portsmouth, PO1 2AL
Company:	Portsmouth City Council
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	3989

Summary

Salary:

Newly Qualified Social Worker (ASYE): Band 8 £33,945 per annum

Main grade Qualified Social Worker: Band 9 £36,647 - £40,220

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Primary Work Base: Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth

Portsmouth City Council:

Portsmouth is a vibrant university city, with a rich maritime history on the South coast enjoying excellent transport links to the rest of the country. At Portsmouth City Council we’re all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city, but we need the best employees to do so. With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority’s main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million-pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.

Portsmouth Local Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Context:

Through Health and Care Portsmouth, a partnership of local organisations, we are working together to change the way we provide health and social care. Our vision is to support people to live healthy, safe and independent lives by developing and offering services that are joined up and provided in the right place, at the right time.

https://healthandcare.portsmouth.gov.uk/about/

Within Adult's care and support, we are in the process of further developing our services to ensure that we are delivering a person centred and strengths-based approach. Leaders and staff at all levels will be engaged in this work, to study, redesign, and continuously improve our offer.

What is the role?

You will work with adults in need of care & support and their carer's, identifying the needs the service user prioritises and creating an assessment of their needs and a support plan based on this.
You will work in creative and personalised ways to provide support, completing the work directly of value to the service user.
You will work with information gained directly from service users/their carers and professionals who know the service user well. This will involve understanding where unverified information has come from and ensure that any information you pass to others is based on evidence and direct knowledge.
You will identify the best resource to deal with service user need, (where this is not yourself) and, if you need to call on other resources to support you to meet the client's needs.
Case work decisions will be informed by evidence.
You will be working with people who have the most complex and complicated needs in one of a number of client groups.
You will be working autonomously and be responsible for managing your caseload and maintaining case records that demonstrate that your practice and actions are Proportionate, Legal, Accountable and Necessary.
You will need to have experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
You will receive supervision and support and be expected to attend regular team meetings.
The safeguarding of adults with care needs is an important and integral area of your work as will be the implementation of the safeguarding policy and procedures.
You will be fully conversant with statutory legislation and guidance and demonstrate that you implement this in your day-to-day practice.
You will maintain a portfolio of Continual Professional Development in line with Social Work England guidelines.

Who is the Person?

You will need a qualification in social work i.e., Degree, Dipsw, QCSW, CSS and be registered with Social Work England.
You will have experience of working with adults ideally within a fieldwork setting and working within the sphere of Safeguarding Adults.
Have a thorough understanding and working knowledge of the legislation that governs the adult social care role, (Care Act; Mental Health Act; Mental Capacity Act; Human Rights Act) and a comprehensive awareness of practice to safeguard adults and children.
Possess robust and comprehensive skills in risk management with a confident ability in assessing, planning, and recording of sensitive information and data.
Have a professional curiosity and the ability to negotiate, work creatively and flexibly with aptitude for innovative decision making.
Demonstrate a range of effective communication skills including the ability to converse with a diverse range of people sometimes under challenging circumstances or where there maybe barriers to understanding.
Have the ability to advocate for individuals and carers using a problem-solving approach as well as good assessment skills.
Provide an evidence-based record of agreed interventions.
A positive approach to motivating others to achieve positive outcomes in relation to rights choice, independence, and inclusion.
To be able to form effective relationships with partner agencies to provide effective solutions for people.
It is desirable to have some experience of working with substance misuse services.

What our practitioners say:

"The Team culture enables colleagues to work collaboratively, sharing a wealth of knowledge and experience from the practitioners within it. This is turn, creates a strong learning and supportive environment to be part of"

Claire, Main Grade Social Worker

"We have an open learning culture, where there is case supervision, ongoing professional training and a manageable caseload that allows social workers bring their best self to the people we work with"

Happiness, Newly Qualified Social Worker

"The job is great - it's fulfilling and varied. The team are supportive andI feel genuinely cared for by my colleagues and managers"

Jess, Social Care Associate Practitioner

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Alison Stephen on 023 9268 8025 or Rob Jacob on 023 9268 8104.

If you believe you can make a valuable, positive contribution our service, please apply by 11th August 2024.

Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

What you'll get in return

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/

Application process:

Please read the full job profile (click here) for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.

Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. This is important or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please do not just submit a CV. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information on the careers website.

Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body.

Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding roles.

You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement your application.

We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

A commitment to our values

We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.

We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.