Adult's Social Worker - Community Team

Reed; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the UK is seeking an experienced Adult’s Social Worker to join their Community Team. The role involves safeguarding vulnerable individuals, conducting holistic assessments, and managing complex cases. Candidates must be qualified and registered with Social Work England, with at least 3 years of post-qualifying experience. This role offers a competitive pay rate of £30 per hour and benefits such as dedicated support and CPD contributions.

Benefits

Dedicated Recruitment Consultant

Free CV building and Interview support

Weekly payroll

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Minimum of 3 years post qualifying social work experience.

Responsibilities

• Safeguard adults at risk.
• Gather information for holistic assessments.
• Maintain accurate case records.
• Manage complex caseloads.

Skills

Qualified Social Worker

Holistic assessment

Relationship building

IT systems proficiency

Education

Diploma in social work or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Our Client, Blackpool Council, is seeking an Adult’s Social Worker to join their Community Team.

Fantastic payrate of £30 per hour!

Are you an Adults Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities

• To safeguard children and young people and adults at risk.
• To take a strengths-based approach, which seeks to be inclusive, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive, and support others to adopt that approach.
• To gather information from service users, informal networks and other agencies to analyse, summarise and evaluate the information to provide a holistic assessment of needs, balancing risk and protective factors.
• To formulate and produce outcome-focused plans with clear aims and objectives (within the context of managing risk), and support others to do so.
• To maintain case records, keeping them up to date and to provide concise and accurate information about a service user’s circumstances and plans. Make use of IT systems provided by the Service, complying with policy and procedures.
• To manage a workload of complex cases and organise work activities; taking into account the need to prioritise tasks and responsibilities, working to timescales and meeting national and local performance expectations.
• To develop and maintain good working relationships with other professionals within the team, wider service area and partner agencies to ensure an integrated, holistic and multidisciplinary approach.

Requirements

• Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Must have a Social Work qualification (Diploma in social work, social work degree or equivalent)
• Must have minimum of 3 years post qualifying Social work experience

Benefits of working through Reed

• Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
• Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
• Free CV building and Interview support.
• Free DBS checks.
• Weekly payroll.
• PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
• CPD contributions.
• Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
• Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.

Does this role interest you? Apply today!