Bank Senior Social Care Assistant

Surrey County Council; Southampton, Frimley, Camberley; On-site; Part time

Job summary

Surrey County Council is seeking a Bank Senior Social Care Assistant to join their Hospital Social Work Team. The role involves direct contact with residents, assessing needs, and ensuring safe discharges. The position offers flexible bank hours with a competitive hourly rate and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Annual leave allowance

Employee Assistance Programme

Carers leave and volunteering days

Local government pension

Lifestyle discounts

Learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Substantial experience working directly with people with social care needs.
• Confidence in working with individuals with physical and cognitive impairments.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and reviewing people's needs to promote safe hospital discharges.
• Working with individuals, their carers, and professional staff to arrange services.

Skills

Communication

Assessment

IT Skills

Job description

• Salary: £17.32 per hour + £2.59 per hour leave allowance
• Category: Care - Adults
• Contract type: Bank
• Working hours: Bank hours
• Posted on: 13 May 2025
• Location: Frimley Park Hospital, Portsmouth Road, Frimley, GU16 7UJ

Description

We are committed to the development of our workforce. This position is only available to applicants who already work for Surrey County Council. We thank you for your interest in our roles and would encourage you to review our vacancies which are open to all.

This bank position has a starting salary of £17.32 per hour, plus an additional £2.59 per hour annual leave allowance.

We are excited to be hiring a new Bank Senior Social Care Assistant to join our fantastic Hospital Social Work Team based at Frimley Park. We are a dynamic and fast-paced team comprising of Social Workers and Social Care Assistants working with multiple professionals to ensure safe discharge and follow up care. Our diverse team are committed to making a positive difference for our residents.

Rewards and Benefits

• Annual leave allowance
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to support health and wellbeing
• Carers leave and volunteering days dependant on agreed working hours
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About the Role

As a Senior Social Care Assistant you will have frequent direct contact with the public, visiting our residents and their families on the ward, speaking with them on the phone and in some cases visiting our residents in their own home or care setting. Your role will involve a variety of tasks including assessing and reviewing people's needs to promote and expediate safe hospital discharges, in collaboration with our Health colleagues.

You will work in partnership with individuals, their carers, professional staff in Surrey County Council and other agencies and service providers, in order to support vulnerable adults and their families to identify and arrange services that meet their needs and promote independence, choice and control.

In this position, you will mainly be supporting bank shifts that arise on weekends and bank-holidays. These shifts are based on site and you will be working alongside one or two other Adult Social Care Practitioners to support discharge flow through the Acute.

Shortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:

• Substantial experience of working directly with people with social care needs, including completing strength-based and person-centred assessments and visiting them in their own homes or care settings
• Confidence and competence in working with people with a variety of physical and cognitive impairments
• Competence in basic IT skills with a willingness to learn how to use a variety of different software systems

Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.

Contact Us

Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment. For an informal discussion please contact Sabeel Ali.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 25th May 2025 with applications being reviewed on an on-going basis.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Values

Our values are as important as our abilities and shape who we are as an organisation. Discover more aboutour values .

Before submitting your application, we recommend you read the job description. OurLife at Surrey handbook also provides insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.