Adult Social Worker – Community – Blackpool

Ashberry Recruitment; Blackpool; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a passionate and experienced Adult Social Worker to join a community-focused team in Blackpool. In this role, you will engage with adults to assess their support needs, ensuring their independence and well-being. Your expertise will help navigate legislative frameworks and foster collaboration with community resources. With a commitment to professional growth, you will benefit from training, supervision, and a supportive management team. If you are eager to make a difference in the lives of individuals and enhance community welfare, this position offers the perfect platform to thrive and develop your social work career.

Benefits

Dedicated Consultant Support

Weekly Payroll

Online Registration Process

Friendly Compliance Team

Enhanced DBS Provided

£250 Referral Bonus

Qualifications

• Must have Social Work England registration and Enhanced DBS certificate.
• Ability to work autonomously and within multi-agency setups.

Responsibilities

• Work with adults to identify and meet their support requirements.
• Utilize community and voluntary groups for support and reablement.

Skills

Communication Skills

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Negotiation Skills

IT Skills

Education

DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work

Tools

Electronic File/Recording Systems

Job description

Adult Social Worker
Team: Community
Location: Blackpool
Rate: £30.66 per hour

Office based, with flexibility to work from home.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Social Worker to join our community Social Work team. Your role will involve working with adults to identify and understand their support requirements and to meet these in a way that both maximises independence and helps prevent future need.

Using person centred approaches, this includes working with community and voluntary groups as well as utilising reablement and commissioned services.

You will need to be confident and experienced in all Legislative Frameworks associated with Adult Social Care, linked to your Social Work practice. You will be able to work autonomously and bring with you excellent problem solving and decision making skills. Be confident in all areas of communication and have proven negotiation skills. We would value applications from those who are keen to support and strengthen our community. In turn, through training and support, we will offer you help in developing your social work role ensuring you have protected CPD time and access to regular formal and informal supervision and diverse training packages.

You will need to be passionate about supporting our community in Blackpool, be committed to your role as a social worker, and keen to grow and develop in line with SWE protocols. In turn, we can offer you access to a visible management team who will collectively offer an Induction to support your transition into a new role.

Ashberry Recruitment would ask that applicants meet the following:

• DIPSW or equivalent qualification in Social Work
• Social Work England registration
• Enhanced and in date DBS certificate.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to make good decisions based on information available.
• Ability to work alone and within/contribute to a team/multi-agency setups
• Possess knowledge of service needs.
• Competent IT skills and the ability to navigate electronic file/recording systems.
• Ability to write clear, concise, and robust assessments/reports/files.
• Flexible approach to work and working hours when the need arises.

Why Ashberry?

• Dedicated experienced Consultant providing the ultimate support through your job search – available by phone, email, and WhatsApp
• Weekly Payroll
• A simple online registration process, with help at hand to guide you through
• Friendly compliance team to guide you through the registration and placement process
• Provides your essential Enhanced DBS
• £250 Referral bonus

If you feel this is the role for you, please get in touch as we would love to hear from you!