Senior Social Worker – Community-Focused Care & Growth

Dorset Council UK; England; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27+ days annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Mentoring and coaching

Flexible/hybrid working

Job summary

Dorset Council is recruiting social workers to deliver strengths-based assessments and develop support plans that help people live independently. You will work with health, housing and other local authority teams to inform multi-disciplinary decisions and challenge practice where needed.

Qualified social worker registered with Social Work England, you will apply statutory frameworks and act with professional judgment in a supportive, community-focused environment that values reflective

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker registered with Social Work England.
• Experience applying Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 2007.

Responsibilities

• Carry out strengths-based assessments and develop support plans.
• Collaborate with health, housing and local authority teams on multi-disciplinary decisions.
• Provide constructive professional challenge where needed.

Skills

Statutory practice

Analytical thinking

Relationship building

Education

Social work degree

Job description

Dorset Council is recruiting social workers to deliver strengths-based assessments and develop support plans that help people live independently. You will work with health, housing and other local authority teams to inform multi-disciplinary decisions and challenge practice where needed.

Qualified social worker registered with Social Work England, you will apply statutory frameworks and act with professional judgment in a supportive, community-focused environment that values reflective