Social Worker (Safeguarding Adults Team)

North Northamptonshire Council; Kettering; Híbrido; GBP 30 000 - 42 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Pension scheme

Generous leave entitlement

Hybrid working

Employee wellbeing

Employee network groups

Resumo da oferta

North Northamptonshire Council is seeking 2 Social Workers to join the Safeguarding Adults Team at Haylock House, Kettering. This full-time, hybrid role focuses on short-term safeguarding work, with supervision from Principal Social Workers and ongoing professional development.

You will work with individuals, care providers and stakeholders, following the Care Act 2014, using a person-centred approach and strong risk assessment to protect adults at risk.

Qualificações

• Experience of safeguarding.
• Experience working with a range of individuals.
• Knowledge of the Care Act 2014.
• Effective communication and IT skills.
• Ability to prioritise.
• Adopts a strength-based approach.
• Good understanding of risk management.
• Ability to work to deadlines.

Responsabilidades

• Provide safeguarding interventions within the Safeguarding Adults Team.
• Engage with individuals, care providers and stakeholders to assess needs.
• Apply Care Act 2014 principles and risk assessments.
• Work in a hybrid model balancing community, office and remote duties.

Conhecimentos

Safeguarding experience

Communication skills

IT literacy

Prioritisation

Strength-based approach

Risk management

Time management

Diverse caseload experience

Formação académica

Social Work qualification

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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Social Worker (Safeguarding Adults Team)

Job Reference Ref/3469/9644

Number of Positions:

2

Contract Type:

Full Time

Salary Range:

Working Hours:

37

Location:

Haylock House, Kettering

Closing Date:

05/12/2026

Job Category:

Social Worker - Adults

Organisation:

North Northamptonshire Council

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28days, rising to 33days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

We are looking for 2 Social Workers with experience of working in mental health services to join our Safeguarding Adults Team.

The role is for a full time Social Worker, as a Social Worker you would be directly supervised by one of the team's Principal Social Workers and we will support your continuous professional development. The role is a fast-paced role with a focus on short term work, you will work directly with individuals, care providers and stakeholders.

The role Is a hybrid role with a balance of days working in the community, office and remote.

What will you be doing?

You will be working in line with key legislation such as the Care Act 2014 and frameworks such as NSAB Decision Making Framework Tool.

The role uses a person-centred approach which includes getting the voice of the person, listening and adopting professional curiosity to your practice.

About you

You will need to have:

• Experience of safeguarding
• Experience of working with a range of individuals
• Knowledge of the Care Act 2014
• Effective Communication and IT skills
• Ability to prioritise
• Support individuals with a strength-based approach
• Have a good understanding of risk management
• Ability to work to deadlines

Please note you must have a Social Work qualification for this role

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)