Social Workers

Southampton City Council; Southampton; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension

Generous holiday

Flexible working

Training and development

Health and wellbeing support

Volunteer days

Staff discounts

Job summary

Southampton City Council is recruiting for a Social Worker to join the New Review and Reassessment Team within Adult Social Care in Southampton. The role focuses on timely, strengths-based reviews and reassessments, ensuring plans remain outcome-focused and that people maintain or regain independence.

You will undertake purposeful conversations, use professional judgement, co-produce plans, manage risk and collaborate with carers, providers and partner organisations to improve services for

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with registration to the social work body.

Responsibilities

• Conduct purposeful conversations with people and carers to understand needs and what matters most.
• Complete proportionate reviews and reassessments using professional judgement.
• Co-produce outcome-focused care and support plans with service users.
• Manage risk and help people draw on strengths, relationships and community supports.

Job description

Join Southampton's New Review and Reassessment Team

Southampton Adult Social Care is at an important point in its improvement journey. We are strengthening our operational practice, reducing delays and creating a more responsive and sustainable service for Southampton residents.

As part of this work, we are establishing a new Review and Reassessment Team. The team will ensure that people receive timely, proportionate and meaningful reviews of their care and support, with a clear focus on what matters to them, what has changed and how we can help them maintain or regain independence.

This is about much more than completing reviews. It is an opportunity to help shape a new team, strengthen the quality and consistency of social work practice and demonstrate the difference that purposeful reviews and reassessments can make to people, carers and the wider Adult Social Care system.

The opportunity

The team will work with people across Adult Social Care to:

• undertake timely, strengths-based reviews and reassessments;
• ensure care and support plans remain appropriate and outcome-focused;
• identify changes in need, circumstances or risk and respond promptly;
• promote independence, choice and connection to family and community;
• apply the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and safeguarding responsibilities confidently;
• work collaboratively with carers, providers and partner organisations;
• make proportionate, evidence-based and financially responsible decisions; and
• contribute learning and insight to the wider improvement of Adult Social Care.

The team will support Southampton's commitment to providing a high-quality service that is easy to navigate, developing a confident and competent workforce and ensuring services are fair, sustainable and flexible.

About the role

As a Social Worker, you will have purposeful conversations with people and carers about what is working, what has changed and what matters most to them.

You will use your professional judgement to complete proportionate reviews and reassessments, co-produce outcome-focused plans, manage risk and help people draw on their strengths, relationships and community connections. This is a varied role offering opportunities to develop practice in complex decision-making, safeguarding, mental capacity, strengths-based approaches and service improvement.

What we can offer you:

Salary:

The salary band for this role is £43,150 - £47,664. The starting salary is £43,150 with annual progression through the salary bands.

Here at SCC we have a range of different benefits, a few examples can be found below.

• Excellent local government pension with 15.2% employer contribution
• Generous holiday 25-34 days, based on role and service
• Flexible working options (role-dependent)
• Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
• Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
• Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
• Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
• Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
• Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
• Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
• Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer

For further information on our benefits package please visit: Employee benefits (southampton.gov.uk)

Contact details for informal discussion:

For further information and details regarding the role, please contact Jessica Wheale, Head of Strategic Recovery at [e-mail] or Hannah Balzaretti, Director of Adult Social Care at [e-mail]