Transforming Care Senior Social Worker

Hertfordshire County Council; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Welcome payment (£1k)

Job summary

Hertfordshire County Council is seeking a Senior Social Worker (Adults) for the Transforming Care Team, 0-25 Together Services. You will develop discharge pathways from psychiatric settings, work with a multi-disciplinary group, and support adults with complex needs to live safely in the community.

Role requires leadership in risk assessment, advocacy collaboration, and working across the county with flexible arrangements and travel.

Qualifications

• Qualified and registered Social Worker with professional standards.
• Experience in learning disabilities, autism, mental health and relevant legislation.
• Experience in assessing capacity and best interests, DoLS knowledge.
• Experience collaborating across MDTs, families, advocates and health/social care leads.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Able to work autonomously, Smart Working, and travel within/out of county.
• Strong skills in assessment and report writing.
• Experience in complex case management and high-risk situations.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle for county travel.

Responsibilities

• Develop discharge pathways from psychiatric hospitals and contribute to preventing hospital admissions.
• Provide personalised support to adults with complex care needs in a multi-disciplinary setting.
• Work within an All Age approach across learning disability and autism and liaise with advocacy, health and commissioners.
• Support safeguarding, risk management and ensuring people stay at the centre of care.

Skills

Qualified Social Worker

Learning disabilities

Autonomous working

Assessment & reporting

Communication skills

Driving licence

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

Job Introduction

Job Title: Senior Social Worker (Adults) - Transforming Care Team, 0-25 Together Services

Salary: £44,253 plus market enhancement of £6,656, progressing to £48,738 plus market enhancement of £6,486 per annum - Plus a one-off Welcome Payment of £1k (terms apply)

Hours: 37 per week

Location: Apsley or Farnham House, with travel across and out of County (with flexible working)

Contract type: Permanent

Directorate: Children's Services

About Us

Transforming Care is a national programme implemented by NHS England to transform the care and support for children, young people and adults with a learning disability and/or autism who may be in hospital/at risk of hospital admission, or possibly in contact with the Criminal Justice System.

The Hertfordshire Transforming Care Team are proud to work to enable people to live ordinary lives in the community despite significant barriers and challenges. Do you have what it takes to keep people at the centre of your approach as you work within a supportive and experienced team to prevent admission, support discharge and build community capacity as suitable alternates to hospital?

About The Role

You will work at the forefront of best practice to deliver personalised support to vulnerable adults with the most complex care needs. You will have the skills necessary to develop discharge pathways from psychiatric hospitals and in prevention work to avoid inappropriate admission to hospital. Your work will be adult focused but within a team that offers an All Age approach across the fields of learning disability and autism. You will work alongside wider professional agencies including advocacy, health and local and national commissioner groups to effect change.

Essential to the role is the ability to see the potential in people and to take a creative and proactive approach to risk and problem solving despite being challenged to the contrary. You will understand the complex and often conflicting matters of enabling ordinary lives whilst protecting people including the public from harm, and the role legal frameworks play. You will be able to progress and keep people at the centre in ‘stuck’ cultures and systems.

About You

Essential

• Qualified and registered Social Worker, adhering to national professional standards.


• Experience and knowledge in learning disabilities, autism, mental health, and relevant legislation.


• Experience in assessing capacity and best interest decision making and in the understanding of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.


• Experience in working and communicating effectively across MDTs, family, advocates, and wider stakeholders such as commissioners and health/social care leads.


• Excellent communication and organisational skills.


• You will be expected to work autonomously, able to Smart Work and visit out of county placements.


• You will have excellent skills in assessment and report writing.


• Experience of complex case management and working with individuals at increased risk of harm.


• Driving licence and access to a vehicle – ability to travel within and outside of the county.

Desirable

• Ideally you will have experience of working with people placed in inpatient settings; you may have experience of working with people in a forensic setting.


• Ideally you will have experience of tribunal and court of protection work including submitting evidence and court attendance.

In return, we will offer excellent learning and varied development opportunities. A protected caseload to deliver intensive and personalised care, regular supervision (including, if relevant, access to clinical specialism supervision), and an approachable and supportive team who are keen to keep their ideas fresh and learn together.

Interview date(s): 16th, 18th, 20th November

For an informal discussion please contact: [e-mail]

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is Level 11. Please locate the job profile here:

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Additional Information

We are changing

Hertfordshire County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), creating a unique opportunity to help shape the future of local services. To find out more, visit https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/

Disability Confident

We are proud to be aDisability Confident employerand guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding

This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving Required

You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency

The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required).Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.