SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER

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Are you passionate about making a positive and lasting difference for the people of Hull? Are you able to contribute to achieving our vision of enabling people to have a life not a service?

The transformation programme we have embarked upon and making a success of our new operating model is key to ensuring the work we do is sustainable and effective in the future. There has been significant investment in additional posts to support the transformation and Hull City Council are looking for exceptional individuals like you to join the Adult Social Care team.

You will work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality social work practice; ensuring individuals have a solution focussed plan towards achieving their goals and maintaining their independence. You will work creatively with individuals, local communities and our partners, empowering them to deliver the best possible outcomes for people and to create a positive Adult Social Care culture.

We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate:

• A strong value base that informs your work with adults
• A relentless commitment to quality - and to be able to talk about what good practice ’looks like’
• A capacity for honest reflection and openness to learning;
• Ability to establish professional, effective working relationships with a range of partners/colleagues, adults, families and their carers

You must be a qualified social worker and be registered with Social Work England.
This post will provide and support expert and effective social work practice in complex situations, assessing and managing high levels of risk and providing expert opinion in relation to decisions surrounding complex cases. You will undertake a professional leadership role taking responsibility for the learning and development of others, through leadership and management, supervision, mentoring, assessing and teaching.

We provide a range of benefits to motivate, reward and recognise the valuable work of our employees, which include:

• Work/Life Balance - The Council recognises that all employees need to balance home life with meeting work commitments through the provision of appropriate policies and support, for example, family and parental leave, flexible hours and career break schemes.
• Learning and Development - The Council has a commitment to lifelong learning. We provide excellent development opportunities for all employees.
• Pension - We provide a defined benefit pension scheme whereby the Council contributes towards a pension payable on retirement.
• Employee discounts - There are a selection of voluntary benefits available giving a wide variety of staff discounts on goods and services from a range of suppliers via our Hull plus website.
• Relocation Allowance available to minimise any financial detriment which may be incurred by newly appointed staff moving from outside the area
• Laptops for all social workers, to enable them to work smarter and more flexibly.

The Locality teams support all individuals requiring longer term adult social care support (excluding individuals who are supported by Humber Trust for specialist Learning Disability or Mental Health input). Referrals to the team will come directly from See & Solve Community, for ongoing support following Active Recovery and after a hospital discharge package has been put in place. The team work jointly, between Social Work and Occupational Therapy as well as with Sensory and Telecare colleagues, to identify the goals an individual wants to achieve and the best way to achieve these. The team also ensure individuals receive timely and proportionate reviews ensuring that an individual’s goals and actions are reflecting changes in their life and support them to be independent.

Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight on the closing date.
We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Any offer of employment to the above post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced & Adults Barring List Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Hull City Council embraces the principles of WorkSmart and this post has been identified as a suitable role. WorkSmart principles create opportunities facilitating a combination of working in the office, adhoc homeworking, or working from various locations, therefore being flexible about where/ how you carry out their role, the specific opportunities available will be discussed at interview.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent