ARE YOU A DRIVEN, COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUAL WITH STRONG SOCIAL CARE VALUES AND A ‘CAN  DO’ ATTITUDE?

An excellent opportunity has arisen within the Assessment and Independence service for a Social Worker working within the Living Independently Team North 

(Full time 37 hours Grade 8). 

About the role

• To work with vulnerable adults to assess their needs and develop support plans to achieve an optimum level of independence, enabling them to develop and maintain relationships and be valued members of their community, taking a strength - based approach .
• Help maintain independence, focusing on prevention using community led support approaches to maximise positive outcomes. 
• This will be achieved by working in conjunction with other professionals and family members, and by putting the person at the heart of the planning process in ways that are inclusive, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive.
• To provide social work interventions aimed at safeguarding vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect and/or exploitation.

Our offer to you

• Excellent management support 
• Manageable workloads
• Good quality supervision 
• Opportunities to attend  training as part of continuous professional development
• Flexible working conditions 
• Employee Assistance programme offering unlimited access to support and information

Newly qualified social workers in the first year of employment will receive consistent support throughout the year in line with Dudley Supervision Policy. They will have a restricted workload to enable time for professional development. All other roles and responsibilities will be the same as for a social worker.

Key requirements

• Manage and monitor a workload of complex cases and organise work activities taking into account the need to prioritise tasks and responsibilities.
• Use the safeguarding procedures to investigate and manage risk where individuals have suffered or are likely to suffer significant harm. Understand forms of harm and their impact on people and demonstrate a thorough understanding of Dudley’s Safeguarding Procedures.
• Undertake interviews, assessments, observations using appropriate frameworks and applying information-gathering skills to formulate plans to meet assessed needs consistent with the function of the team.
• Select, use and review appropriate and timely social work interventions that are best suited to the person and their carer, including the design and costing of ‘person centred’ support plans.
• Be responsible for the co-ordination, implementation and review of support plans and respond in a timely way to changes in circumstances.
• Work in partnership with people who use services, their families and a wide range of other stakeholders to ensure the provision of quality, innovative services.
• Contribute to the development of community resources and have knowledge of local resources, groups and networks that may contribute to enhanced outcomes for people.
• Take responsibility for identifying your own learning needs; assume responsibility for improving your practice through appropriate continuing professional development and reflection.
• Make proactive use of supervision (in line with Dudley’s Supervision Policy) to critically reflect on practice, explore different approaches to your work, support your development across the nine capabilities and understand the boundaries of professional accountability.
• Operate within the legal framework, departmental policies and procedures and demonstrate a clear understanding of their practical usage.
• Record information in a timely, respectful and accurate manner. Write records and reports for a variety of purposes with language suited to function and using required information management systems.
• Share information consistently in ways that meet legal, ethical and agency requirements.
• Comply with the Councils Financial Regulations and Standing Orders.

Additional information

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of the adults; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.

For more information on this role contact muz.peano@dudley.gov.uk

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within Dudley Borough.

If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk

If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the below to the WM Jobs Help page in the first instance; http://www.wmjobs.co.uk/staticpages/20563/help/

If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk

Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the Council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so. The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at http://www.dudley.gov.uk/ For further information please contact  Muz Peano Team Manager   07851010173 - muz.peano@dudley.gov.uk  or Kalsoom Bibi  Assistant Team Manager 07484463609 kalsoom.bibi@dudley.gov.uk

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.  

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.  

If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acl@dudley.gov.uk  who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications.  

If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk  

If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the link below to the WM Jobs Help Page in the first instance https://help.wmjobs.co.uk/    

If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk 

Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so.  

The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at http://www.dudley.gov.uk/  

N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

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Attached documents
Social Worker grade 8 Job description_.doc
Benefits List