Social Care Practitioner

3 days ago

Yate, United Kingdom South Gloucestershire Council Full time
How you'll make a difference

You will make a real difference with vulnerable adults in our community by assisting them in their time of need providing support and promoting their independence.


What you will be doing
  • You will assist in organising and providing of effect care services which may include the assessment and review of care plans. 
  • Working under the direction of Social Workers, you will contribute to and review plans and services to improve intervention ideas. 
  • You’ll refer issues if needed in accordance with Safeguarding procedures to protect vulnerable people. This will require you to maintain confidential reports to profession and Council guidelines.
  • You’ll be communicating, providing advice and guidance to service users and providers. 

  • Daily you will be liaising and working social workers and external contacts such as education services and health agencies ensuring communication is effective.

What we need from you
  • You will have experience in a relevant area of statuary or voluntary sector work in health and social care. 
  • You will demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice; processes and procedures; support mechanisms and specialist equipment. 
  • You will need excellent people skills. 
  • You will be able to gather information from a variety of sources and follow the assessment process.  
  • Ideally, you will have relevant qualification e.g. NVQ Level 3 in health or social care field.  

 

Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post. 

 

  How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different  

  • We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.   
  • What’s special here is the strength of the team ethos. We are a relatively small local authority, so managers know staff well. They can plan their services to ensure teams have manageable caseloads and have effective supervision so feel supported to make decisions which are right for the children and young people they work with.    
  • As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.  
  • We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.  

 

  Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of   people who live, work and learn here.     

  • We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of    
  • We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life    
  • We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.     

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.    

   

We’re making a difference, be part of it  

   

 

For further information please refer to the job description Social Care Practitioner (Social Work) Adult Social Care

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