Social Worker

Job summary

Livewell Southwest are currently looking for an experienced Social Worker who is keen to work with young people within The Learning and Disability Team.

If you are looking to develop your NHS experience and provide social care with the support of working within a multidisciplinary team, then please do apply.

Main duties of the job

You will provide a comprehensive effective and integrated social work service to young people and their families and carers using services in both a community and inpatient setting.

What you can add

Working collaboratively to seek resolutions to challenges

Finding strategies to meet your patients goals

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job description

Job responsibilities

supervise and or train students and lower band colleagues as and when required to ensure their practice is safe and professional

provide supervision or peer supervision as and when required to ensure practice is safe and professional

support the delivery of induction training for new staff within the service as and when required to ensure practice is safe and professional

responsibility for the occasional short term security of a persons cash legal documentation or valuable items until they can be securely deposited

duty to consider best value option when planning for peoples care and support

plan and organise day to day work using an online calendar recording systems and workload management tools in accordance with departmental guidelines

ensure records are timely kept up to date accurate and used in accordance with the gdpr and organisational guidelines

have a good understanding of the various computer programmes essential for the completion of daily work such as Microsoft office

arrange and plan meetings with colleagues and or people who use services and be willing to chair them if required

maintain contact with people who use our services either face to face telephone or assistive technology such as video links and conference calls

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or equivalent in Social Work DipSW, CQSW, CSS

Experience

Essential

Evidence of Continuous Professional Development by producing documentation to meet the Standards of Proficiency for Social Worker registration Registration with Social Work England as a social worker Experience and knowledge in line with national standards and guidance Ongoing training and evidence of continuous professional development Relevant policies and procedures of the Department and Livewell South West

Qualification Evidence

Essential

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of: Relevant Qualifications Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

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