Job summary
Join our established Hospital Team and work in partnership with Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Consultants in this fast-paced, muti-disciplinary environment. Working on-site at the Hospital, youll really enjoy the benefits of engaging with people, in a face-to-face environment. With excellent relationship building skills, youll work closely with other members of the team across other locations, including Community Hospitals and short-term services.
No two cases are the same and youll enjoy a diverse caseload where you have the opportunity to really stretch your social work skills. Dealing with a broad spectrum of complex issues, including Mental Capacity Act assessments and safeguarding, your sound understanding of our legal obligations, will support your decision making. Our team prides itself on being a supportive environment, where people can make the most of personal development opportunities in order to achieve positive professional outcomes.
As a qualified and experienced Social Worker, youll use a strengths-based approach to make confident decisions, even where there is uncertainty. With an understanding of how our services are structured, youll really enjoy using a proactive problem-solving approach to achieve successful outcomes.
In return for your commitment we offer supported continued development opportunities, alongside a competitive Benefits package. Youll also have access to excellent staff networks and a mentoring programme.
Main duties of the job
- Provide supervision for Case Workers and Senior Case workers and practice advice on complex cases.
- Make professional decisions on cases and recommendations to team manager about risk.
- Triage safeguarding referrals from emergency services and make decisions.
- Respond to customer queries via webchat.
- Respond to customer queries via webchat.
- Triage phone or online referrals, in line with strengths-based practice.
- Follow up enquiries to confirm queries have been resolved.
- Be available to the customer at specified times, unless agreed otherwise.
- Identify risk and escalate safeguarding concerns as necessary.
- Prepare clear and concise reports for customer's files that can be clearly understood by colleagues.
- Record feedback (positive and negative), in line with the appropriate policy.
- Maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues at all levels
- Build positive and professional relationships with stakeholders including service users, relatives and providers
- Conduct carers assessments
- Conduct wellbeing assessments to identify client's level of needs and support available
- Conduct mental capacity assessments (where appropriate for the client group)
- Continuing Personal and Service Improvement
- Pro-actively seek to maintain up-to-date knowledge and skills to the expected standard, including changes to policies and legislation
About us
Were a high-performing County Council with a focus on providing quality services and support to the people of Hampshire. Were very proud that our teams are so committed to delivering the high standards that our strong reputation is built on.
We're pioneering some changes to social care practice in Hampshire; radically changing the way we work and creating the right conditions to ensure social workers can work flexibly and are given the capacity to provide the level of support and attention that is required for them to make a real difference to the lives of the people we serve.
We're investing in social workers to help drive this change and enabling our staff to be more agile so they can be fulfilled professionally and enjoy a good balance between work and home life.
There are many reasons why we are a great choice for your next career move.
- Living and working in Hampshire
- Our benefits package
- An inclusive employer
- Military friendly employer
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Social Worker, you will be part of a supportive and friendly team working with
other social/health care professionals to support with hospital discharges and moving
people to short term care services and onward care providers. You will complete
assessments, develop care plans and provide people leaving hospital with support and
guidance to enable them to maximise their wellbeing. Through your person-centred
approach, youll focus on the elements of care, support and treatment that matter most
to the person, their families and carers.
Using strengths-based practice, you'll focus on what a person can do, whilst finding
innovative, alternative community resources to meet their needs. Youll also provide
coaching and mentoring support to Senior Case Workers and Case Workers.
Watch our short video to find out more about what it's like working as an Adults' Health
and Care Social Worker at HCC:
Working in Adults Health and Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Social Worker, you will be part of a supportive and friendly team working with
other social/health care professionals to support with hospital discharges and moving
people to short term care services and onward care providers. You will complete
assessments, develop care plans and provide people leaving hospital with support and
guidance to enable them to maximise their wellbeing. Through your person-centred
approach, youll focus on the elements of care, support and treatment that matter most
to the person, their families and carers.
Using strengths-based practice, you'll focus on what a person can do, whilst finding
innovative, alternative community resources to meet their needs. Youll also provide
coaching and mentoring support to Senior Case Workers and Case Workers.
Watch our short video to find out more about what it's like working as an Adults' Health
and Care Social Worker at HCC:
Working in Adults Health and Care
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Able to effectively assess risks and needs
- Able to effectively analyse and interpret information
- Able to recognise problems and use a person-centred approach to identify solutions
- that meet an individuals needs, whilst remaining safe and effective
- Able to calculate costs of services and care plans and record financial information
- Excellent organisational skills and able to prioritise work and manage own time
- effectively to balance conflicting demands
- Excellent verbal communication skills. Able to communicate clearly with different
- audiences including service users, relatives and providers, adapting style to meet the
- needs of the individual.
- Excellent written communication skills. Capable of constructing and delivering clear
- information for different audiences.
- Good range of IT skills (e.g. Outlook, Word, recording technology). Able and willing to
- develop the skills required for using new systems and technology
- Excellent negotiation skills for dealing with providers, other professionals, family and
- carers
- Excellent relationship management skills for collaborating with service users,
- providers, other professionals, family and carers.
- Strong team working skills for sharing learning and providing support and advice to
- colleagues.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England (SWE)
Desirable
- A sound understanding of how to apply a strengths-based approach to practice
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues in social work practice and the
- principles of safety, dignity and empowerment
- Understanding of the philosophies, professional social work issues and legal
- frameworks that underpin specific client groups and social services statutory duty
- and its role in the wider community
- Understanding of data protection/confidentiality and need for accurate and timely
- recording
- Understanding of Best Value principles and need for resource constraints
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Able to effectively assess risks and needs
- Able to effectively analyse and interpret information
- Able to recognise problems and use a person-centred approach to identify solutions
- that meet an individuals needs, whilst remaining safe and effective
- Able to calculate costs of services and care plans and record financial information
- Excellent organisational skills and able to prioritise work and manage own time
- effectively to balance conflicting demands
- Excellent verbal communication skills. Able to communicate clearly with different
- audiences including service users, relatives and providers, adapting style to meet the
- needs of the individual.
- Excellent written communication skills. Capable of constructing and delivering clear
- information for different audiences.
- Good range of IT skills (e.g. Outlook, Word, recording technology). Able and willing to
- develop the skills required for using new systems and technology
- Excellent negotiation skills for dealing with providers, other professionals, family and
- carers
- Excellent relationship management skills for collaborating with service users,
- providers, other professionals, family and carers.
- Strong team working skills for sharing learning and providing support and advice to
- colleagues.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England (SWE)
Desirable
- A sound understanding of how to apply a strengths-based approach to practice
- Understanding of equality and diversity issues in social work practice and the
- principles of safety, dignity and empowerment
- Understanding of the philosophies, professional social work issues and legal
- frameworks that underpin specific client groups and social services statutory duty
- and its role in the wider community
- Understanding of data protection/confidentiality and need for accurate and timely
- recording
- Understanding of Best Value principles and need for resource constraints
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
