Qualified Social Worker – Higher Grade Hospital and Community Teams in Hampshire.

Supply Care Solutions are a market-leading Medical, Social Care and Education recruitment consultancy, we offer a range of accredited services across the public sector, providing highly skilled, compliant professionals in all grades and specialties, including short, long term and permanent positions.

HOULRY RATE: £35.69 (umbrella)
TYPE: LOCUM
TEAM: Adult Hospital Team
HOURS: Monday to Friday 36 per week

Job Overview

The role is based within the Adults Intermediate Care Team, whose social workers undertake Care Act assessments and the first reviews, working across the whole of intermediate care including 2 inpatient units, the acute hospital and people in the community in their own homes and nursing and residential homes

GRADE: Band: 9

• You will assess the needs of vulnerable adults and their carer’s, and identifying creative and personalised ways to provide support.
• You will be working with people who have the most complex and complicated needs in one of a number of client groups: Older People, Adults with Physical and sensory Disabilities, Adults with Learning Disabilities.
• You will be working in one of a number of settings: Community Team for Older People and Adults with Physical or Sensory Disabilities or Hospital.
• You will be working independently and be responsible for managing your own caseload and maintaining case records within an environment offering a high level of supervision and support.
• The safeguarding of adults is an important and integral area of your work as will be the implementation of the safeguarding policy and procedures.
• You will be fully conversant with statutory legislation and guidance, and demonstrate that you implement this in your day to day practice. You will have completed post qualifying training, and have substantial experience as a practitioner.
• You will contribute to service development and project management

Qualified Social Worker Requirements

You need to have:

1. A qualification in social work i.e. Dipsw, MSc, CQSW, and CSS.
2. Registration with the HCPC as a social worker.
3. Substantial experience as a qualified social worker.
4. Knowledge of Adult Social Care eligibility criteria
5. Excellent assessment skills.
6. A thorough understanding of adult safeguarding legislation and have attended safeguarding training.
7. A full understanding of, and commitment to, embedding personalisation in all aspects of social care.
8. The ability to cope with a case workload efficiently and effectively.
9. Good evidence based recording skills, as your evidence maybe required to be used in court.
10. The skills of a good communicator with an ability to deal with conflict.
11. The ability to work on your own initiative, organise your own work load and work under pressure in response to competing demands and changing priorities
12. Experience of the supervisory role.
13. Demonstrable IT skills.

Our locum Social Workers benefit from

– Excellent Rates
– Refer-a-friend scheme*
– Assistance with DBS applications
– Dedicated consultant support
– Varied career and flexible working opportunities

If you are interested in this Social Worker position please apply online or call us on 020 8506 1111

Supply Care Solutions have a number of locum jobs across the UK. * All locums must be contract compliant before commencing work through our agency. We are recruiting professionals across all specialisms and grade. We offer an excellent referral bonus for any new worker you refer to us *Terms and conditions apply. Supply Care Solutions works in conjunction with Monitor/TDA rate caps