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Social Work Support Assistant (predominantly care homes), Adult Social Care - Part time 22.2 hours over 3 days, permanent position.
We are looking for a Social Work Support Assistant to work in our Care and Support Team based in Eddie Ferguson House, Blyth.
If you are passionate about delivering a high-quality service, we would like to hear from you!
About the role:
As a key worker for adults living in care homes, you will be the main point of contact for support and advice to them and their families. This post is predominantly working with people in care homes, but you may be required to do some community work also.
You will liaise directly with care home staff ensuring the clients' needs are being safely met. The role will require you to hold a caseload of clients and includes being responsible for completing Care Needs Assessments, reviewing existing care home placements, sourcing new placements where required and taking into consideration safeguarding legislation to protect our clients.
You will work within a Care and Support Team which includes social workers and social work assistants who link closely with GP practices, community health services and district nurses.
You will need to have a strong commitment to enabling and empowering service users to live as independently as possible drawing on existing strengths and networks and when working with people in the community, help them think creatively about how they can do that. There will be a focus on managing risk and ensuring service users are protected from significant harm. You will need to be able to work well within a team and independently, have good time management skills and an ability to prioritise your own work.
You also need strong interpersonal, advocacy and communication skills. Solid IT skills are also needed to be able to input, use and retrieve data and information although full system training will be given.
Essential requirements:
• NVQ 3 in social care or equivalent
• Experience of working with adults in a social care setting
• Some knowledge of legislation relevant to mental health and adult social care
• Due to the nature of this role, it is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving license and has access to a car they can use for work purposes
For an informal conversation about this position, please contact Julie Burrows, Senior Manager on julie.burrows01@northumberland.gov.uk
Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including:
- 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexi scheme (if applicable) – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
- Commitment to work/life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, flexible working, term-time only, and compressed hours
- A range of salary sacrifice schemes are available
- Staff networks - run by staff, for staff - providing opportunities for peer networking, mutual support, staff development eg Armed Forces, ASD, Enable (disability), LGBT+, Menopause, Mential Wellbeing, Racial Equality
Further information
For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please see the attached guidance notes here.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk or ring 01670 623930 with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
Alternative application format:
British Sign Language: northumberlandcc-cs.signvideo.net
For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930
Although we advertise on North East Jobs, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications.
