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About the Role
We are seeking committed, experienced, qualified, and knowledgeable social workers to empower and support individuals needing signposting, community support, or direct assistance from the Council. This role focuses on Adult Social Care, specifically within an older person’s locality team, offering opportunities to develop skills and knowledge in this area.
Responsibilities
- Empowering and supporting people needing signposting, community support, or direct help.
- Conducting case work.
- Engaging in community liaison through GP Huddles and ICN+ Partnership.
- Collaborating with Health & the Voluntary sector.
- Progressing the community engagement strategy with increasing levels of community involvement & liaison.
- Enabling practitioners to gain knowledge & experience in working with vulnerable adults, their families and representatives.
- Developing links and networks within a locality setting utilizing available support options.
- Contributing to sharing ideas that support the development of all services.
- Demonstrating professionalism, creativity and drive in approach to person-centred practice and problem solving.
- Working flexibly in response to a rapidly changing public service environment.
- Maintaining realistic caseloads.
- Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
Requirements
- Qualified and registered (Social Work England) Social Worker.
- Over two years post-qualifying experience.
- Ideally, successfully completed Assessed Year in Supported Employment (ASYE) as a newly qualified Social Worker.
- Commitment to team working.
- Enthusiasm for contributing to service development.
- Ability to work flexibly.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
Skills
- Case work
- Community liaison
- Person-centred practice
- Problem solving
- Professionalism
- Creativity
- Drive
- Analytical skills
- Creative skills
Location
- Croydon
Work Type
- Permanent
- 36 hours per week
- Hybrid working (where employees attend the workplace for part of their working week and work remotely for the remainder)
Experience Level
- Over two years post-qualifying experience
- Assessed Year in Supported Employment (ASYE) as a newly qualified Social Worker (ideal)
Education Level
- Qualified and registered (Social Work England) Social Worker
Salary/Compensations
- Grade 10 £45,123 - £47,262 p.a.
Benefits
- Fantastic benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Employee benefits scheme
- Options benefits scheme
- Healthy work-life balance
- Scope to progress career
- Develop individual professional practice, analytical and creative skills
- Department wide commitment to realistic caseloads
- Case load limit structure
- Council wide programme of excellent learning, development and career progression opportunities
- Strong ASYE programme
- Commitment to post qualification training
About the Company
- Croydon Council is committed to maintaining a sustainable financial position, listening to residents, and delivering high-quality, sustainable services.
- Croydon Council is focused on: Creating a cleaner and safer Croydon, Supporting a thriving town centre and local high streets, Delivering a fair deal for residents, Improving roads and journeys across the borough, Creating places people are proud to call home, Backing families, children, young people and adults.
- Croydon Council has one of the best benefits schemes in local government.
- We want Croydon Council to be a place where our staff enjoy their jobs and are proud to be here.
- We encourage development and invest heavily in helping you excel and achieve your full potential.
- We reward talent and excellence.
Equal Opportunity
- Croydon Council is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender.
- Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
- We guarantee an interview to eligible current and former members of the UK Armed Forces who meet the essential criteria for the role.
- As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the advertised role.
- Croydon Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment.
- The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS checks.