The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
ICS SW recruitment:
We are recruiting to Social Work positions within Intermediate Care Southwark. Intermediate Care Southwark (ICS) is an integrated health and social care team including physiotherapists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, pharmacists and rehabilitation support workers who provide short term, targeted support to avoid hospital admission and support discharges by working together to maximise a person's independence.
The ICS Reablement focus includes optimising skills to support recovery. We work from a strength-based position to build on existing skills and resources. The service works alongside specialist care provision. The need for care is regularly reviewed within the period of Reablement. If, after the teams input, the person has ongoing care and support needs, an assessment is completed to determine eligibility for services.
ICS also supports the Community Urgent Response function, entailing crisis intervention and proactive engagement in the community to avoid hospital admission and support people home from Emergency Departments.
The role:
The role provides an exciting opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary setting, with a focus on strengths based practice and promoting independence and recovery.
The main duties of the role include goal setting, completing Care Act assessments and devising care and support plans, completing reviews, completing Mental Capacity Assessments, chairing Best Interests meetings, crisis intervention, signposting, providing advice and information and working with people with complex social needs.
There is also a Safeguarding function within the service, which includes completing initial fact finding and assessing and minimising risk.
About you:
- You are enthusiastic and passionate about meeting the needs of the local community and are committed to working closely with those with care and support needs, their families and carers, alongside meeting the aims of the service.
- You are a resilient social worker, who is a confident decision maker and good communicator.
- You can prioritise work effectively, manage competing demands and stay calm under pressure.
- You have experience of working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary settings and are able to develop effective working relationships both inside and outside of your own profession and the service.
- You have the ability to problem solve, identify and manage risk and have an extensive knowledge, understanding and application of the legislation that relates to adults and older people including Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Adults Safeguarding.
- You hold a degree in social work and have completed the ASYE programme, are registered with Social Work England, with evidence of continuing professional development.
Additional details
The basic working hours for this role is 36 per week, Monday to Friday.
Please note a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at enhanced level.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Alex Woods on 0207 525 3689 or Alex.Woods@southwark.gov.uk.
Benefits:
- Generous starting annual leave entitlement of 28 days – rising to 36 days (dependent on length of service)
- Pension scheme (LGPS)
- Season Ticket Loan – interest free
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye Care Scheme
For more information about our benefits, please visit https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: Sunday 18th December 2022 at 23:59
Shortlisting: Thursday 5th January 2023
Interview + Assessment: Monday 9th January 2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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