The role
About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
Join Our Compassionate Team as a Weekend Social Worker!
Are you fair, kind, and compassionate? Do you want to make a significant impact on people’s lives? If so, we want to hear from you!
About the Role
Our Transfer of Care Team is seeking a dedicated Weekend Social Worker to support our efforts from Friday to Tuesday, covering King's College and St. Thomas' Hospitals. You will play a crucial role in facilitating safe and timely discharges, ensuring adult service users receive the necessary support to transition smoothly from hospital to home or other care settings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Comprehensive Assessments: Conduct Care Act Assessments to determine the needs of service users and develop appropriate care plans.
- Capacity Evaluations: Perform Mental Capacity Assessments to ensure decisions made are in the best interest of service users who may lack capacity.
- Collaborative Care Planning: Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams, including healthcare professionals, to create and implement holistic care plans.
- Safeguarding: Handle safeguarding enquiries and referrals, ensuring the protection of vulnerable adults.
- Best Interest Decisions: Regularly complete Best Interest Meetings and decisions for service users with cognitive impairments.
- Crisis Management: Respond effectively to urgent situations and make key decisions to support the immediate needs of service users.
About You
We are looking for a resilient, confident, and enthusiastic social worker who upholds the highest professional standards. The ideal candidate will have:
- Qualifications: A degree (or equivalent) in social work, completion of your ASYE year, and registration with Social Work England.
- Decision-Making Skills: The ability to make sound decisions quickly, often in high-pressure situations.
-Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with service users, families, carers, and multi-disciplinary teams.
- Report Writing: Strong skills in writing detailed, accurate reports and care plans.
- Safeguarding Knowledge: A thorough understanding of safeguarding processes and legislation.
- Empathy and Compassion: A genuine desire to improve the lives of vulnerable adults, demonstrating empathy and compassion in all interactions.
Contact Us
If you would like an informal conversation about this role, please contact Nasreen Fisaha via email at Nasreen.Fisaha@southwark.gov.uk.
Additional details
Additional Information
- This post requires a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at the Enhanced level.
- Enhancement pay is provided for weekend and bank holiday cover (Time and a Half!)
- Flexible working arrangements may be available.
Be a part of a team that truly makes a difference in people's lives. Apply now and help shape the future of adult social care!
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Recruitment timetable
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
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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