Social Worker (Learning Disability and Autism Team)
Job Summary
Contract Type:
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Working Pattern:
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Advert Start Date:
17/06/2024
Advert End Date:
01/07/2024 23:59
Salary:
Unprogressed £33,945 - £37,336 per annum, pro rata. Progressed £38,223 - £42,403 per annum, pro rata
Hours per week:
part-time and full-time hours available
Job Category:
Social Work - Adult Service
Employment Location:
Newcastle upon Tyne
Further Information
Newcastle City Council is looking to recruit qualified Social Workers into their Learning Disability and Autism Team. Adult’s Social Care.
We have 6 new posts open to Qualified Un-Progressed or Progressed Social Workers to contribute to case work and special projects within the service.
The posts are:
1 part-time 3-day fixed term post to February 2025
1 part-time 3-day permanent post
1 full-time 2-year fixed term post
3 full-time 1-year fixed term posts
You would receive a warm welcome if you joined the Learning Disability and Autism Team at Newcastle City Council. We are using the innovative 3 conversations model to enable our Social Workers to have open and interesting conversations with people and families who need our support and with our colleagues and partners to foster collaboration to make things happen, so that we can be useful for people and help them get on better with their lives.
The team is structured to maximize the support that we can offer to people, their families, carers and comprises of three sections;
- Intake which focuses on new referrals and short-term work including preventative and strengths-based work that promotes the independence of people at the point of referral;
- Intervention for those with more complex needs and more in-depth work to fulfil statutory obligations, often involving applications to the Court of Protection; and
- Review for annual reviews but also situations where unexpected changes are required to existing services.
There are dedicated managers attached to each section with support from Senior Practitioners and a wealth of knowledgeable and experienced Social Work colleagues.
We have exciting opportunities in each dedicated section of the team.
The part-time 3-day fixed term post to February 2025 would involve joining the Intake section to cover maternity leave.
The part-time permanent post is situated within the Intervention section.
The full-time 2-year fixed term post is also placed within the Intervention section and is to support colleagues in completing Court of Protection applications and to hold a small case load of complex work. In order to be successful in your application for this post you must have some knowledge and experience of completing Court of Protection applications, although further training and supervision will be provided from within the team and from our excellent colleagues in legal services.
The 3 full-time one-year posts are to join our Review Team, as part of the Independent Living Scheme reviews. This is a special project created to undertake dynamic reviews of existing packages of care provided to people living in our Independent Living Schemes. You would join an expanding team of multi-disciplined professionals who have already had great success in increasing independence and reducing restrictions for this group of people.
Across the posts we are looking for dynamic individuals who are committed to providing an excellent social work service and who bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to the challenge of working with adults who have a learning disability and/or autism, their families and carers. You must be an enthusiastic team player who is passionate about achieving the best outcomes for adults. Candidates will be required to have the determination, commitment and social work value base to create positive outcomes for adults in the City.
These posts require you to be a qualified Social Worker. You should hold a relevant Social Work qualification such as the Social Work Degree, DipSW, CQSW or CSS and be registered with Social Work England.
We recognise the demands of the role and the need to support staff; we offer regular one-to-ones with a team manager, small group supervision sessions and regular team meetings as well as learning and development opportunities relevant to the role.
Newcastle is a great place to work and some of the benefits of working with us are:
• Generous annual leave plus Bank Holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme
• A range of flexible working options, including the ability to take two flexi days per month
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
• Working in a supportive team environment
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• Agile working.
We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.
If you would like to have an informal conversation about this post, please contact Gillian Greenfield, Susan Redmond, Alice Jefferson, Team Managers on 0191 2788100.
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