PEOPLE DIRECTORATE
Adult Social Care - Integrated Urgent Care Team
Social worker
Grade H. Scale 29 - £32,029 to Scale 34 - £36,876 with a profession bar at SCP 31 **
Fixed term Contract for 12 months and also Permanent, Full time 36 hours
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated practitioners to join our Integrated Urgent Care Team within the Community and Hospital. The Integrated Urgent Care Team provides short term interventions to maximise independence and responds to urgent/crises situations to enable people to continue living in their own home for as long as possible. The team responds to patients on hospital wards, A and E and MAU (Medical Assessment Unit) to prevent inappropriate admissions to hospital, as well as planning discharges from intermediate care facilities. The team is made up of staff from health and social care, working together to provide a holistic assessment and support plan to ensure outcomes are achieved and independence is maintained wherever possible. The team provides support to Younger and Older Adults with varying degrees of disability, social complexities and vulnerability living in the community.
As a key member of this busy but supportive team you will be responsible for the planning and delivery of outcome based assessments, reassessments and support plans which are effective in promoting independence and meeting individuals outcomes and aspirations. You will also provide support to carers and families.
The Team offer a wide variety of personalised support, assisting people to promote their independence and supporting people with complex situations to ensure they have the maximum level of choice and control available to them. In some circumstances it will be necessary to ensure safe and effective support to protect individuals from harm or safeguard peoples human and civil rights.
You will receive regular supervision, support and training to ensure your continuous professional and personal development.
Experience of working with adults and previous employment in a similar position would be desirable.
It is essential that you hold a current valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work use.
You will need to hold a Social work Qualification and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. The post also requires an enhanced DBS disclosure.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.
All appointments will be to the bottom salary point in the grade with annual incremental progression each April until the grade maximum is reached. Where an individual can evidence their existing salary in a relevant role surpasses the grade starting salary, a higher entry salary will be considered, subject to the professional grade development criteria also being met if that point is higher than the bar point.
** This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:
1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above
2. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable
3. Professional standards practiced to the highest expected level.
For further information about the job role please do not hesitate to contact Sophie Colgan on 0161 922 5775 or Jobada Rahman on 0161 342 2447.
We are holding
an exciting opportunity for those social workers who would like to meet and
greet the team at a coffee afternoon/evening on Wednesday 6th
November 2019 between 3pm to 7pm at Dukinfield Town Hall, Lesser room 1, King
Street, Dukinfield, SK16 4LA. Please drop in for an informal discussion.
Closing Date 24 November 2019 23.59
Ref Number: DPT312
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