Description
This role has a starting salary of £40,929 - £43,735 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week. We are excited to be hiring new Social Workers to join our fantastic South West Surrey teams. The teams are the following:
Guildford Locality Team based at Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4BB.
Royal Surrey County Hospital Team based at Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Rd, Guildford, GU2 7XX.
Waverley Locality Team based at The Burys, Godalming, GU7 1HP.
Rewards and Benefits26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
A generous local government salary related pension
Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
Investing in individual growth and career progression
Ensuring our workplaces and practices are supportive and inclusive
About the Team Our Guildford Locality Team: The Guildford Locality Team is a varied team, allowing those who wish to do so to specialise in their area of interest. Alternatively, move between the sub-teams and develop a whole range of specialist knowledge!Our Royal Surrey County Hospital Team: Our team, which covers the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Milford and Haslemere Hospitals, is a friendly team who has a strong emphasis on promoting personal and professional development and progression.Our Waverley Locality Team: Waverley is a supportive, wide ranging team. Offices based in central picturesque Godalming with parking and nearby direct main transport links. We are a forward-thinking team that promote ongoing learning, career progression.
About the Role On a daily basis, you will be meeting with clients to understand their care and needs, how they can be supported and to provide the best outcomes for them. Your work will include but is not limited to:
Care Act assessments
Carers assessments
Safeguarding work
Partnership working closely with our community Health, charity and voluntary organisations. This role is a really fantastic opportunity to promote strengths-based and person-centred practice in supporting our residents and ensuring our valued service users have the opportunity to enjoy a home of their own, an environment in which they are supported to live a healthy and meaningful life.With this in mind, we are looking for a range of enthusiastic and dynamic qualified and registered social work professionals with a variety of skills and experiences. Whether you enjoy duty, long term assessment, varied caseload, or D2A work, etc. – we want to hear from you.Please note this advert covers the whole of the South West area so at the time of advertising we cannot guarantee a vacancy in all teams. However, we will work closely with you to ensure your application is considered for a team that suits you in line with our available posts.
Shortlisting Criteria To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:
Completion of your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
Registration with Social Work England (We recognise there will be exceptions to this so please speak to us if you are in any doubt)Surrey has both urban and rural areas and locality based social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK and access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area. Reasonable adjustments where needed will be made for successful applicants who have a disability or long term health condition to enable them to fulfil the requirements of the job.
Contact us Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.For an informal discussion please contact the AWHP Team by email at .Not local to Surrey? We can offer you relocation assistance and more details are included in the attachment below.
The closing date for this advert is 30/09/2024 although applications will be reviewed, and appointments made, on an on-going basis. We look forward to receiving your application,
