An exciting opportunity as arisen in the Devon Onward Care team and the South Hams And West Devon Community Social Care Team. You can be at the forefront of supporting people to return to the community with complex care needs.
About the Role
You will be responsible for facilitating complex discharges from Derriford Hospital and reviewing the service users care needs within the South Hams and West Devon communities once they have been discharge into their community care setting.
We have adopted the Discharge to Assess Model which is facilitating complex discharges from the hospital. You will be based at Derriford hospital and in the community and will be collaboratively with our hospital and community-based colleagues and within a whole integrated system.
About You
The role would provide an excellent opportunity for anyone who is looking to progress their social care career. You will be working alongside a health and social care team which comprises of Discharge Nurses, Senior Social Workers, and Social Care Assessors and the South Hams and West Devon Community Health and Social Care Team.
This role would suit an individual looking for a fast paced and varied role that will include the completion of strengths based social care assessments, co-ordination of care, placements, and ongoing social care support from and following discharge from hospital.
The nature of this work requires you to be highly organised with strong recording skills and in turn you will receive excellent support in a busy and friendly team. You should be an effective communicator both verbally and through written formats, able to prioritise workload, manage conflict effectively, be flexible and enthusiastic, have good time management skills, and be able to work under pressure.
You need to be IT literate and willing to develop your skills. You will be committed to equality and diversity, to good customer service, and to achieving positive outcomes for vulnerable people.
You will be given training where needed and be fully supported by a friendly, welcoming team.
We have implemented the first phase of a new Social Worker Career Pathway within our Adults Services, with our vacancies available at the Social Worker (Grade F) or Experienced Social Worker (Grade G) levels. Our Social Worker and Experienced Social Worker roles align with the national , which provides a robust structure for all local authorities to use as a way of standardising professional capabilities and provides a clear career pathway.
This is a fantastic opportunity to provide you with an achievable, clear pathway for your career; to enable you as a practitioner to reflect and identify your own practice and development on the PCF pathway.
If successful in being shortlisted for interview, your experience, skills and knowledge, will be assessed against the PCF domains and if found appointable, this will determine your appointment to either the Social Worker (Grade F) or Experienced Social Worker level (Grade G).
With on-going learning and support from your line manager, those appointed as a Social Worker will be able to evidence incremental learning and submit an application in due course for progression to the Experienced Social Worker (Grade G) via a portfolio of supporting evidence against the PCF framework.
What we can offer you
- We are committed to your continuous professional development, doing all we can to help you to get the most from your career. You will receive excellent support and supervision, with regular opportunities to discuss and reflect on your practice, both with your line manager and peers.
- 26 days annual leave per year (rising with length of service) plus Bank Holidays effective from 1 April 2024.
- Flexible working opportunities are available, these include part-time hours, flexitime, compressed working hours and homeworking (this is subject to the needs of the role – please discuss at further at interview)
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme- more information can be found on the
- Access to our confidential Employee Assistance Programme– available 24/7 to support you with personal and work life.
- Discounts from local and high street retailers through the Devon Discounts scheme.
- As a place to live and work, Devon is hard to beat with top-performing schools, universities, vibrant cities, pretty villages and some of the most scenic coast and countryside in the UK. Living and working in Devon as a Social Worker has never been more attractive.
- Please note: At this time, we are unable to consider overseas applications.
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