At a Glance
- Tasks: Plan and manage support for service users, promoting positive change in their lives.
- Company: Leeds City Council, committed to making a difference in the community.
- Benefits: Hybrid work, supervision, training, and an immediate start available.
- Other info: Supportive environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in people's lives while developing your social work skills.
- Qualifications: Must have Social Work England registration and a degree in Social Work.
The predicted salary is between 31 - 31 £ per hour.
The Leeds City Council is looking for an experienced Social Worker to join their Hospital Discharge Neighbourhood Team based in Leeds.
Responsibilities
- Planning, managing, prioritising, and evaluating work with service users.
- Providing a high level of effective written and verbal communication, overcoming resistance and exercising assertiveness where appropriate.
- Negotiating, challenging, and managing conflict, solving problems, and innovating to promote positive change.
- Supporting service plans, maintaining accurate service user records and assessments, and following policy and procedure.
- Chairing multi-agency meetings and representing the Authority in a professional capacity.
- Supervising, supporting, encouraging, and advising both qualified and non-qualified staff, using reflective practice techniques to critically analyse information to inform decision-making and planning.
Benefits
- Hybrid Work
- Supervision and Training
- Immediate start available with initial 3 month contract
Qualifications and Experience
- Social Work England registration.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
- Qualification in Social Work at degree level.
- Post-qualified experience.
Reasonable Adjustments
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer.
