Specialist Community Social Worker - Fetcham

The newly created Community Social Worker will play a vital role in supporting adults and improving the lives of individuals, families, and groups from within the Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened, Deafblind community. We value the opportunity to work creatively, flexibly and provide quality time, keeping ‘caseloads low’ so we can connect the community with the resources, services, and opportunities they need to enhance and maintain their physical and mental wellbeing.

You are a compassionate empathic practitioner who has excellent interpersonal skills who can build and maintain relationships with individuals who may be experiencing difficult times. You will have extensive knowledge of the local community resources and services to facilitate, empower individuals and groups, to grow and connect to the right support and resources. A strength based approach will underpin your approach to problem solving to help people navigate through challenges and find person led interventions and strategies.

You are committed and able to clearly demonstrate the professional standards of social work, from theory to application using up to date best practices. Joining a highly supportive and compassionate social work team diverse in their different skills and strengths, you will be self-motivated and equally work well as part of a team. Culturally aware you will have an avid interest and understanding of the need of Deaf, hard of hearing, deafened, Deafblind community. Be passionate about promoting accessible services for those in Surrey.

Excellent communication and IT skills, the ability to work flexibly, collaborate with others, and have an enthusiastic ‘can do’ approach are essential. You must be a Registered Qualified Social Worker with an up-to-date registration. We welcome applications from the Deaf Community who can confidently communicate in British Sign Language. If you are not fluent in BSL (level 2 min) yet bring other strengths, we will support your learning to excel in your role and access interpreters.

Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey is an inclusive organisation dedicated to enabling and empowering people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind, partially sighted, and deafblind. We champion independence, where people thrive in their communities and achieve their aspirations. We are a countywide charity based in Fetcham near Leatherhead.

We can offer you:

• A generous annual leave allowance (full time annual leave entitlement is 28 days per annum, plus bank holidays).
• Investment in your development, with training opportunities available.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Pension contributions matched up to 6% using the Pensions Trust.
• Annual flu vaccinations and an eye test every two years with a contribution towards work related glasses.
• Wide range of training opportunities suitable for your role.
• A growing range of other staff benefits.
• A fun and friendly team!

A Disclosure and Barring Service will be required which we can arrange. This is an office-based role with travel across the county. You must be able to travel independently across the county on a daily basis to meet the needs of the community.

A British Sign Language video about the role is available to view through the following link to our Vimeo page Specialist Community Social Worker. An application pack can be downloaded below: Job Profile- Specialist Community Social Worker Jan 2025 Application Form Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form GDPR Privacy Notice for Job Applicants Or please contact Sophia Eyre, or by post to Sophia Eyre, Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey, Rentwood, School Lane, Fetcham, Surrey, KT22 9JX. For further details please telephone 07396 820 717.