Social Worker (Hospital Team)

We currently have exciting opportunities for Social Workers in our Hospital Team. We are looking to appoint Social Workers who are enthusiastic and passionate about changing the lives of people with care and support needs, and carers, through the promotion of wellbeing and choice, making a real difference and enabling them to increase their independence and have fulfilling lives, free from harm and abuse. We welcome applications from newly qualified Social Workers as well as experienced Social Workers looking for a change in career or wishing to develop their skills and experience.

You will have the opportunity to gain knowledge and abilities across a broad range of social work activity, such as assessment and care planning and safeguarding. The Hospital Team is conveniently based at Churchill House in Solihull town centre. As part of this highly experienced and dedicated team, you will embed a strengths-based model of assessment and support, promoting independence and well-being and achieving better outcomes for people, carers and their families. You will ensure that there is a strong Adult Care and Support focus while working in partnership with health colleagues and care providers such as reablement.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A professional Social Work qualification and be Social Work England registered or be in the final academic year of a professional Social Work qualification with pending Social Work England registration.
• Knowledge of safeguarding principles and relevant legislation.
• Experience of delivering person-centred and strengths-based working including assessments and reviews.
• Detailed knowledge of the care legislation including the continuing health care framework.
• Experience of assessment, the development and planning of care and of positive risk management.
• Effective communication skills and experience of collaborative working to build effective working relationships.
• A passion for supporting adults with disabilities to live fulfilling lives and maximise their opportunities for independence.

You will be part of a team where you will be really valued, with the opportunity to shape and improve the services we deliver to our diverse community. We have close partnerships across agencies in the borough and are a small and friendly local authority with good relationships across adult care and support. We understand that our employees have commitments and interests outside work and encourage good work-life balance by offering a flexible and agile working environment. This is further supplemented by generous annual leave entitlements with the opportunity to purchase up to 10-days additional leave per year, a flexitime scheme with up to 24 days per year, staff discounts, family and carer friendly policies and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

This post requires a DBS Check. This post is covered by the Fluency Duty as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. Solihull Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and a commitment to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.