The Social Worker (Progressed) post sits in the Eaglebridge Adult Social Care Team at Cheshire East Council. The holder supports adults with care and support needs to reach good outcomes, carrying out complex assessments, managing risk, coordinating care and leading safeguarding work within statutory frameworks. It also involves working alongside health, voluntary and partner agencies, mentoring less experienced colleagues and students, and contributing to service development. Applicants need to be a qualified social worker with statutory adult social care experience and a sound grasp of the Mental Capacity Act.
What the job involves
- Carry out complex assessments for adults with care and support needs
- Identify and manage risk
- Coordinate care and support
- Lead safeguarding work
- Work within statutory social work frameworks to improve adults' quality of life
- Collaborate with health, voluntary and partner agencies
- Mentor less experienced colleagues and students
- Contribute to service development
- Support delivery of high-quality, person-centred adult social care services
What’s required
Qualifications
- Qualified social worker
Experience
- Experience in a statutory adult social care setting
- Experience of undertaking assessments, managing risk and leading safeguarding work
- Experience supporting individuals through crisis or significant change
Skills & knowledge
- Strong understanding of relevant legislation, including the Mental Capacity Act
- Communication, problem-solving and organisational skills
- Positive, person-centred approach to practice
- Collaborative working with health professionals, partner agencies and community organisations
Other
- Motivation, adaptability and commitment to service improvement
What’s offered
- Enhanced annual leave of 34 days rising to 39 after five years, plus option to buy up to 10 extra days
- Guaranteed yearly pay increases
- Flexitime on a 37-hour full-time week
- Career average public pension at 1/49th of pensionable pay
- Salary sacrifice schemes for green car leasing and white goods
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free confidential employee assistance programme
- Discounted corporate gym membership with Everybody Leisure
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
