Adults Social Worker

at  Surrey County Council

Job Introduction
This role has a starting salary of £40,929 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.
We are excited to be recruiting a Social Worker to join our fantastic Social Care Team that sits within East Surrey Hospital. This role offers hybrid working however there is the expectation to be in the office at least 2 to 3 days a week.

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Your work will include but not be limited to:

• Care Act assessments
• Mental Capacity assessments
• Screening residents for Continuing Healthcare
• Carers assessments
• Safeguarding work and partnership working with our Hospital NHS colleagues, including Discharge to Assess.

You will also work closely with Adult Social Care Locality Teams and community health, charity and voluntary organisations.
The role is a really fantastic opportunity to promote strengths-based and person-centred practice in supporting our residents to be discharged from an acute hospital setting in a safe and timely manner, involving the resident, their family and carers in the process and working with partners to ensure presenting care and support needs are met in a personalised manner.
You are likely to be required to work a minimum of one weekend shift per month and one late shift per week. Staff who are on the rota to work a shift falling on a weekend will be given a day off in lieu. Full-time applicants will be contracted to a 36-hour week and these hours will be worked on a rota basis across 7 days a week. Further information regarding the working pattern can be discussed at interview.