Qualified Social Worker - Hospital Discharge South and Central Team

at  Buckinghamshire Council

Naturally, you will be a great people person, familiar with working to a strength-based approach where you think outside of the box and enable people to prevent, reduce or delay the need for care. Bringing your in-depth knowledge of the latest legislation and statutory guidance, youll work independently and with colleagues to support adults and their families. Persistence and an adaptable approach are needed in an outcome focused way with our partners such as health services, community sector, housing, care providers and other stakeholders. You must be a qualified Social Worker (holding a social work degree or equivalent) and be registered with Social Work England.
We welcome individuals looking to return to social work and offer a return to social work programme assessment and support process. Should this be something of interest to you please contact the Learning and Wellbeing Hub via email atlearninghub@buckinghamshire.gov.ukto arrange an informal chat or to find out more information.Please see the job summary for more information. Other information Interviews are proposed to take place week commencing 25th November 2024. For more information about the role, please contact Emma Stevens, Assistant Team Manager at emma.stevens@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or Jo Towner (Acting Service Manager - Adult Social Care) at jo.towner@buckinghamshire.gov.uk Buckinghamshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare: All unspent convictions and conditional cautions All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023). For further information on filtering please refer toNacro guidanceand theguidance published by the Ministry of Justice(see, in particular, the section titled Exceptions Order). We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please beadvised to submityour application as early as possible

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