Social Worker - Older People and People with Physical Disability Team

Role Responsibility

We are looking for a Qualified and Registered Social Worker to join our busy but exciting, Older People and People with Physical Disability Team (OPPD), East Kent, based at Brook House, Whitstable.  

You will be responsible for managing a caseload and carrying out short term intensive interventions with clients. The focus will be on undertaking robust, strength-based assessments working collaboratively with people to take control and improve their lives at a time when their security, safety or ability to participate in life or society may be restricted. A primary aspect of the role will be to ensure that the work carried out has focused outcomes and is completed within the 12 - 16 week guidelines.

We are committed to providing regular supervision which will be provided by the Senior Practitioner in the area and will ensure time is allowed for critical reflection of work undertaken. We aim to promote the retention of our social work staff through ensuring that individual professional development needs are considered. We work with Practice Advisors who offer additional support including 1:1 reflective support, practice development workshops, complex casework support.

Contracted hours will be 37 hours per week.  Mileage expenses are payable and applicants will be expected to be able to travel across a geographic area which may not be easily accessible by public transport.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

Interviews will be held on Thursday, 21 April 2022.

Contact Details

For further information on how you can positively impact the future and quality of social work in Older People and Physical Disability services in Kent please contact:

Nikki Kemp, Team Manager, Social Work East Kent on 03000 411180.

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.