Social Worker

Role Responsibility

Social Worker Posts available:

Early Discharge Planning Team – 1 x FTE based at St Martins Hospital in Canterbury, 1 x FTE based at Priority House in Maidstone.

South Kent Coast – 1 x FTE based in Folkestone but would work across Folkestone and Dover.

Canterbury – 1 x FTE based at Laurel House.

Currently staff are working from home as per government guidelines with some work in offices as needed to cover duty. Face to face work continues with our clients to ensure they are supported through these unprecedented times whilst we continue to capitalise the benefits of new technology in our work. We are looking for dynamic, creative and enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and supportive teams.

Role Responsibility

Mental Health social work  in Kent has gone through significant transformation in the last 2 years  which has enabled us to develop a service based on recovery and social inclusion principles, designed to be accessible to anyone needing mental health and wellbeing support in both Primary and Secondary Care including those people who fall through the gaps between services.

The services which are co-located with our health colleagues are now looking to appoint Social Workers across a number of teams.

The role will offer you plenty of opportunities to both undertake and contribute to training initiatives and in-house core training courses, while assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating appropriate recovery plans. We are committed to working in co-production with service users and carers, within a recovery approach which maximises self-determination and empowerment. Working alongside multi-disciplinary colleagues and with other agencies, including Acute and Community Trusts, Primary Care Services and the voluntary sector you will support service users and carers to develop personalised care and support plans which draw on community resources in order to achieve the most positive outcomes.

You will be registered with Social Work England, have a degree in Social Work, CQSW/Dipsw or equivalent (or on the verge of completing your social work degree).

You must also possess:

Evidence of successful completion of the Assessed and Supported year in Employment (ASYE) or be willing to work towards this if Newly Qualified.

Good working knowledge of all relevant Mental Health and Social Care legislation and Codes of Practice. You must also have a good understanding of SWE requirements.

A robust working knowledge of mental health conditions and treatments, and approaches to social work intervention.

Good computer literacy and report writing skills. Excellent interpersonal skills and mediation and negotiation skills.

Working knowledge of the Care Act 2014, ability to work in partnership with people, the Kent Enablement and Recovery Service (KERS) and with our Strategic Partners to help identify services or resources in the community that can support well-being.

Our offer

•Starting salary £29,446 - £33,510

•Relocation packages up to a maximum of £8,000

•Full induction and comprehensive professional learning and development

•Starting annual leave allowance of 27 - 30 days

•A minimum of 5 day's training each year

•Excellent local government pension scheme.

External Newly Qualified Social Workers applicants are currently eligible for a £2000 “Golden Hello” payment after appointment.

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.

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.

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.

Please indicate on your application which roles you wish to be considered for.

Contact Details

For further information please contact:

Lyndsey Johnson – South Kent Coast Service Manager/Early Discharge Planning and OATS teams.

03000 410068

About the Company

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.