£45,852 – £47,925Full TimeEN
Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!
We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.
Social Worker - Neighbourhood Teams
The main purpose of this job is to work as a case management social worker to assess the needs of vulnerable adults and their carers, and support them to arrange services to meet their needs. The service is organised within a locality model, consisting of four neighbourhood clusters across the Borough.
You will have strong adult social care assessment skills that are informed by strength based practice, experience and knowledge of the Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and adult safeguarding processes.
About Adult Social Care in Lewisham
“This is an exciting time to join Lewisham Adult Social Care. Whether you are at an early stage in your career or a more experienced practitioner looking for a change, we have the right job for you!
Recently, Lewisham Adult Social Care completed a service restructure to better support our residents and our staff. We have strengthened our Leadership Teams, refreshed and consolidated our career pathways and enabled better interactions between services. We repositioned our Advanced Practitioners, so they are located where they are most required – in Social Work and Occupational Therapy Teams across Adult Social Care and Mental Health. These practitioners support leadership teams through complex case work, share their expertise with colleagues, lead on practice development across the organization and complete quality assurance tasks, including case file audits.
The Adult Social Care workforce in Lewisham is relatively stable, but there remains a need to respond to social change, welcome innovation, and address the demand for constant service improvement.
In Lewisham, we invest in and value our staff, and that’s why so many of our Social Workers and Occupational Therapists choose the stability that we offer and build their careers with us.
Our Social Work Teams are well managed, and the staff are friendly supportive and welcoming. So, see what’s on offer and complete an application if you’d like to join us”!
Our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) offer is the best you are likely to get anywhere.
We have a training matrix matched to the regulatory requirements of social workers and occupational therapists and promote the uptake of specialist training and post-qualifying courses which include, Consolidation pathways for newly qualified social workers; Practice Educator (aka PEPS) training; Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) training; Best Interest Assessor (BIA) training etc.
In addition, we have a range of innovative initiatives, such as Our Complex Case Forum to address casework that may prove particularly challenging to case holders; a High Risk Panel, which sits under the auspices of the Safeguarding Adult Board, where opportunities are provided to access multi-agency case direction when exceptional risk presents regarding safeguarding practice; the Joint Thinking Space is aligned to our Think Family strategy and enables joined up and effective round table dialogue between children and adult professionals. There are also opportunities to join various bite size learning forums, and to be part of a learning organization, as we have a well-established culture of supporting adult learners and social work students on practice placements.
Council-employed staff are also supported through social work and OT apprenticeship degrees, and newly qualified social workers through the ASYE. This creates a truly rich and versatile working environment.
The Advanced Practitioners and Workforce & Practice Development Lead are on hand to ensure that all staff, whether or not they are in regulated roles, are supported to achieve their best, and present the options available through the ASC career pathway.
As colleagues, we take pride in our collective achievements, complement one another’s work and are supportive and respectful of our unique skills and what we bring to local people. Lewisham Adult Social Care is therefore a great place to work as you are welcomed and supported by your colleagues, whatever your role.
Perhaps the most important aspect of our ‘offer’ is enshrined in the Lewisham Values: to be Ambitious; to be Inclusive; to be Collaborative; to be Accountable; and to be Trustworthy. This would be our commitment if you chose to work for us and would also be our expectation of you.
If these words resonate, we would like to hear from you.
Please click here to view the Job Description and Person Specification (Social Worker)
Please click here to see why Lewisham is the place to work within Adult Social Care
Location
The job is primarily based on Lewisham Sites including the hospital but we operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis.
Special conditions
The recruitment process is anonymous and we don’t accept CV’s.
Applicant handbook - please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.
For an informal discussion about this job, please contact Lorraine Francis - Operational Manager
Lorraine.Francis@lewisham.gov.uk
Salary
£45,852 - £47,925 per annum (SW - SCP 31-33).
N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), which is subject to evidential proof.
Diversity
Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply
The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.
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