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SalaryJoining our Mental Health team, supported by experienced colleagues and qualified social/health care professionals, you’ll use a strengths-based approach to assess an individual’s needs and provide them with support and guidance to maximise their wellbeing. Strengths-based practice focuses on people’s resourcefulness, strengths and abilities to enable them to develop the best strategies to face life’s challenges and live independently and safely in the community. Using your effective relationship management and negotiation skills, you’ll collaborate with service users, their families, providers and other health care professionals.
Take a look at our Candidate Pack on our website for more information about the role, team and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values, in your application.
Joining us as a Case Worker can lead to a fantastic career in Adults’ Health and Care. Our experienced Case Workers can be considered for our social work apprenticeship scheme, which is currently run by the University of Winchester leading to a career as a Qualified Social Worker.
Within our Community Teams, we’re investing in creating the right conditions to ensure our Case Workers can work flexibly and are given the capacity to provide the excellent level of support and attention needed to make a real difference to the lives of the people in our community. We believe our staff deserve to feel fulfilled professionally and enjoy a good balance between work and home life. We provide our teams with a safe and supportive working environment, offering regular supervision, mentoring and Continuous Professional Development opportunities, alongside a competitive Benefits Package.
Travel Requirements
You will be required to travel to various locations within Hampshire or other local authority, and it is essential that you have a current drivers’ licence and access to a reliable vehicle on a regular basis.
Values Based Recruitment:
We recruit for attitudes and values in Adults’ Health and Care. We invite you to evidence how you demonstrate our 5 core values in your application. For more information on our values, please refer to the candidate pack.
Additional Information:
Find out more about Working with us in Adults’ Health and Care, including our benefits and the recruitment process.
Vetting Requirements:
This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
For general enquiries contact care.careers@hants.gov.uk.
For an informal chat about the role contact Jenny Carlton on jennifer.carlton2@hants.gov.uk or Linda Spreadbury on linda.spreadbury@hants.gov.uk.
