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SalaryWe're a high-performing County Council with a vision in Adults' Health and Care to help people live long, healthy and happy lives, with the maximum possible independence.
Within our Older Adults Community Teams, we're investing in creating the right conditions to ensure our Senior 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.
Supported by qualified social/health care professionals, you'll assess the needs of adults in the community and provide them with support and guidance to maximise their wellbeing. Using a person-centred approach, you'll use your knowledge of strengths-based practice to focus on people's resourcefulness and abilities and enable them to develop the best strategies to face life's challenges and live independently and safely in the community. You'll also need strong relationship management and negotiation skills to collaborate with service users, their families, providers and other health care professionals. As a Senior Case Worker you'll support more complex cases and provide coaching and mentoring support to Case Workers.
Take a look at our Candidate Pack 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.
As part of your role, you will also take part in the duty rota for the Intake Team working alongside the Duty Manager. Whilst on duty, you will have the responsibility of effectively prioritising and responding to requests for support from individuals being referred to the team. Our Intake Team undertake telephone triage, well-being checks, Care Act Assessments under the Care Act 2014 and referrals to internal and external agencies. This team has fixed workers that undertake this role on a daily basis and the community team support with this when required.
Joining us as a Senior Case Worker can lead to a fantastic career in Adults' Health and Care. Our experienced Senior 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.
We understand the demands and emotional challenges of the job and provide our teams with a safe and supportive working environment, offering regular supervision, mentoring and Continuous Professional Development opportunities, alongside a competitive Benefits Package .
