Senior Practitioner West Integrated Cluster Network Team - Adults Services

Senior Practitioner West Integrated Cluster Network Team - Adults Services
Job description
37 hours per week
 
This is an exciting time to join our Integrated Community Network Team.  The Team works and supports to develop a team around the person and their family or those important to them. The people we support can have long term complex challenges around their physical health, mental health, and emotional well-being. It works with both older and younger adults. We aim to provide a holistic support to allow to live their lives as they wish to and ensure voice, choice, independence, and control in their lives We, are seeking to appoint a creative, enthusiastic, ambitious full time permanent Senior Social Work Practitioner within the West Integrated Community Network. This role will provide leadership in developing social work practice within the model and supporting the development of the integrated team. The Team consists of Social Workers, District Nurses, Occupational Therapists; Physiotherapists; Dietetics; Speech and Language Therapy; Pharmacy and Community Psychiatric Nursing. We work closely with G.P. surgeries and the third sector partner agencies to assess and support the needs of adults affected by long term complex and adverse conditions as well as their carers and families.
           
Using a strength-based outcome focused model of Social Work, the team supports adults and their carers to achieve positive outcomes within their lives and encourage wider inclusion in local communities.   Maximising an individual’s emotional wellbeing is seen as key in effective social work practice.
 
We are keen to continue to develop innovative approaches to social work practice. We work closely with GPs and other cluster partners and utilise the Contingency Care Model to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and care homes, as part of our role to maximise the independence and choice. The continued development of this dynamic service model will require work on widening partnership opportunities with statutory partners; the third sector and with individuals from the community.
We are particularly looking for someone who is interested in community work and therapeutic social work practice.  We are keen to develop resilient community connections, groups and services in the Western area of Bridgend. The office is based in Pyle. We will offer focussed and committed development opportunities for the successful candidate.
We encourage informal conversations on visits prior to interview.
For further information please contact Sue Carlisle on (01656) 642598 or 07929 756 865 or susan.carlisle@bridgend.gov.uk
The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
Criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.
A valid driving licence is requirement for this post.
Closing Date: 20 March 2024
Shortlisting Date: 21 March 2024
Interview Date: 03 April 2024
 
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