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Salary Directorate: People Services
Hours: Post 1: 37 hours a week
Post 2: 29.6 hours a week
Post 3:18.5 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: The Council House
Derby City Council is an innovative and forward thinking Council, committed to developing more practical and proportionate ways of undertaking Adult Social Care assessments, support planning and interventions to enable the residents of Derby to live full and active lives.
An exciting opportunity has arisen enabling the recruitment of 2 part time and 1 full time Social Worker to join our Adult Social Care teams. The workers will carry out Social Care assessments and support customers to create individualised support plans to meet their identified needs. The successful candidates will be working with a wide range of customers aged 18 and over including individuals with Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health needs and Older People.
You will be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England. You will need to have excellent communication and listening skills, with the confidence and ability to negotiate and challenge appropriately. You will need to have a detailed understanding of the Care Act and be able to implement an asset based approach to your work. You will be able to work and manage a case load independently and also work as part of a team.
Next Steps
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Sunday 31st March 2024. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: week commencing 15th April 2024
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk
https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
