Social Worker - Short Term Services

Social Worker - Short Term Services
Job description
37 hours per week
 
We are on an ambitious journey to achieving a truly co productive approach to working with people and their carers. We believe that everyone has strengths, and our mission is to support people to maintain their independence so that they can live their lives well, we believe this starts at the point of first contact with the department.  Our “Strengths-Based Model of Practice” supports a multidisciplinary approach to enabling and supporting people who live with issues caused by disability, frailty, and ageing.
We are looking to appoint a Social Worker who will be based within the Early Intervention and Prevention Hub, which includes the short-term social work, community support workers and the front door response in Adult Social Care.  The team supports a multi- disciplinary approach, with a focus on adults who have multi-faceted complex needs and cognitive decline. This service focuses on outcomes for individuals, maximising individual potential and minimising risk to independence, with an emphasis on choice and control.
 
A recognised social work qualification and registration with the Care Council for Wales is essential.
 
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: 27 March 2024
Shortlisting Date: 28 March 2024
Interview Date: 01 April 2024
 
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
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