Social Worker (Supported Accommodation Team)

Salary Range: £38,092 to £45,389 pro-rata, per annum (inclusive of £3,000 per annum market supplement for Senior Social Workers)
Work Location: Basingstoke, Eastleigh, Totton or Havant, hybrid working (home and office based)
Hours per week: 37 (part-time hours will be considered)
Contract type: Temporary for 18 months
Closing Date: 07 July 2024 
Interview Date: 15 and 16 July 2024

The Role:
Joining our Supported Accommodation Team as a qualified Social Worker, you’ll work closely with our Community Teams and Commissioning Team on a broad spectrum of complex issues. Supporting our work with the Learning Disability and Autism Programme, you’ll work in partnership with our colleagues in the Integrated Care Board to facilitate hospital discharges from a Mental Health setting for individuals with a diagnosed learning disability and/or autism. You’ll attend Discharge Planning Meetings and may be required to attend Tribunals, as well as compiling Social Circumstances Reports for the courts. Our supportive and established team will provide you with the right environment to enable you to meet the challenges of this demanding, but very rewarding role. 

 
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.   

  
You’ll be innovative, person-centred and committed to working with adults in a strengths-based way. Excellent relationship management skills will be critical for building and maintaining positive relationships with individuals, families, carers and other professionals. You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with partners to identify problems and implement effective solutions and be comfortable using your sound knowledge and proven expertise to make decisions.
 

Whether you’re an experienced Social Worker, looking to stretch yourself and take on a new challenge, returning to Social Work after a break, or a newly qualified Social Worker with significant experience of working in a Mental Health team, we’d love to hear from you. Our newly qualified Social Workers are paid at £33,951 per annum for the first year of employment.