Qualified Social Worker - Main Grade Salary: £27,123 - £29,558 p.a. (salary pro-rata for 18.5 hours)

1 x 37 hours per week 1 x 18.5 hour per week (0.5) Both permanent

PLEASE INDICATE ON YOUR APPLICATION WHICH POST YOU ARE APPLYING FOR QUOTING THE HOURS.

Portsmouth Local Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children's Board safer recruitment procedures.

The Service

As a service we take pride in our work by valuing others, focusing on what's important so that we make a real and positive difference. Our values are outlined in our Ways of Working and our Guiding Principles and if they reflect how you are and how you work then this could be the role that meets your expectations.



What is the role?

• You will assess the needs of vulnerable adults and their carer's, and identifying creative and personalised ways to provide support. • You will be working with people who have the most complex and complicated needs in one of a number of client groups: Older People, Adults with Physical and sensory Disabilities, Adults with Learning Disabilities. • You will be working in one of a number of settings: Triage, Initial Assessment and Safeguarding; Community Team for Older People and Adults with Physical or Sensory Disabilities; Hospital; Continuing Health Care, Community Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities. • You will be working independently and be responsible for managing your own caseload and maintaining case records within an environment offering a high level of supervision and support. • The safeguarding of adults is an important and integral area of your work as will be the implementation of the safeguarding policy and procedures. • You will be fully conversant with statutory legislation and guidance, and demonstrate that you implement this in your day to day practice. • You will be assessing people for Continuing Health Care • You will be assessing people under the Mental Capacity Act 2005



Who is the person?

You need to have:

1. A qualification in social work i.e. Dipsw, MSc, CQSW, and CSS. 2. Registration with the HCPC as a social worker. 3. Experience as a qualified social worker. 4. Knowledge of Adult Social Care eligibility criteria 5. Excellent assessment skills. 6. A thorough understanding of adult safeguarding legislation and have attended safeguarding training. 7. A full understanding of, and commitment to, embedding personalisation in all aspects of social care. 8. The ability to cope with a case workload efficiently and effectively. 9. Good evidence based recording skills, as your evidence maybe required to be used in court. 10. The skills of a good communicator with an ability to deal with conflict. 11. The ability to work on your own initiative, organise your own work load and work under pressure in response to competing demands and changing priorities 12. Experience of working in a in a multi disciplinary environment . 13. Demonstrable IT skills.

Closing time/date: 4:00pm, on the 14 August 2015 Applications received after this may not be considered.