Lancashire County Council is currently recruiting for 2 Senior Social Worker permanent posts.
International Sponsorship – this role is open to international sponsorship.
Confident and conscientious Senior Social Workers to work in Lancashire County Council’s MH Integrated Discharge Team, a Mental Health Social Care Hospital Discharge Team, within our Adult Social Care MH Service.
The post holders within this fast-paced Mental Health Social Care Hospital Discharge Team will be located at the newly opened NHS Woodview Inpatient Unit, Whalley Site, a 32 bed capacity mental health unit. We require an accessible and pro-active leader to guide our Social Workers through challenging cases and daily tasks.
The post requires integrated and collaborative working as part of a team, within the hospital environment of NHS Whalley Site; working as part of wider hospital MDT to support Lancashire residents being discharged timely from the hospital wards.
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The range of work on offer is vast with Lancashire residents in this particular NHS hospital site, so you will need to have plenty of energy and motivation with a “get up and go” attitude. The Mental Health Social Care Integrated Discharge team requires a certain flare and finesse when it comes to dealing with challenging clients; every case is different therefore a person-centred approach will be your key to success. Although you will be pivotal in providing support to your fellow Social Workers, you will also be supplied with unwavering assistance from your line management team and wider organisation, allowing you to perform to the best of your ability.
What we are looking for…
Inspirational, Resilient and Strategic Leadership – you will play an integral role in ensuring all your Social Workers are trained appropriately and to the highest possible standard, thus delivering the best possible outcomes to the people we serve – we want you to be an inspirational motivator, encouraging independence and critical thinking throughout the team – your strategies will be developed through leading best practice meetings and cascading crucial details to the teams – your eagerness to learn and progress will go hand in hand with assisting managers in important meetings and undertaking specific functions – we also want you to empower our Social Care Support Officers providing effective supervisions and facilitate valuable learning opportunities
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Collaborative – you’ll be passionate about forming strong working relationships with your health colleagues allowing successful outcomes to be achieved – we work with a multi-agency collaborative therefore it is imperative that you are able to provide a seamless response for the individuals you are working with – as well as operating alongside other professionals it is paramount that you are able to join forces with the patients themselves – we want you to ensure a smooth transition for our clients by combining all aspects of your role, transforming the whole process into a smooth & seamless one.
In return you will get…….
- A generous salary
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Expenses to cover work travel costs.
- Generous annual leave entitlements and the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
- Access to the Blue Light Card scheme.
- Free eye tests.
- Discounts on goods, services, days out, health and wellbeing services, and access to a car lease scheme through our employee benefit scheme.
- Access to the local credit union.
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Career Development
You’ll get all the support and development opportunities you’ll need including:
- Excellent supervision from your managers.
- Superb training through our Adult Social Care Academy and learning and development courses.
- Enrolment onto our Practice Educator Training Programme
- Access to our Coaching and Mentoring scheme.
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Please feel free to contact us for an initial informal and confidential chat; Debbie Honeysett (Team Manager) on 01524 585543 Debbie.honeysett@lancashire.gov.uk or apply directly at LCC Career Site Careers (oraclecloud.com)
Closing Date: 15th January 2024
Interviews: w/c 22nd January 2024
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