Working Hours: 35 Hours per Week / Full-Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Additional Payments: Essential Car User Allowance
Closing Date: 12 December 2024
This Role is Subject to - - Qualification - Social Work Qualification and registration with Social Work England.
- Medical Clearance - Pre-placement health assessment (PPHA)
- Essential Car Documentation - This post is a designated Essential Car User. Therefore, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work. You will receive the Essential Car User Allowance.
- DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Clearance - This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Appointable candidates will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. We have a policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders and it is available upon request.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within adult social care for a Senior Social Worker to work within a multidisciplinary moving and handling optimisation team. The Senior Social Worker will be a key role working with Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Moving and Handling Assessment Officers. This team are reviewing the needs of people currently receiving double cover packages of care to provide interventions that promote independence and reduce care needs.
Priorities of the role will involve complex and challenging conversations with people, families, carers and providers to highlight the benefits of optimising a person’s care and engagement with assessors across health and social care to promote and embed the optimisation of care. Optimisation of care can be achieved by consideration of interventions such as technology enabled care, reablement, equipment, minor and major adaptations, and proportionate moving and handling techniques.
We are looking for a person with a strong social work practice background and an understanding of Manchester, its values and its residents. You will be directly managed by the Moving and Handling Optimisation Team Manager who is an Occupational Therapist, and have access to clinical support from a Social Work Team Manager. In addition you will have access to the social work network and Communities of Practice. It is a small but very supportive team with good morale, team spirit and a great deal of knowledge within it.
The role holder will:
- Be a qualified social worker with considerable, autonomous experience of working with adults with care and support needs and their carers.
- Demonstrate working application of legislation and policy frameworks such as Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Equality Act 2010, Human Rights Act 1998, all of which will underpin their practice.
- Hold in depth knowledge and skill in an area of social work practice which has been developed through post-qualifying training and development e.g. AMHP, Practice Educator, Best Interest Assessor role, and an ability to share these expertise with others with the intention of promoting good quality, safe, effective and caring interventions.
- Have leadership ability, routinely modelling good practice and setting expectations for others within a strengths-based framework.
- Have accountability for the practice of others within the team, and influence colleagues in partner organisations who also work with vulnerable adults e.g. police and health, to ensure collectively we achieve person centred outcomes for the people we work with.
For further information about the role, please contact Team Manager Rachael Jones on 07814 086107 or rachael.jones@manchester.gov.uk.
Staff benefits - Flexible working arrangements, including remote working
- 26 days Annual Leave - increasing to 31 after 5 years
- Annual leave purchasing scheme (up to 10 days)
- 3 days volunteering leave per year
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Travel discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to an employee assistance programme
- Annual Staff Awards for Excellence
- Essential Car User Allowance
We are looking for a dynamic, passionate individual who wants to make a real difference to the quality of life of Manchester’s residents
Manchester is at the forefront of the transformation agenda with the formation of the integrated local care organisation in which both health and social care staff work for the same organisation having a shared vision, shared values and working towards shared outcomes for the people of Manchester as central to its service model.
A key aim of the Manchester Local Care Organisation is the provision of impactful strengths-based working to prevent, reduce or delay needs from escalating to ensure the best independence outcomes for the people of Manchester
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This role is at the forefront of achieving this aim to deliver impactful interventions to reduce packages of care and to enable people to remain independent within their local communities.
We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.
When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.
To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:
- We take time to listen and understand
- We work together and trust each other
- We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
- We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
- We’re proud and passionate about Manchester
A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.
Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council
At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We want to further increase the diversity of our workforce, in particular the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff and disabled staff at all levels of the Council. This advert is open to all applicants, and we would particularly encourage applications from candidates identifying with one or both of those characteristics.
If you want to find out more about the role, our ways of working, flexible arrangements or any workplace adjustments, please let us know by emailing jobs@manchester.gov.uk. If you are invited to interview, we will ask you if you require any adjustments for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
Accessibility
As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.
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What we will need from you if you’re successful
If you are successfully offered a position with us, the pre-employment checks you will be asked to undertake will depend on the role you've applied for. As a guide, these may include:
- Passport/ID: You will be required to provide documentary proof of your right to work in the UK – please note that visa sponsorship is not guaranteed for this role
- References (Current and Previous employer)
- Qualification
- Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance (DBS) (as applicable)
- Evidence of driving licence
When you join us
We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.
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