Social Worker - Newly Qualified

This special place in South West London between the capital and the country has been a Royal borough longer than anywhere else - it is where the first kings of England were crowned.

Today it is a vibrant and diverse borough, with a long history and strong cultural and community heritage. Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.

Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London – with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.

Kingston’s people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.

We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston’s key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.

Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.

About the Role and our Ideal Candidate

You will need to registered with Social Work England.

The role will require you to:

- Facilitate effective assessment and support planning in accordance to the Care Act 2014.

- Be responsible for undertaking reviews of adults drawing on care and support, and supporting them and their needs as required, within the statutory timescales.

- To care manage a number of cases, including undertaking safeguarding investigations. The work will vary with different levels of complexity and risk.

- Achieve effective communications with colleagues in other departments within health and social care to ensure efficient and person centred multidisciplinary support planning.

- Ensure that onward required referrals to the correct service are made.

- Consider the correct funding path (e.g. ASC, CHC, Section 117, joint social care and health funding).

- Make effective use of resources through care planning, signposting to other services, or providing individuals with information and advice.

About Us

We have various opportunities for you to join Kingston Adult Social Care as a Newly Qualified Social Worker. Adult Social Care serves the adults within the borough with care and support needs.

We have a number of different teams who work with adults as part of our statutory duties. This includes our hospital discharge and access team, community learning disability team, mental health social care team, and our 3 locality hubs (supporting older adults and people with physical disabilities).

We have an established and supportive Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) programme which includes regular supervision, reduced caseload, protected time for professional development, professional development plan discussions, action learning shops and workshops, and regular reviews for constructive feedback to support continuous development.

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