Social Worker - Review Team

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Salary £35,412 to £44,075 Per year (£2,000 Market Supplement available for Experienced Social Worker)

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Region Permanent / Full-Time

Job category/type Adult Services, Social Services, Social Work/Care

We are seeking an experienced and qualified Social Worker to become a valuable member of the Supporting Independence Through Review Team in our Adult Social Care department at Reading Borough Council. Regardless of where you currently stand in your career, we are dedicated to providing the necessary support and opportunities for your professional development.

In the role of a Social Worker at Reading Borough Council, you will be a member of a welcoming and supportive team. We are seeking individuals who can exhibit excellent communication skills and possess the capability to establish and sustain relationships with colleagues, service users, and healthcare providers.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

We support hybrid working, it’s important to us that working arrangements are designed to enable our employees to excel and within this role you’ll have the opportunity to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.

You will be an experienced, registered Social Worker, with considerable post qualifying experience and have a range of social care knowledge, including experience of community working and safeguarding.

You will hold a varied caseload across user groups such as people with physical disabilities, learning disability and neurodiversity and mental health. Transferable skills can be considered.

The team collaborates closely with other teams engaged in the provision of Adult Social Care. Our main objective is to promptly assess current care and support, employing a strengths‑based approach to work with individuals in order to enhance wellbeing, uphold rights, foster independence, and facilitate positive outcomes.

You will work closely with providers to ensure people’s care and support plans reflect their eligible needs and up to date costings and contribute to the team performance and positive outcomes for our residents.

In addition we work closely with health colleagues to consider NHS Continuing Healthcare alongside our Care Act duties.

You will work within the legal framework provided by the statute, guidance, policies and procedures.

• A degree or equivalent in Social Work
• Registration with Social Work England
• Understanding of the Care Act 2014

We offer excellent support, supervision and induction. You will have access to our Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth with opportunities to learn and develop new clinical skills, helping you to build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, extending your skills and supporting you to grow as a social worker.

You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

• Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do
• Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential
• Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way
• Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are…