About this role
Job summary
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Were looking for passionate, ambitious, and dedicated Social Workers to join our West Community Wellbeing Team: a team thats making a genuine difference every single day.
We have four vacancies in our Community Wellbeing Team covering our Lincoln North & Gainsborough Team and one vacancy in our Review Team
Its a chance to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team that values your expertise, celebrates your achievements, and invests in your growth. Together, were committed to delivering exceptional care and empowering our communities to live healthier, happier, and more independent lives.
Were looking for Social Workers who bring passion, skill, and dedication to everything they do. We want to hear from you.
Our offer to you
At Lincolnshire County Council, our people are our greatest strength. We know that when you thrive, our communities thrive and thats why were committed to investing in you.
What youll gain
Outstanding supervision to guide and support your practice
Protected time dedicated to your continuous professional development
Access to learning opportunities that keep you at the forefront of social work practice
A culture that values creativity, collaboration, and professional excellence
Your future, our commitment
Were especially proud to support our practitioners in achieving additional qualifications such as:
Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP)
Practice Educator
Main duties of the job
What youll do
Work closely with adults and families to provide tailored support and care planning in a strengths based and person centred way, embracing what community assets and strengths. Champion independence, dignity, and wellbeing in every interaction Collaborate with health professionals, community partners, and colleagues to deliver joined-up services Bring compassion, resilience, and creativity to complex situations Help develop our workforce through supervision of up to 4 Community Care Officers.
About us
Lincolnshire County Council, is one of the largest employers in the county. We are an organisation that embraces diversity, innovation and progress. We value our people and want to ensure that we can support you in joining and growing with us.
We will view you as an integral member of our community and recognise that your well-being is paramount. To show our appreciation, weve crafted a competitive package designed to not only acknowledge your hard work but also foster a healthy work-life balance.
From health benefits and retirement plans, we strive to provide a package that supports well-being and financial stability and that meets the diverse needs of our workforce.
We want everyone who works with us to feel included and celebrate their uniqueness. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and promoting good relations for both employee and for the people of Lincolnshire.
People often say every day is a learning day and at LCC a culture of learning is something we really believe in. We recognise the importance of supporting your learning and development and can offer a variety of different learning opportunities depending on what is right for you and the organisation. This could be through your everyday tasks, through hands-on experience, structured programs, formal qualifications, coaching, or informal learning opportunities.
Job description Job responsibilities
As part of the wider Councils objectives, you will be responsible for providing statutory professional social work as part of a team supporting adults with differing needs to promote independent living and to draw on care and support when required. You will demonstrate through practice experience a commitment to strengths-based practice and skills in supporting people to identify and build support networks to achieve their identified outcomes, ensuring people are as safe as possible and adult safeguarding concerns are addressed promptly. You will be responsible for assessment, care and support planning, implementing and reviewing packages of care and support on a varied and more complex case load. You will provide advice, support and mentoring to other Adult Care practitioners in relation to their cases. You will be expected to work with autonomy, to know and understand the local community and embed yourself within place-based services. You will manage a case load and demonstrate a multi-agency approach integrating your practice with colleagues across the health and care sector. Work may include travel outside the county.
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Manage a varied and complex caseload with supervision and advice from the Team Manager/ Advanced Practitioner at a level of complexity appropriate to the post holder's experience, and professional capability and be accountable for your professional practice.
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Undertake needs assessments on more complex cases in line with the Care Act 2014 to identify care and support needs adopting and promoting a strengths-based approach to identifying, outcomes people want to achieve, opportunities for independence and identify solutions.
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Work with specialist Safeguarding colleagues to contribute to and undertake safeguarding enquiries which put the person and the outcomes they want to achieve at the centre of safeguarding practice in line with LCC Safeguarding policies and procedures.
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Deputise in the absence of the Advanced Practitioner E.g. Representing the Advanced Practitioner at multi-disciplinary meetings.
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Supervise up to four non-registered social care practitioners (e.g. Community Care Officers), including planning, allocation and checking of work including setting targets, dealing with day-to-day capability and conduct issues/ providing basic staff welfare and support/ identify training needs.
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Supervise / mentor students or act as Practice Educator, where appropriate to Social Work students and mentor newly qualified social workers undertaking the ASYE (Assessed and Supported Year in Employment).
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To identify non eligible and non-social care needs such as health care or housing and offer information and advice and work with partners to address wider needs.
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Construct value for money care packages in collaboration with individuals, carers and contributing agencies in accordance with eligibility criteria and ensuring that risk is minimised and quality of life improved/maintained.
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Work with individuals, families, carers and communities to help them make informed choices and decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning.
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Meet identified needs through informal support and/or through resources and assets available in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
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Research resources and services available for people in need or at risk, identifying and reporting any gaps in service provision.
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Operate within the delegated budget support mechanisms as they are developed.
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Maintain and update cases notes and other records, write reports as required; if required, give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.
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Work within and act in accordance with Lincolnshire County Council Adult Care policies and procedures including Lincolnshire's Safeguarding policies and Procedures.
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The post holder may be expected to concentrate on specific areas of work arising from organisational need.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Professionally qualified as a Social Worker Current SWE Social Work Registration Minimum of 2 years post qualification practice experience or 1 years post qualification experience (ASYE completed) together with 3 years experience at a similar level in a non-qualified role in a complex health and social care setting.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lincolnshire County Council
Address 3rd Floor, Lancaster House
36 Orchard Street
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN1 1XX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://jobs.lincolnshire.gov.uk/home.html (Opens in a new tab)