Senior Social Worker - Continuing Healthcare / 117

We are looking for Senior Social Worker with a range of experience to join our Continuing Healthcare/117 Team. You will need to be able operate with a level of autonomy and authority, assessing the needs of wide range of adults with complex and complicated needs and their carers identifying creative and personalised ways to provide support based on this. You will consistently demonstrate a high level of competence and confidence in the full range of social work tasks, particularly in relation to Older People, adult with physical and sensory needs, adults with mental health needs, learning needs and those undergoing transition from Children to Adults. You will be responsible for managing your own caseload and maintaining case records but will also be expected to supervise qualified and unqualified staff.

You will be a Social Worker registered with Social Work England and have substantial post qualified experience. You will be passionate about putting people at the heart of what you do, understanding the needs of the client group as well as promoting, and supporting individuals' rights and choices. You will have a knowledge of the Care Act, some experience of Continuing Healthcare, a thorough understanding of adult safeguarding legislation and an understanding of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Health Care and NHS Funded Nursing Care 2022. With excellent interpersonal skills you will be able to work in collaboration with and communicate effectively with service users, staff, peers, professionals, and more senior leaders. In addition, you will have excellent organisational and assessment skills, be able to deal with conflict and have experience of working in a supervisory role., We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.

At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so. With a little over 207,000 residents and 8,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million-pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of 'adults at risk' and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities.
• Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
• Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
• Discounts on a wide range of goods and services - access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council