At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose - to improve people's lives.

About the Team

The Bath Social Care Team are looking for passionate individual to join a team who are focused on excellent social care. As an Adult Social Care Community Team we work with a wide range of people with varying presenting needs. This provides excellent opportunities for developing social work skills and knowledge. The team is experienced, supportive and reflective and consists of social workers, social care practitioners, occupational therapists and administrators.

About the Role

As an Adult Care Social Care Practitioner worker, your work will be rewarding and you will be undertaking assessments and support plans with people who have physical disabilities or other complex needs. This role will involve working with families, carers and other professionals, agencies and organisations across the World Heritage site of Bath.
The work is focused on promoting independence, enabling the individuals we work with to remain in their own homes and reduce the need for hospital admission or long term care. The ideal candidate will be someone who has experience of working in a health and/or social care setting and who has knowledge of the Care Act; and the ability to apply it in practice. You will understand what really matters to our service users, families and their carers working closely with the community and partner agencies and have the ability to understand local needs by supporting individuals in a positive and responsive way. You will be committed to maintaining your professional standards as our service continues to develop and enable the creative use of resources including assistive technology.

Be part of a team who continuously achieve greatness and are passionate and committed in ensuring good quality care and support is provided to the people we support.

As Adult Social Care Practitioners, we understand the work you do daily and provide the support you need to make a difference to the people of Bath. We will expect you to be highly motivated, passionate about social care, creative and committed to your own continuous professional development. The team are focussed on professional growth and development, and will ensure you feel valued every day. Alongside this, as a social worker you will receive:

Supportive team with regular supervision, mentoring and support
Varity of service users to work with in the community setting, no day is the same.
Hybrid working to provide you with that true work / life balance.
Free access to Employee Assistance Programme
Great annual leave and more.

To join us, you must have: A Relevant qualification equivalent to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent Health and Social Care experience.

Training related to Health and Social Care assessments and experience of managing a caseload. Evidence of good interpersonal skills, good verbal / written communication and good IT skills., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
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