Social Worker

The team is structured to maximize the support that we can offer to people, their families and carers and comprises of three sections;
- Intake section which focuses on new referrals and short-term work including preventative and strengths-based work that promotes the independence of people at the point of referral;
- Intervention section for those with more complex needs and more in-depth work to fulfil statutory obligations, often involving applications to the Court of Protection; and
- Review section for annual reviews but also situations where unexpected changes are required to existing services.
There are dedicated managers attached to each section with support from Senior Practitioners and a wealth of knowledgeable and experienced Social Work colleagues.

We have exciting opportunities in the Intervention and Review sections of the team., We recognise the demands of the role and the need to support staff; we offer regular one-to-ones with a team manager, small group supervision sessions and regular team meetings as well as learning and development opportunities relevant to the role.

The full-time permanent posts are placed within the Intervention section and involve completing Court of Protection applications and holding a case load of complex work. In order to be successful in your application for this post you must have some knowledge and experience of completing Court of Protection applications, although further training and supervision will be provided from within the team and from our excellent colleagues in legal services.

The 2 full-time one-year posts are to join our Review Team, as part of the Independent Living Scheme reviews. This is a special project created to undertake dynamic reviews of existing packages of care provided to people living in our Independent Living Schemes. You would join an expanding team of multi-disciplined professionals who have already had great success in increasing independence and reducing restrictions for this group of people.

Across the posts we are looking for dynamic individuals who are committed to providing an excellent Social Work service and who bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to the challenge of working with adults who have a learning disability and/or autism, their families and carers. You must be an enthusiastic team player who is passionate about achieving the best outcomes for adults. Candidates will be required to have the determination, commitment and social work value base to create positive outcomes for adults in the City.

These posts require you to be a qualified Social Worker. You should hold a relevant Social Work qualification such as the Social Work Degree, DipSW, CQSW or CSS and be registered with Social Work England.

We have 4 new posts open to Qualified Un-Progressed or Progressed Social Workers to contribute to case work and a special project within the service.
The posts are:
2 full-time permanent posts
2 full-time 1-year fixed term posts

You would receive a warm welcome if you joined the Learning Disability and Autism Team at Newcastle City Council. We are using the innovative Newcastle 3 conversations model to enable our Social Workers to have open and interesting conversations with people and families who need our support and with our colleagues and partners to foster collaboration to make things happen, so that we can be useful for people and help them get on better with their lives., Newcastle is a great place to work and some of the benefits of working with us are:

• Generous annual leave plus Bank Holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually


• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme


• A range of flexible working options, including the ability to take two flexi days per month


• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave


• Working in a supportive team environment


• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring


• Agile working


We would enrol those eligible on the ASYE programme immediately.