Adults Senior Social Worker - LD&A

This role has a starting salary between £44,614 to £47,681 per annum based on 36 hours working week. We welcome both full time and part time applications.

"I'd say no day is the same. It is rewarding and it's great being out with the public and helping. It makes getting out of bed worthwhile." - Mandi Porter, Senior Social Care Assistant

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Social Worker to join our fantastic Learning Disability and Autism service and help us make a real difference to the local community, ensuring no one is left behind.

How we support you to have a great work-life balance:

• 26 days holiday rising to 28 days after 2 years' service with the option to buy up to 10 additional days pro rata
• We promote an agile approach to work, a balance of spending time in our communities, our offices and working remotely from home or wherever works best.
• Extensive Training and Development continuously throughout your service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A competitive local government pension scheme
• A car lease scheme and many more discounted lifestyle benefits

About You

We would like to hear about your substantial post-qualification professional experience as a Social Worker and your experience of providing professional supervision.

In addition to the above, we would also love to hear about:

• Your understanding and experience of working in a strengths-based approach.
• Your knowledge and experience of current legislation such as The Care Act and The Mental Capacity Act.
• Your experience of undertaking safeguarding enquiries and examples of you using your professional judgement in complex situations.

About the Role

We have two vacancies in our East Surrey Team (based in Leatherhead) and one in our West Surrey Team (based in Guildford). We are looking for competent Senior Social Workers to join our allocations team working with complex cases in order to meet their desired outcomes. This includes legal court work, partnership working with our health colleagues, completing Section 42 enquiries and supervising junior members of the team to ensure a high quality standard of service is provided.

We also have a vacancy in our Countywide Project Team (based in Woking). This team uniquely does not have a duty function but instead focuses on projects such as supporting people with a learning disability and/or Autism move into independent accommodation and optimising packages of care for the best outcomes for service users.

All of our teams offer a fantastic working environment where training and development is prioritised.

As a Senior Social Worker in Surrey you will work across various unique projects that ensure our valued service users have the opportunity to enjoy a home of their own, an environment in which they are supported to live a healthy & meaningful life.

At Surrey we work together openly and honestly to provide our residents with an excellent service that is inclusive and respectful of all. We offer a wide range of benefits that allow you to develop within your career without having to sacrifice your work/life balance.

You can read more about our benefits, vision and values on our website by clicking apply.

The closing date for this role is 03/12/2023, although applications will be reviewed, and appointments made, on an on-going basis.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups. We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.