Senior Case Worker - Winchester, United Kingdom - Hampshire County Council

Hampshire County Council
Hampshire County Council
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Winchester, United Kingdom

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Job Details:


Salary Range:
£30,859 to £33,951 pro-rata, per annum
Work Location: Winchester (Hybrid working)
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Hours per week: 29 & 37
Contract type: Permanent & Temporary for 24 months
Closing Date:1 April 2024
Interview Date: w/c 15 April 2024
  • Joining our Intermediate Care Team, supported by qualified social/health care professionals, you'll use a strengthsbased approach to assess an individual's needs and provide them with support and guidance to maximise their wellbeing. Using your strong relationship management and negotiation skills, you'll collaborate with the people who use our service, their families, providers, and other health care professionals, to proactively encourage independent and safe living within the community. As a Senior Case Worker, you'll support more complex cases and provide coaching and mentoring support to Case Workers.
Our team form part of the Younger Adults Service.

We work countywide alongside the Community Mental Health and Substance Misuse Social Care Teams and the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) service.

Our team, including AMHPs and Best Interest Assessors (BIAs), provides a unique breadth of expertise, enabling us to support with diverse and complex needs, focusing on:

  • Transition from Children's Services/CAMHs to Adult Mental Health Social Care Services.
  • Review of highcost packages of care/provisions with a focus on creative, strengthsbased interventions which improve the outcomes for the people who use our service.
  • Enabling effective hospital discharge, ensuring complex needs and risks are assessed and care planned proportionately.
  • Joining us as a Senior Case Worker can lead to a fantastic career in Adults' Health and Care. Our experienced Senior Case Workers can be considered for our social work apprenticeship scheme, which is currently run by the University of Winchester leading to a career as a Qualified Social Worker.
  • Within our Adults' Community Teams, we're investing in creating the right conditions to ensure our Senior Case Workers can work flexibly and are given the capacity to provide the excellent level of support and attention needed, to make a real difference to the lives of the people in our community. We believe our staff deserve to feel fulfilled professionally and enjoy a good balance between work and home life. We provide our teams with a safe and supportive working environment, offering regular supervision, mentoring and Continuous Professional Development opportunities, alongside a competitive Benefits Package.
    Travel Requirements
  • You will be required to travel to various locations within Hampshire and the Isle of Wight or other local authority, and it is essential that you have a current drivers' licence and access to a reliable vehicle on a regular basis

Values Based Recruitment:


Additional Information:


  • Find out more about Working with us in Adults' Health and Care, including our benefits and the recruitment process

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Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.


In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group.

All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs.

No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.


We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

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