Social Work Degree Apprentice - London, United Kingdom - London Borough of Bexley

London Borough of Bexley

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Description

Vacancy Description

Title:

Social Work Degree Apprentice

Service Area/School:

Adult Social Care & Health
Adult Social Care

About Us:

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.
Bexley Adult Social Care has a sound history of support for Grow our Own Schemes for staff wishing to gain professional qualification in Social Work. In 2020 we began to support staff to access a Pan-London Social Work Degree Apprenticeship at Kingston University; our involvement on the Steering Group has ensured this is a robust, fitforpurpose, employer

- designed and employer-led programme, incorporating latest research and current best practice models.

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Ready to take your first step towards a career in social work?

Social Work Degree Apprenticeship

Management Grouping: Adult Social Care & Health
Teams: Complex Care / Hospital Integrated Discharge
Location: Bexley Civic Offices / Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Satisfactory performance in the role, achieving all objectives to a good standard and
Successful completion of the BA (Hons) Social Work Integrated Degree Apprenticeship programme
Kingston University London.

About the Role:

We are pleased to offer 2 Social Work Degree Apprentice roles for the September 2024 intake. As an apprentice, 80% of learning takes place on the job whilst a minimum of 20% off the job learning is achieved through attendance at University and completion of independent study.

Over the 36-month period of professional training the post holder will take on work of increasing responsibility and complexity according to their increasing range and depth of competence against the Social Work Degree Apprenticeship Standards, co-working statutory work as part of this in one of the following teams:

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Complex Care
The Complex Care Team works with older people, people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, or mental health problems.

We undertake Care Act 2014 assessments and support our residents to identify how they can best live their lives as independently as possible.

Working in the Complex Care Team offers the opportunity to work with diverse cohorts of people, providing variety and interest in your case load.

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Hospital Integrated Discharge:

Hospital discharge staff work as part of an integrated team with health colleagues, supporting someone's journey out of the hospital back to their own home.

The Hospital integrated discharge team (HID) team makes a real difference in an individual's journey by assessing a client's strengths and choices using the Care Act framework.

We assess clients on the wards and in their own homes to achieve the right support required to ensure their care needs are met.

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Contrasting Learning Experience

As the Social Work Degree is a generic qualification there is a requirement for Apprentices to complete a minimum 70 days in a contrasting service area - this will be co-ordinated and arranged in the second year of on-the-job learning.

Successful completion of the social work degree apprenticeship programme will provide an opportunity for career development leading to professional registration as a Social Worker.
What we Offer

Career Average Revalued Earnings Pension Scheme

24 days Annual Leave (rising to 27 after 5 years' service) plus Bank Holiday Entitlement Annual Leave Purchase Scheme.
Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Minimum entry requirements to the Kingston University BA (Hons) Social Work Integrated Degree Apprenticeship:
Satisfactory occupational health clearance;

Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) clearance (Enhanced);

GCSE English (normally English language) and mathematics grades 4-9 (or grade C or above for GCSEs taken before 2017); or equivalent qualification (e.g.

Functional Skills level 2 in numeracy and literacy).

AND any Learning at level 3 (or above) by qualification OR two years of verifiable and relevant work experience.
For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.
This post is considered by the authority to be a customerfacing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

This role may be available as a development oppor