Experienced Social Workers/best Interests Assessor - Swindon, United Kingdom - Swindon Borough Council

Swindon Borough Council

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Swindon, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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At Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at the heart.

As part of the Council, you will support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact; improving public services, processes and a better quality of life for all.

Join us and Swindon will be better with you.

We are bold and ambitious in our plans, with a clear vision and direction for the future.

Our status as one of the UK's fastest growing towns is driving transformational change across our organisation, most significantly within our highly valued Adults' Services teams.

We've already taken huge strides forward with our journey for an integrated approach to children's health, education support and social care and now we're ready to move on to the next stage in our development.

As we move forward, it is vital that everything we do and every service we provide is delivered in a robust way and is in line with national standards and protocols.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Experienced Social Worker, or equivalent Occupational Therapist, Nurse, Psychologist level, post to join the MCA/DoLS Team at Swindon Borough Council.

The position requires successful completion of the Best Interests Assessors post-graduate training.

Your next role

You will be routinely undertaking Best Interests assessments and related tasks under the direction of the Team and Assistant Team Managers within the MCA/DoLS Team whilst developing the service that is going to be taking place in the near future due to the introduction of the Liberty Protection Safeguards.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act "for the effective performance of a customerfacing role")._

Our transformation journey
Like all other local authorities, we are experiencing an increase in demand.

As an organisation we know our Adults' Services are on a rapid improvement journey which is why last year we started making big changes across the service to provide the best care for children and great conditions for our staff.

This started with us recruiting an entirely new leadership team of experienced, forward thinking managers who are driving changes in the service and we aim to be one of the best Adults' Services in the country.

Improvements include:

Multimillion pound investment in staff and support
Significant restructure creating smaller social worker teams
New intuitive IT system to cut down on desk time and make mobile working the norm
High standards for management practice, support and supervision for staff
Listening to our social workers by holding regular social work forums.

At the heart of it all is our desire to promote and cultivate a strong learning culture combined with outstanding leadership and supervision.

Here is what you can expect to find when you arrive:

Early help and community health practitioners colocated with our social workers, providing great working relationships
Fantastic relationships with partner agencies such as the police and Swindon CCG
Teams located within communities, providing a closer connection to the people we work with

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It's why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you will be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We will look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we will achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon by 2030 together. And you'll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Our new offer to you

We recognise that getting the best outcomes for our Adults means getting the best from you and we have listened to what our Social Workers and our Managers most value.

Please see our
Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

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