Vacancy Details

Description

Community Wellbeing Team - Registered Experienced Social Worker

Permanent Position - 37 hour post available

Part time hours and job share also considered to support work life balance

G10 Salary £39,186 - £42,403 per annum

The Community Mental Wellbeing Team is looking to recruit a dynamic, progressive, passionate, experienced Social Worker who is committed to creating change and transforming services to meet the needs of the citizens of Wrexham. If this sounds like you, look no further, you have found your new work family!!

Our team specialise in supporting citizens, experiencing mild to complex mental health needs. We work in partnership with the Citizen, their families, and carers and in collaboration with the Community Mental Health Team, Universal services and fellow statutory agencies to get the best outcomes. We focus on the three tiers of intervention, preventative service, and intermediate with short term reablement services and complex care services with statutory interventions.

We work with the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act (2014), the Mental Health Act 2007 and Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Safeguarding to ensure the team comply with statutory duties and that citizens are supported to achieve positive outcomes. We are looking for an Experienced Social Worker who has achieved their Practice Educator and or Approved Mental Health Professional award. Experience of working within a mental health service is desirable, but not essential, as the successful candidate will be part of an experienced and supportive team.

We are looking for an experienced social worker with a specific knowledge base and skill set;

• A strong person centred approach, with strengths based assessments skills.
• Excellent advocacy skills to empower and promote autonomy in problem solving and developing self-advocacy skills.
• Experienced in Hospital discharge processes.
• Expert knowledge and practice experience in Continuing Health Care processes.
• Knowledge and practice experience in S.117 funding processes and applications or a commitment to learn.
• Strong progression and reablement skills.
• Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty practice experience.
• A qualified Practice Educator and or Approved Mental Health Professional.

What we can offer you!!

• A detailed induction programme
• Monthly supervision
• Performance development reviews with identified goals to progress your career
• Manageable case loads
• Monthly Peer support and Team meetings
• A positive team morale
• Complex case discussion MDTs
• Access to a works pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts with Wrexham Council Rewards Scheme
• Hybrid and flexible working
• an attractive local authority pension
• negotiation on pay scale depending on experience
• A disability confident committed employer
• Family friendly policies
• A generous annual leave policy
• Entitlement to flexi days to support your work life balance
• Recognition of trade unions and local membership
• Occupational health and Care first access to support your wellbeing
• Reduced leisure membership with our local gyms and leisure centres
• Support to develop your career and progress

The successful candidate will carry a manageable caseload and will undertake duty on a rota basis, usually once a fortnight.

For further information about the post, please contact:

Joanne.daykin@wrexham.gov.uk Team Manager – Tel: 01978 298120.

Cat.Pritchard@wrexham.gov.uk Assistant Team Manager – Tel: 01978 298118.

An Enhanced DBS check & Social Care Wales registration is required for this position.

Please view our employee benefits available to you whilst working in the Council if you are successful in your application (Working for us | Wrexham County Borough Council)

The Council welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, religious belief or age.

The Council is committed to developing its bilingual workforce and welcomes applications from candidates who demonstrate their capability to work in both English and Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.