Job Description

• Suffolk County Council - Recruiting countywide across Suffolk
• Adult Social Worker (Grade 5): \xc2\xa334,834 - \xc2\xa338,223 per annum (pro rata for part time)
• Adult Senior Social Worker (Grade 6): \xc2\xa338,925 - \xc2\xa344,305 per annum (pro rata for part time)
• Plus retention payments for 2, 3 and 5 years service of \xc2\xa31,000, \xc2\xa31,500 and \xc2\xa32,000
• Full time and Part time hours available
• Permanent

Only an hour outside London, Suffolk is increasingly attracting talented people choosing a lifestyle that offers opportunities and variety. Find out about our beautiful county of Suffolk and see what a wonderful place it is to live and work welcome to Suffolk (www.visitsuffolk.com) We are looking to recruit qualified Social Workers and Senior Social Workers, who have a strong commitment to supporting their local communities and building links and networks for the people we work with. We are a family-friendly organisation and we want to support you to find a work-life balance, motivating you to be the best Social Care professional that you can be. We are committed to offering you flexible working options such as:

• part time hours
• permanent and temporary posts
• flexible working and hybrid working options
• retention payments for 2, 3 and 5 years service of \xc2\xa31,000, \xc2\xa31,500 and \xc2\xa32,000
• 6 protected days to undertake CPD (Continuing Professional Development)
• strong and diverse training offer
• supportive and experienced teams
• opportunities for development and career progression across the council
• inclusive and creative culture.

Join a service with Gold Social Work England award for Newly Qualified Social worker of the year and Silver award for our Dols Deprivation of Liberty Team. If so, come and join us at Suffolk County Council where our staff are our greatest resource. With you in our team, we can achieve the authority\xe2\x80\x99s priorities of enabling everyone to live long, healthy, fulfilling lives whilst safeguarding the most vulnerable people in Suffolk. We are passionate about supporting you to progress your career in Suffolk and can offer you development opportunities such as Approved Mental Health Practitioner, Best Interest Assessor and Practice Educator You will need to:

• be a qualified, registered social worker
• have completed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) for grade 6 Senior Social Worker posts
• have good knowledge, understanding and experience of working with relevant legislation in practice.

Your role You will:

• have the ability and experience to undertake innovative strengths-based assessments and care planning with individuals, carers, and their personal support networks.
• also be open to change, innovative and confident with a focus on strengthening social work; be ambitious about what people can achieve and keen to explore ideas for positive outcomes.

Signs of Safety It is an exciting time to join our Social Care Service in Suffolk; we are striving to strengthen our service so that we provide a strong, reablement-focused model for the people of Suffolk. We promote personalisation through our practice model, Supporting Lives and Connecting Communities, and have adopted the Signs of Safety model as a foundation throughout our service- working with people and their networks using a safety, solution building and trauma-responsive approach. This is your chance to become one of the select few Social Workers worldwide who are trained practising professionals in Signs of Safety; this will see you stand out from other Social Workers and enable you to develop and progress in your career. For more information, visit:

• ACS introduction (pagetiger.com)
• What is Signs of Safety? (signsofsafety.net)

Our approach Partnership working is strong and through joint care planning, we strive for a person-centred approach that supports people to be independent, resilient, and have choice and control. We have strong, cohesive, and supportive management teams, who are committed to continuous professional development and have a reputation for changing services for the better.
We recruit across our teams in Suffolk Adult Social Care:

• North Suffolk- with bases in Lowestoft and Beccles
  South Waveney, Lowestoft, Flexible Care and Support and Hospital-to-Home teams
  
• West Suffolk- with bases in Bury St Edmunds, Mildenhall, Newmarket, Haverhill and Sudbury
  Haverhill, Bury Rural, Bury Town, Mildenhall, Newmarket, Sudbury, Flexible Care and Support and Hospital-to-Home teams
  
• Ipswich and East Suffolk- with bases in Ipswich, Woodbridge, Leiston and Felixstowe
  Ipswich West, Ipswich East, Woodbridge, Hospital Discharge to Assess, Leiston, Flexible Care and Support, Felixstowe and Optimising Care and Support teams
  
• Mental Health- with bases in Lowestoft, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds
  North, South, East, West, Review and Specialist Support teams
  
• Learning Disabilities and Autism- with bases in Lowestoft, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds
  North, South, East, West, Review and Specialist Support teams
  
• Independence and Wellbeing Service- with bases in Lowestoft, Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich
  
• Adult Safeguarding and Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)- with bases in Ipswich

We currently have the following vacancies: 1 x Grade 5 Social Worker, Bury Town - Bury Town is a busy, supportive team, working with the adults of Bury St Edmunds and surrounding villages. Bury Town work with our colleagues in health, NSFT, housing and the wider multi-disciplinary team to undertake assessments under The Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act, respond to safeguarding concerns, reviews of care and support as well as running a duty service to respond to urgent needs. 1 x Grade 6 Senior Social Worker , North Flexible Care & Support - The FCST is a busy team working to across the whole of the Waveney area in Suffolk, carrying out Care Act Assessments. This team provides crisis support when needed, ensuring that Reviews, and urgent S42 investigations are carried out and the person is at the centre of the assessments. 1 x Grade 6 Senior Social Worker, North Hospital to Home - The Hospital to Home team work as part of the Multi-Disciplinary team in the Transfer of Care Hub within the James Paget University Hospital. This work is varied and fast paced ensuring that people experience a person centred and timely discharge, with a focus on reablement and promoting independence. Please note that the Hospital Teams operate a 7-day working pattern, so a weekend working rota (approximately 1 weekend per month) would apply.
Travel requirements of the role: Frequent Travel This organisation positively encourages the use of technology to communicate and engage, but in this role, you will need to operate across a wide and rural area, so you must either hold a full and current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means. For more information To request an informal discussion about any of these roles, please email us at acsrecruitment@suffolk.gov.uk and we will give you a call at your convenience. Apply once and have your application considered for all Adult Social Worker jobs in Suffolk (please specify in your online application if you have a preference for the area, service or team). Sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker visa may be available for current UK and Overseas residents. In your application, please ensure you upload a copy of your CV when completing your online application.

• Adult Social Worker (Grade 5) Job and Person Profile (docx)
• Safeguarding Social Worker (Grade 5) Job and Person Profile (docx)
• Adult Senior Social Worker (Grade 6) Job and Person Profile (docx)

If you are considering applying for a secondment, please read the secondment policy and ensure you have sought permission to apply before completing your application. Closing date: 11.30pm, 31 December 2023. We will interview applicants for posts as they apply. Promoted as JOTW (Job of the Week) on Suffolk Jobs Direct. This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We\xe2\x80\x99re driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities. In return, you\xe2\x80\x99ll enjoy:

• up to 28 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
• membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
• performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
• training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
• a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
• diverse and active staff networks
• flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day
• plus more!

If you would like to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Working for Suffolk County Council pages (www.Suffolk.gov.uk/careers).