Hull Council Jobs – SPECIALIST SOCIAL WORKER TRANSITION In Kingston upon Hull

Overview

Position Title: SPECIALIST SOCIAL WORKER TRANSITION

Company: City Of Kingston upon Hull

Location: Kingston upon Hull, England, UK

Job Description

This post will provide and support expert and effective social work practice in complex situations, assessing and managing high levels of risk and providing expert opinion in relation to decisions surrounding complex cases. You will undertake a professional leadership role taking responsibility for the learning and development of others, through leadership and management, supervision, mentoring, assessing and teaching.

Responsibilities:

• A strong value base that informs your human rights based approaches with adults,
• A recognition that people are the experts in their lives,
• A relentless commitment to quality and best practice,
• A capacity for honest, critical reflection and openness to learning,
• Ability to establish professional, effective working relationships with a range of partners/colleagues, adults, families and their carers

Requirements:

• Learning and Development – The Council has a commitment to lifelong learning. We provide excellent development opportunities for all employees.
• Pension – We provide a defined benefit pension scheme whereby the Council contributes towards a pension payable on retirement.
• Employee discounts – There are a selection of voluntary benefits available giving a wide variety of staff discounts on goods and services from a range of suppliers via our Hull plus website.
• Relocation Allowance available to minimise any financial detriment which may be incurred by newly appointed staff moving from outside the area.
• Laptops for all social workers, to enable them to work smarter and more flexibly.
• Home working can be accommodated but will also require office working.