SOCIAL WORKER

University HOSPITAL AINTREE

GRADE H (SCP 26-30) OR GRADE I (SCP 31-35) DEPENDENT UPON EXPERIENCE.

Sefton adult services are looking for enthusiastic and creative social workers to join our University Hospital Aintree team.   The successful applicants will have good assessment skills and be keen to work in a multi-disciplinary setting. The team is extending its remit to support with additional assessments outside of the hospital after discharge and keen to implement its discharge to assess ethos further and thus needing additional staff.

What we require from you:

• Social Work Degree or equivalent Social Work Qualification
• Current registration with Social Work England
• High aspirations to improve the lives our most vulnerable residents.
• Exceptional knowledge of the Care Act.
• Ability to manage your own caseload with appropriate support, guidance, and supervision.
• Ability to make person centred, complex decisions, using evidence-based tools and analysis.
• Ability to understand and demonstrate a commitment to equality and diversity.
• Ability to effectively undertake partnership working with all our stakeholders and further develop these relationships.
• Commitment to your own personal development and professional growth.

Our offer to you:

• To be part of an established, caring, and welcoming team
• Manageable caseloads
• Access to good quality, monthly, reflective supervision
• A comprehensive induction programme.
• A wide variety of career progression routes bespoke to individual training and development needs as identified in annual PDRs
• Excellent training and career development opportunities such as BIA and AMHP training.
• Partnership with Research in Practice, providing access to online webinars, podcasts and materials linked to the latest research and policy updates to support your CPD and inform evidence-based reports
• 28 days annual leave rising to 33 days after 5 years continual service plus bank holidays
• Enhanced sick pay, maternity/adoption leave pay and maternity support leave schemes.
• Excellent pension scheme.
• Opportunities for agile/flexible working
• Access to free eye tests and where appropriate, contribution towards spectacles
• Discounted gym membership with all Active Sefton gyms
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to local benefits and discounts on products and services
• Hybrid working e.g. the ability to work from home or office for some part of the working week
• Occupational Health Service available to advise on work related health issues.
• Commitment to supporting your emotional and mental health with access to a free and confidential employee counselling service
• Access to our Professional Practice Forum

Equal Opportunities

Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.

GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME

Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.

If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.