Social Worker - Community Wellbeing Team

Working in Social Care is a challenging and rewarding job. With your help people can remain independent for longer and have choice and control. In Kirklees we aim to deliver high quality personalised services.

Do you feel that you can work to deliver the outcomes of personalisation?

Working as part of the Community Wellbeing Team you will undertake initial assessments, reviews, safeguarding enquiries for vulnerable people and work with the person’s informal/formal carers in the community.  As part of your role, you will also, work with people who are at risk of self-neglect and depending on experience complete court work.

You will be working with adults over the age of 18 with physical, sensory disabilities and mental health needs. A high-quality strength based, and customer focused approach is expected to assist in minimising the distress experienced by service users to ensure good outcomes are achieved.

You will engage in multi-agency working with a range of allied health and social care professionals to achieve the best outcomes for people.     Awareness of working practices, legal frameworks and change agendas affecting partners - in particular, NHS, is essential. 

You will be working with adults and carers to encourage Self-Directed support and Self-Assessment, making eligibility determinations as defined in the Care Act (2014), as well as safeguarding. Using outcome focused assessment and knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) you will adopt a positive approach to risk.

We are committed to providing our social workers with exceptional levels of support, from a comprehensive induction through to continuous personal and professional development. We provide and encourage you to make the most of the high-quality opportunities we offer. We are focused on your own personal and professional development; we will support you to enhance your skills and practice and be the best you can be.  We have an established career structure in place to help you get where you want to be in your career. Our aim is to develop confident and competent practitioners, thereby supporting better outcomes for people we work with and equipping you with real and transferable skills for the future.

There is a supportive feel to our team; we have approachable and supportive managers who have an open door, regular advice surgeries and are willing to listen; we all pull together to support each other and share our expertise.

We are looking for a Social Worker to join our team and work with us in a flexible and supportive environment at ASYE, Level 2, or Level 3.

Working in Social Care is a challenging and rewarding job. With your help people can remain independent for longer and have choice and control. In Kirklees we aim to deliver high quality personalised services and are looking for social workers who are passionate about delivering the outcomes of personalisation. Is this you?

Travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not use a car for all or most of the time.  It is essential that you hold a full and valid driving licence, and it is expected that you will either use a council vehicle or your own car (exceptions can be made for disabled applicants).

An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required for this job.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits including corporate rate gym memberships, access to a comprehensive in-house occupational health and wellbeing department with access to physio and counselling, access to the 'My Staff Shop' platform giving savings and discounts at national and local retailers, coaching and mentoring and much more!  

But don't just take our word for it....find out what one of our social worker’s has to say about her career to date, or what some of our staff have to say about why they chose this profession and what makes Kirklees special.

If you want to feel valued, trusted and recognised for a job well done whilst having the personal and professional support you need, apply now.

You must hold a Social Work England recognised Social Work Qualification and be registered with Social Work England or in the process of qualifying as a social worker.

Interviews will be held week commencing 16th January 2023