Social Worker

You will feel valued as a Social Worker with HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

With this role, will receive an additional one-off payment of up to £2,000 as a Welcome Bonus, from us, to you!

As a Social Worker delivering Local Authority services with us you will receive a salary between £31,113 (ASYE) to £35,193 (37.5 hours per week) depending on level of experience and Agenda For Change terms and conditions including an NHS pension. We’ll provide you with access to a committed Learning and Development team, and we work closely with Universities and Health Education England to further your potential and support your progression.

Supportive team with regular supervision, mentoring support

Variety of work within the community setting, no day is the same.

Opportunities for a combination of home and office based working to provide you with that true work / life balance.

Access to our staff benefits scheme which grants you access to premier offers and discount off all our products including flights, holidays, gyms and media, along with regular competitions and giveaways.

Feel the difference fund a £100,000 fund to bring ‘Feel the difference’ to life, giving every employee a chance to have their thoughts and ideas heard.

Free access to Employee Assistance Programme.

Plus, great annual leave and more!

As the Social Worker you will hold a case load of clients, carry out Care Act Assessments, be responsible for Care Planning and case management of adults with a learning disability including being lead worker for safeguarding enquiries. You will be based primarily in Bath but will work across the whole of Bath and North East Somerset.

The role is part office based, and part working directly with service users either in a 1:1 capacity, in chairing meetings or working with other stakeholders such as carers, health professionals and providers.

You must be qualified with a social work degree or equivalent and be registered with Social Work England.

Hold a Full UK Driver’s License and have access to a car/vehicle

You will have experience in adult safeguarding and section 42 enquiries and report writing, as well as have a working knowledge of effective models of strength based personalised assessments, knowledge of current research and a working knowledge of current legislation.

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

As you will be responsible for working with varied service users and complex cases, the role requires strong knowledge in learning disabilities and autism and confidence in the ability to hit the ground running. You’ll care for service users and their families in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work.

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

Information for International Applicants

You will require:

• A UK or International Driving License
• A qualification in Social Work and experience in a social work role
• Evidence of qualifications or legal knowledge of UK Social Work Law and Legislation

Following the shortlisting stage you would then be invited to interview

If you’d like to discuss the role further, or see a copy of the full job description, please contact David Self Service Manager on 01225 613857 David.self@hcrgcaregroup.com

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006 by our Chief Executive Dr Vivienne McVey and like-minded colleagues, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.

From around 500 locations across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply. We reserve the right to cease any advertising prior to the published closing date for a role that receives a high number of applications.

As a Disability Confident Committed company, we work in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to make our business an inclusive place for all.

HCRG Care Group is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.

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With this role, will receive an additional one-off payment of up to £2,000 as a Welcome Bonus, from us, to you!

You will feel valued as a Social Worker with HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £31,113 to £35,193 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission