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Social Care Manager

Employer
City of York Council
Location
York, North Yorkshire
Salary
£31,887 to £36,380
Closing date
22 May 2022

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Job role
Social Worker
Contract Type
Full time

Job Details

City of York Council Adult Social Care are excited to be entering a new phase, underpinned by recruitment of staff to our vacant positions. We are delighted to be recruiting to a number of permanent roles in our friendly and supportive Learning Disability Team.

We’re keen to hear from professionals registered with Social Work England, or equivalent, who want to work within an established, supportive, forward thinking, and innovative team.

We want to work with you if you have a strong desire to provide high quality, timely and person-centred intervention to adults with learning disabilities to have a place they feel is their home with friends and family who they love. You will be committed to ensuring people we support are connected and contributing to communities and do things that give satisfaction. You will use strengths-based practice, be familiar with the use of community assets and technology to meet needs and have an ability to identify and make best use of these to promote independence.

You will adept at managing high demands, with strong organisational abilities and initiative. You’ll manage pressure and competing demands well, while being able to identify opportunities for innovation to improve what we do and how we do it.

With an excellent understanding and ability to apply legislation including the Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Mental Health Act and Equality act, and frameworks such as the NHS Continuing Health Care Framework you will be highly skilled at providing support via signposting, undertaking Assessments, Support Planning and Reviews. You will have strong reasoning and sound decision making skills, be able to receive and provide professional challenge, and make recommendations for a course of action for the Local Authority that is legally and ethically defensible.

You will work collaboratively with peers, including those in the leadership team to support the Local Authority to meet its statutory requirements and vision to support people with care and support needs to have a good life, free from abuse and neglect. Being familiar with Making Safeguarding Personal and risk enablement approaches, you will be confident undertaking Section 42 Safeguarding Enquiries, Safeguarding Plans and Reviews. 

You will benefit from working with a team that fosters aspirational practice for those we support, where you are encouraged to innovate and challenge the status quo to improve what we do, and a strong learning culture with a focus on development from day one.

As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express him/herself spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.

City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

At the moment due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some of our staff are working remotely from home but a return to a combination of working remotely and physically from the Council’s offices is anticipated in the near future.

As a new starter, your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team. Your working arrangements will vary according to your service and role, and the current Government guidance. For many roles, there will be more opportunities in the future for remote and hybrid working. However, this comes with the expectation that, as workplaces open up, there is likely to be an ongoing and occasional requirement to attend the workplace.

The Council is highly committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Emma Moseley Emma.Moseley@York.gov.uk

Closing date:  Sunday 22 May 2022 at 12 midnight

Interview date: Week commencing  Monday 30 May 2022

Job Description

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The City of York has a rich history stretching back nearly 2000 years; George VI once said that: 'The history of York is the history of England'. York has a wealth of heritage and history. York attracts over four million visitors a year and popular destinations include York Minster, which is the largest Gothic cathedral in Europe, the Castle Museum, the National Railway Museum and the Jorvik Viking Centre. Tourism is an important industry in York and the city also has a thriving bioscience, technology and research sector, centred on the City's Science Park. Other major employers include Nestle, City of York Council and York Hospitals NHS Trust. York has excellent transport links, being on the East Coast Mainline and close to the A1M. From York seaside resorts such as Scarborough, Whitby and Filey or the North York Moors National Park are a short journey by road or rail.

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