Job summary
- Main area
- Social Work
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 388-6391817-AHP
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Baywide Social Care Team
- Town
- Paignton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
SPOC Social Worker - Baywide Social Care Team
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Main duties of the job
You will have specific responsibilities in the context of Safeguarding Adults from abuse or neglect and operating in a manner consistent with Human Rights legislation.
This includes initial information gathering within the Safeguarding Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to assist in establishing statutory duties in response to adult abuse concerns raised.
This will include, face to face visits, telephone, e-mail contacts to support informed decision making. You could also be asked to move into other Baywide teams which may include; Undertaking urgent response duty work.
You will undertake holistic social care assessments, in partnership with service users, families and carers.
You will need to be able to commission services to ensure the most beneficial and cost-effective care packages are established, delivered, monitored and reviewed, and comply with all statutory requirements for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust policies and guidelines.
Have clear responsibilities for the safeguarding of adults and children and for operating in a manner consistent with Human Rights legislation. This may includes information gathering within the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) team.
Be compliant with and practice utilising social care legislation including Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Working for our organisation
Baywide Social Care Team are a small but supportive team who enjoy mentoring team members and students and are passionate about delivering quality care to patients. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues.
There are three Adult Social Care Community Teams within the Front-End Service and a Safeguarding Single Point of Contact Team (SPOC) team which has a primary focus on receiving and responding to safeguarding concerns.
These teams provide specialist social care interventions and work in an integrated way with health colleagues to ensure the delivery of high-quality care services for people living in Torbay. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues.
The team is flexible and promotes a health work/home life balance. The applicant would be expected to move between teams as required.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Registered with Social Work England
Experience of working within Adult social care
An understanding of the Mental Health Act/ Mental
Capacity Act requirements
Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Requirement to visit mental health settings including Secure Units, Acute Psychiatric Hospital, Residential Homes and supported living settings
Keyboard skills with appropriate adaptations/adjustments
This role can be emotionally stressful – support in terms of supervision or informal de-briefing is available
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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Person specification
Specific Skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of safeguarding adult processes,
- Experience of mental capacity assessment and development of best interest decision
- Experience of hospital discharge pre-covid, during covid; assessment, planning, information and advice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of court of protection,
- Experience of court work (family, coroner, or criminal court)
- Experience of working with people around end of life care and discharge planning
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional Social Work qualification – Degree/Diploma Work, Certificate of Qualification in Social Work, Certificate in Social Services
Desirable criteria
- Post Qualifying consolidation and commitment to post qualification training
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge/skills of safeguarding adult processes, Care Act & Mental Capacity Act
- Ability to present as an excellent role model for good practice within the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to provide formal supervision and provide information and advice around hospital discharge planning to include funding under covid, and also commissioned services in social care
- Knowledge of Managing Expectations
- Ability to take a lead role in jointly-worked complex cases and to think laterally whilst maximising quality outcomes from resources
- Ability to work on own initiative while making positive use of supervision and training
- Ability to use IT-based Care management systems
- Ability to make decisions in accordance with the statutory requirements of the post
- • Ability to manage time effectively in assessing, planning, monitoring and reviewing service user’s needs and services
- Good reporting and recording skills
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with a broad range of people
- Commitment to the concepts of a needs-led service, quality standards and service user choice within the context
- Anti-discriminatory practice
- Ability to work within corporate policy and an awareness of Equal Opportunities
Desirable criteria
- Health and Safety in the workplace legislation
- Ability to undertake risk assessments within all aspects of day to day work
- Ability to act as a consultant on practice-based issues for other health and social care practitioners
- Knowledge of Continuing Care/ Registered Nursing Care Contribution
- Knowledge of Direct Payments and Independent Living Fund
- Knowledge of Intermediate Care
- Knowledge of end of life care
Requirements due to work environment/conditions
Essential criteria
- Ensuring the safety of less-experienced staff in these settings
- Current registration with the Social Work England
- Full Criminal Records Bureau disclosure.
- Willingness to work outside of office hours
- Willingness to undertake information technology training when required
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katie Seaborne
- Job title
- Safeguarding Adults Single Point of Contact Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01803 217653
- Additional information
Working hours: Tuesday to Friday 8.30 – 18.00 (Monday – Non Working day)
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