We are excited to welcome passionate and experienced Social Workers to join our Adult Social Care teams across the beautiful county of Dorset.
We currently have the following full and part time opportunities available:
- Peripatetic Team serving various areas across Dorset - full time
- Weymouth Locality Team, based in Weymouth - 25 hours a week
- East Dorset Locality Team, based in Ferndown - 22 hours a week
These roles are truly unique in their potential for impact and variety. You will embark on a career with us that is both challenging and deeply fulfilling, allowing you to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those you serve.
We believe in supporting a balanced work-life through hybrid and flexible working arrangements, including possibilities for part-time and job share options, depending on the needs of the service. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to discuss how we can make this work for you.
If you’d like to have an informal chat about any of these positions or explore other opportunities in Social Work within Adult Care, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] and we will get straight back in touch.
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What’s in it for you:
- We are an organisation with a strong commitment to a strengths-based approach in our relationships with customers and employees alike. We foster a vibrant, happy, and high achieving workforce
- We offer regular, reflective supervision that supports Continuous Professional Development
- We are an organisation that is proud of its robust learning and development offer. This includes mentoring and coaching, various external training including BIA, AMHP, access to RIPFA courses, Community Care Inform and internal training to support development in specific areas of practice
- We promote career development
- We offer access to wellbeing support and other support services
- We offer generous relocation and retention packages (please see below)
- You will have access to the Local Government Pension scheme
- We offer a minimum of 27 days holiday and the option to purchase more
- We proudly offer hybrid and flexible working options, supporting a harmonious work-life balance
What you can expect to be doing:
You will be undertaking strengths-based assessments, support planning and reviews to support customers to achieve their outcomes and promote their independence.
You will be working as part of a busy team and alongside other teams within the local authority.
Multi-disciplinary practice will be integral to the role.
About you:
You will be a dynamic social worker with a strong value base and sense of person-centred practice. Our ethos revolves around bolstering support, fostering a culture of learning, nurturing development, and nurturing well-being throughout our entire workforce through a strengths-based approach.
You will have excellent communication skills, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, have a flexible approach and be able to work closely with a range of professionals.
You will be creative and passionate about enabling people to be as independent as possible.
You will need to be confident with the legal basis for practice and be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 2007, Human Rights Act 1998 and Equality Act 2010.
You will embrace continuous professional development.
You will embody our behaviours responsibility, respect, recognition, and collaboration. https://intranet.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/about/our-behaviours/
We invite you to demonstrate how you evidence these within your application.