Bank Social Care Worker – WMF1559e
Westmorland and Furness Council
Location(s): Furness, South Lakes and Eden
Contract: Temporary
Hours: Zero Hours
Salary: £33,366 - £34,314 (pro rata)
About this opportunity
Live, Work, Thrive with Westmorland and Furness Council.
Do you have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including recording and report writing, organisational skills, an analytical approach to innovative problem solving and an understanding of risk management? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for passionate and enthusiastic Social Care Workers to join our new bank of staff to support teams across Westmorland and Furness. This is an interesting and ambitious programme of change within Adult Social Care which aims to assist us to develop and deliver our goals for the future.
The role is to support adults aged 18+ across Social Work teams enhancing prevention interventions, working to prevent or delay admission into formal support services, supporting people living in the community who have been identified as having long term care and support needs or supporting the admission avoidance and discharge of people from acute and community hospitals.
You will be required to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders from across the health and social care system and third sector and voluntary groups in Westmorland and Furness in ways that recognise strengths, promote independence and prevent, reduce or delay the need for formal support provision. Assessments and reviews will be undertaken in a strengths based way that maximises community resources and ensures people are safe.
The Service will work across health, social care and third sector organisations with a primary focus upon ensuring that all support plans:-
- include robust contingency plans that promote personal resilience to manage temporary changes in need/circumstance
- demonstrate how people will meet their needs from a range of sources, including friends, family, third sector, the community, equipment or assistive technology. Personal budgets will only be allocated for the provision of formal support for identified unmet needs.
We recognise that our workforce is best placed to design and embed new ways of working to achieve a modern social care service able to deliver the best outcomes for the people of Westmorland and Furness. We want you to know you will be fully supported within your role in every way we can, to do what you do best - change lives. Our aim is that you will flourish in this role and gain the skills to apply for a permanent role in future.
Our vision for Adult Social Care is a place where people want to come and work in a workforce who feel supported, empowered and valued for the great work they do. We encourage flexible working, as we believe in a positive work/life balance for our staff; as such we would consider full time, term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time in addition to preferences for areas of work.
Cumbria is more than a place to work. It's a place to live, relax, raise a family and experience the best of both; urban and rural living with some of the world's most beautiful Countryside in the Lake District.
Any Questions? For more information or to discuss further details around what we can offer you or our flexible working options, please contact:
Kerrie Griffiths or Gordon Barwick - Service Managers
Mobile: 07827 282196/07766 504042
kerrie.griffiths@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
gordon.barwick@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
What can we offer you!
- Excellent training and development offers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Boost your pension with Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (facilitated by AVC Wise)
- Various perks and discounts schemes, including money off your phone contract and local gyms
- Competitive rates of pay
DBS
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and requires an enhanced DBS check with a Adults Barred List check.
Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults.
Application and Interview information
This is a rolling advert meaning applications will be considered as and when we receive them. If you are successfully shortlisted we will contact you directly to arrange an interview date and time.
We are currently operating both in-person and virtual interviews. Options will be discussed with candidates once they have been invited to the interview stage of the process for this specific position, and if you have any concerns or adjustments are needed, we are happy to discuss.
If you are invited to a virtual interview, this will preferably be undertaken using the Microsoft Teams software, which is currently free for new users, however if there are any issues with accessing this technology, we are happy to discuss alternative arrangements prior to the interviews.
Safer Recruitment
At Westmorland and Furness Council we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all employees, volunteers and the Externally Provided Workforce (EPWs) to share this commitment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Westmorland and Furness Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and work to promote an inclusive, supportive culture that values and celebrates our differences.
As a Disability Confident Employer, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
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