Job Description

Qualified Social Worker - Hospital Discharge Team

We are looking to recruit a Qualified Social Worker - Hospital Discharge Team within the Social Care industry in Oxfordshire County Council. The successful candidate will be working in a well-structured, organised team who are growing their social worker staffing levels. The Qualified Social Worker - Transitions vacancy in Oxfordshire County Council will be for an initial 3-6 months with potential for extension subject to internal circumstance and your performance.

Responsibilities include:

• Progress cases of service users from Adult Services
• Work jointly with Special Education Needs Co-ordinators re: funding matters in cases where joint funding is required
• Work jointly with Health services within the integrated Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities
• Attend meetings/set up meetings relevant to the actions needed to be undertaken and to draw holistic support plans with all relevant stakeholders.
• The ability to work closely with families and service users and to promote their views as well as their wellbeing in all interventions
• Raise and/or manage safeguards raised on any case allocated and to address all relevant matters
• To present cases at the weekly Risk Panel when needed to request funding for new cases/amended care packages and in this process to be fluent with the cases presented, to be thorough in knowledge of those cases and detailed in relation to understanding of what is required for service user.

Experience preferred:

• Post qualifying experience of working as a Qualified Social Worker - Home to Decide Team within the UK Social Care industry.

Minimum Requirements:

• HCPC Registration
• 1-2 years post qualifying experience within the UK Social Care industry
• Enhanced DBS/CRB (we can obtain for you)
• Eligibility to work in the UK

Why Choose Ackerman Pierce?

Ackerman Pierce calls upon over 15 years' worth of experience in recruiting directly into the Social Work Sector. We can offer a unique experience within recruitment where you have your own personal consultant, a DBS and Compliance service with a quick and easy registration process. We pride ourselves on a guaranteed weekly payment process.

To discuss this Qualified Social Worker - Hospital Discharge Team vacancy, or any similar vacancies we currently have available in Oxfordshire County Council, please email your updated CV to us or contact Harry Bannister for more information on (phone number removed) or