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Birmingham City Council have some exciting roles available within the D2A Community Team North (ABI - Acquired Brain Injury Units) for qualified social workers who are passionate about adult social work.
Your new role
As a qualified social worker, you will be working within a strong established social work team undertaking caseloads with citizens to identify needs and outcomes. You will deliver an enhanced customer experience that promotes the well-being of vulnerable adults to enable them to live independently for longer, supporting them in retaining and regaining their skills and confidence.
You will have some understanding of Acquired Brain Injury and experience of the Continuing Health Care process. Working in the ABI - Acquired Brain Injury Units is a specialist neurological rehabilitation unit, which provides specialist assessment and intensive rehabilitation for people with disabilities resulting from neurological conditions. The majority of patients admitted have suffered head injuries, subarachnoid haemorrhages, stroke or other forms of brain injury. Patients with progressive neurological conditions are also seen. INRU has a multidisciplinary team led by a consultant in rehabilitation medicine. Patients that meet the needs for this service will have complex and/or profound neurological rehabilitation assessment and treatment requirements.
You will also have extensive knowledge of social work practice and legislation, including the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005, a good understanding of personalisation and excellent assessment and analysis skills.This role will pay depending on experience, on an ongoing contract. JD is available upon request.
Working Hours:
8:30am - 5pm (Mon - Thurs) and 8:30am - 4:30pm (Friday). This role is 35hrs per week with remote working but you will be required to attend office 1 day per week.
What you'll need to succeed
Previous direct experience of delivering social work to Adult Service users is essential. You must also have knowledge of key legislation that underpin Social Work, able to produce reports and maintain records. To be successful, you will require a Social Work qualification (BA Social Work, CQSW, DipSW, CSS or CCETSW approved equivalent). It is also essential that you have a current professional registration with Social Work England and have UK experience.
What you'll get in return
Working with Hays, you will receive a bespoke specialist recruitment service with your own personal consultant. In addition, you will receive:
- Lifelong career partner with over 17 years of recruitment expertise
- Specialist in Adult Social Work Recruitment
- Recruitment partner for Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull and Coventry Councils
- Exclusive access to the latest Qualified Social work vacancies
- Helping you upskill through our My Learning platform, network forums and resources
- Transparency on timesheet/payroll platform - Option to be paid PAYE or Umbrella Ltd
- Support for CV writing and interview skills
- *250 reward for referring another Qualified Social Worker, who we then place.
- You will be offered a competitive salary, but this is dependent on experience.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
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