25 government jobs found in Colchester

Adults Social Worker - Colchester Neighbourhood TeamPermanent, Full Time£36,101 to £48,622 per annumLocation: ColchesterWorking Style: Are you an experienced social worker. Committed to social justice, high professional standards, and developing team members. Do you have a track record of proactively implementing various social work theories and tools to inform your practice and interventions? This Team needs your knowledge and expertise. We are currently recruiting for proactive social work practitioners to join our Colchester North/ South Neighbourhood Team in Colchester. You will join a Team of forward-thinking practitioners and a leadership team committed to best practice. We have a mantra of “Start Right to End Right”. About the Role Adult Social Care, through effective practice, has made a transformational shift from a focus on long-term care support, to a model with four key principles: Prevention, Early Intervention, Enablement and Safeguarding. Social workers manage a...

Social Worker - Assessment & Intervention, North EssexPermanent, Full Time£36,101 to £48,622 per annumLocation: TendringWorking Style: Closing Date: 9th July 2024 This position is open to Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) and experienced Social Workers. (The starting salary for a NQSW is £33,885 per annum and this will rise to £36,101 per annum on successful completion of the ASYE programme). At Essex County Council, we believe in redefining the way we approach social care to prioritise flexibility and wellbeing for our dedicated colleagues working on the frontline of Children's Services. Introducing our innovative nine-day working fortnight for full-time Social Workers, because we understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. Why Choose Children and Families at Essex County Council? Join a dynamic and supportive environment where social work thrives! Our Children and Families service is built on a foundation of collaboration, integrity, and compassion. We're...

Minimum Qualifications Possession of a license and current registration as a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in New York State and one year of post-licensure social work experience*.OrPossession of a license and current registration as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York State. *Professional social work experience involves activities such as screening, assessing and diagnosing individuals' and families' psychosocial needs, strengths and limitations; participating in the development of treatment plans and discharge plans; counseling and educating individuals, groups and families to promote mental, emotional, physical and social functioning; helping access needed services; providing client/patient advocacy and crisis intervention; and developing, coordinating and evaluating services and support systems. Experience limited to social work research or social work administration is NOT considered qualifying. Duties Description Licensed Master Social Workers 2 serve...

Adults Social Worker - Mid EssexPermanent, Full Time£36,101 to £48,622 per annumLocation: Chelmsford, Braintree & MaldonWorking Style: Interviews will be held in person at County Hall on 26th July 2024.This position is open to Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW). The starting salary for a NQSW is £33,885 per annum, rising to £36,101 per annum upon successful completion of the ASYE programme.Why Join Us? With us, you can achieve more – for yourself as well as the vulnerable adults you work to support. We’re always looking for new ways to deliver even better services, Social Workers play an integral role in our preventative approach to Social Care. We encourage our multi-disciplinary teams to share their ideas and experience. We work together to get things done. Bring your positive, proactive attitude, and we’ll empower you to make the most of your experience within Essex County Council (ECC) Adult Social Care services. Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career,...

Locum AMHP Senior Social WorkerTemporary, Full Time£40 per hour UmbrellaLocation: Countywide across Essex (offices based in Basildon and Colchester)Working Style: The Role An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Essex County Council’s (ECC) fast paced, dynamic and supportive dedicated Approved Mental Health Service (AMHP) Service. As a Senior Social Worker you will be passionate and experienced in demonstrating expert and effective practice in complex situations often in pressurized environments. You will be able to manage workloads and support colleagues with complex cases, with an ability to mitigate high levels of risk. You will work collaboratively with statutory and non-statutory/voluntary agencies ensuring a joined-up approach. The Approved Mental Health Professional Service has a unique position in ensuring compliance with the statutory functions imposed upon the Local Authority by the Mental Health Act. The service will be responsible for delivering the AMHP rota. The...

Job summary An exciting opportunity has now arisen and we are in the position to recruit a Senior Social Worker within our Older Adult Nursing home services in the South of the Trust. Main duties of the job The Senior Social Worker will be working to support our older adult residents and their families who have complex social needs and are more vulnerable as a result of disability, exclusion, or diminished capacity, you'll maximise their potential to live independently. The Senior Social Worker will be focusing on the most complex and challenging resident cases, you'll ensure that residents and their families are safeguarded. You'll share ideas and best practice, providing specialist advice as part of a multi-disciplinary team sharing your knowledge as a Social Worker. About us EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including; Season Ticket Loans NHS discounts for...

Social Worker, Family Support and Protection - South EssexPermanentFull Time, 37 hours per week*£36,101 to £48,622 per annumLocation: BasildonWorking Style: Closing Date: 2nd July 2024 This position is open to Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) and Experienced Social Workers. (The starting salary for a NQSW is £33,885 per annum and this will rise to £36,101 per annum on successful completion of the ASYE programme). In line with our Skills and Capability Framework, for an experienced Social Worker the basic salary is between £36,101 per annum and £48,622 per annum with 9 entry points across the range. *Essex County Council understand how important flexibility and wellbeing is for our colleagues working across children's Social Care and that we need to think differently. We have therefore developed a nine-day working fortnight for full time frontline Social Workers within Children’s services. If you would like more information on this, please . Have you ever been interested in...

Social Worker - Young People with Disabilities Team, South EssexPermanent, Full Time£36,101 to £48,622 per annumLocation: BasildonWorking Style: Closing Date: 7th July 2024 In Essex County Council we are “Serious about Social Work” Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar in terms of practice, and our investment in our workforce is unparalleled. It's an exciting time to join us. Not only have we been named Outstanding by Ofsted, but we are also delighted and humbled to have been crowned Social Work Employer of the Year for the second time in the last three years! Children and Families is recognised as a service in which social work can develop and flourish. We have a culture of collaboration, integrity, and compassion, focusing on promoting the development and well-being of children, young people, and their families, while protecting them from neglect and abuse. Working together with partners, we deliver a range of early help, family support, and effective social work...

Main duties of the job Join Our Community Team!Whether you're a newly qualified Social Worker or have some experience, we have exciting opportunities . We seek enthusiastic, compassionate Social Workers who believe in recovery for people with severe mental health issues.As a Community Mental Health Social Worker, you will manage a caseload, coordinate care, provide assessments, and deliver specific interventions for service users, their carers, and families. Flexibility and a positive, professional approach are essential. You should work well in a team, manage your workload, and show initiative.An interest in mental health issues, understanding of Care Programme Approach, Care Management, and Safeguarding is essential. We support newly qualified Social Workers through the ASYE program.

Social Worker - Children in Care West EssexPermanent, Full Time£36,101 to £48,622 per annumLocation: HarlowWorking Style: Closing Date: 16th July 2024 Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar about practice and our investment in our workforce is second to none. It’s an exciting time to join us. Not only have we been named Outstanding by Ofsted, we are delighted and at the same time humbled to have been crowned Social Work Employer of the Year for the second time in the last three years! Essex County Council understand how important flexibility and wellbeing is for our colleagues working across children's Social Care and that we need to think differently. We have therefore developed a for full time frontline Social Workers within Children’s services. The Team Our Children in Care team in West Essex are a very supportive and creative team where everyone looks after each other. Our experienced and available managers prioritise providing high quality and regular, reflective...

Adults Social Worker - West EssexPermanent, Full Time£36,101 to £48,622 per annumLocation: Harlow, Epping & UttlesfordWorking Style: This position is open to Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW). The starting salary for a NQSW is £33,885 per annum, rising to £36,101 per annum upon successful completion of the ASYE programme.Why Join Us? With us, you can achieve more – for yourself as well as the vulnerable adults you work to support. We’re always looking for new ways to deliver even better services, Social Workers play an integral role in our preventative approach to Social Care. We encourage our multi-disciplinary teams to share their ideas and experience. We work together to get things done. Bring your positive, proactive attitude, and we’ll empower you to make the most of your experience within Essex County Council (ECC) Adult Social Care services. Whatever you want to achieve in your social care career, you can do it here. Visit our to find out more about ECC's Adult...

Job summary We have several exciting vacancies in our Children's Social Care Teams for full time and part time Social Workers and Senior Practitioners/Senior Social Workers. For more information please see the below. Main duties of the job We have several exciting vacancies in our Children's Social Care Teams for full time and part time Social Workers and Senior Practitioners/Senior Social Workers. For more details about the role please see the below. About us We have a wide range of great benefits if you join us as a colleague at Cambridgeshire County Council. To find out more please see below. Job description Job responsibilities We believe in giving Children, Young People and their Families choice, control and flexibility in how they manage their support needs, and the right to access inclusive services and be part of their own community. Our Childrens Social Workers use Person Centred Planning approaches in seeking the views, wishes and feelings of those in our community. We...

Role Responsibility We are recruiting Social Workers with experience in Safeguarding, as Investigating Officers, within the Safeguarding Hub in the Adult Social Care Connect Team North Kent.Permanent, full-time opportunities are available.We operate a hybrid model of office-based working and working from home, to meet the needs of the service.About UsThis is an exciting opportunity to join our Adult Social Care Connect Team as we enhance our locality working practice and put the person and good practice at the heart of what we do.The Team provides initial contact following a referral from a range of sources including the person themselves, a professional, neighbour, carers, and partner agencies such as police and health services. We receive referrals relating to North Kent (Dartford, Gravesend, Swanley, Sittingbourne and Sheppey).We work with adults with a range of care and support needs, placing individuals at the centre of their support. You will be in the role of Investigating...

Role Responsibility We are recruiting Social Workers in the Dartford Community Team with a range of different skills and experience. We operate in a hybrid model of office-based working and working from home to meet the needs of the service with the office based in Gravesend.A £3000 Golden Hello payment is on offer to new joiners (subject to criteria) and service-related payments following continuous service.About UsThis is an exciting opportunity to join our community teams across North Kent as we enhance our locality working practice and put the person and good practice at the heart of what we do.We work with adults with a range of care and support needs placing individuals at the centre of their support. You will undertake work of varying levels of complexity including, Care Act Assessments, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Assessments, Court of Protection applications and s42 safeguarding enquiries.Our social care interventions are structured around the three pillars of excellent...

Role Responsibility We are recruiting Experienced Social Workers with a range of different skills and experience in the Gravesend Community Team.We operate in a hybrid model of office-based working and working from home to meet the needs of the service.£3000 Golden Hello payment to all new joiners (subject to criteria) and service related payments following continuous service.About UsThis is an exciting opportunity to join our community teams across Kent as we enhance our locality working practice and put the person and good practice at the heart of what we do.We work with adults with a range of care and support needs placing individuals at the centre of their support. You will undertake work of varying levels of complexity including, Care Act Assessments, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Assessments, Court of Protection applications and s42 safeguarding enquiries.Our social care interventions are structured around the three pillars of excellent practice, exceptional innovation, and...

Role Responsibility We are recruiting a Senior Social Worker with a range of different skills and experience within the Dartford Community Team.KCC operate in a hybrid model of office-based working (Gravesend) and working from home to meet the needs of the service.£3000 Golden Hello payment to all new joiners (subject to criteria) and service related payments following continuous service.About UsThis is an exciting opportunity to join our community teams across Kent as we enhance our locality working practice and put the person and good practice at the heart of what we do.We work with adults with a range of care and support needs placing individuals at the centre of their support. You will undertake work of varying levels of complexity including, Care Act Assessments, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Assessments, Court of Protection applications and s42 safeguarding enquiries.Our social care interventions are structured around the three pillars of excellent practice, exceptional...

Role Responsibility We have a vacancy for a Social Work Assistant within the North Kent Family Time Service. Based at our Swale Local Office.The primary requirement is to facilitate and supervise Family Time between children and their families, during which time you will need to ensure children get the best experience from these sessions and support the parents as necessary and appropriate.Whilst most of the arrangements for Family Time will be in place, you will be happy to assist and support the necessary transport arrangements including transporting children as required to ensure the implementation of the care plan. You will need to accurately document these sessions for later use in assisting Social Workers to complete assessments and inform care plans.Providing support is essential to our service users so the ability to produce good reports and case notes, collate information and liaise with social workers and other professionals to inform the complex court work is another key...

Role Responsibility This is an exciting opportunity to join the Short-Term Pathways Team in East Kent. We are a friendly, dynamic, and supportive team which promotes professional development. The team works alongside adults who have had a hospital stay or period of short-term care and are now planning for how to meet their future care and support needs. As a team we work collaborativelywith health and other partner agencies and focus on promoting a persons independence. We are proud of the high standard of service we provide to those we work with at their most vulnerable times. We are looking for motivated professionals who are committed to embrace new ways of working, to help further shape our services. As a social worker in this team you will be working with people over the age of 18 with a diverse range of care and support needs. You will manage a caseload requiring complex assessment and creative care and support planning. Up to date registration with appropriate professional...

Job summary We are looking for social workers to join our older people, adult disability, integrated discharge service, Autism, safeguarding and connected lives gateway teams. Main duties of the job Newly qualified social workers:If you have recently completed your social work degree, you'll be enrolled onto our assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE)programme, with all the benefits and support available for a newly Qualified Social Worker.Senior social workers will: be a qualified, registered social worker who has successfully completed an ASYE program and is working to the Social Work England professional standards actively undertake a specialist role , AMHP, Practice Educator, Moving & Handling, Housing solutions lead or equivalent, or agreement to undertake at least one of these roles within the first year work at the required level of the professional capabilities framework. About us Benefits of working for us:Flexible Working Arrangements (depending on the...

Role Responsibility We are recruiting Registered Practitioners with a range of different skills and experience to join our Canterbury Community Team. We operate in a hybrid model of office-based working and working from home to meet the needs of the service. We offer a £3,000 Golden Hello payment to all new joiners (subject to criteria) and service related payments following continuous service.About UsThis is an exciting opportunity to join our Community Team in Canterbury as we enhance our locality working practice and put the person and good practice at the heart of what we do.We work with adults with a range of care and support needs placing individuals at the centre of their support. You will undertake work of varying levels of complexity including Care Act Assessments, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Assessments, Court of Protection applications and s42 safeguarding enquiries.Our social care interventions are structured around the three pillars of excellent practice, exceptional...