94 social worker jobs found in Ashford

Role Responsibility Are you looking for a social work job focused on young people and with opportunities for professional development?Kent offer a competitive basic salary between £32,933 and £43,592 dependant on your experience.Kent County Councils Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking (UAS) Childrens Service provides accommodation and support to newly arrived unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Kent. The Service leads on social work practice with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Kent, which Ofsted recognises as Outstanding. The Service is developing as a centre of excellence for social work practice nationally and we are seeking passionate Social Workers to join us on this journey.This is an opportunity to work in a niche service where you will be responding to newly arrived unaccompanied asylum-seeking children; you will support them on the start of the journey in the UK and ensure that their voice is heard.We support our Social Workers to ensure they have the resources they...

Role Responsibility 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 the adult sensory service which is a small Kent wide team which has the knowledge, skills and experience to work with d/Deaf and deaf-blind individuals, whatever their communication preferences, including British Sign Language (BSL). Our aim is to assist people affected by deafness or deaf blindness to empower them to lead as full and independent life as possible 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...

Role Responsibility Are you looking for a social work job focused on young people and with opportunities for professional development?Kent offer a competitive basic salary between £32,933 and £43,592 dependant on your experience.Kent County Councils Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking (UAS) Childrens Service provides accommodation and support to newly arrived unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Kent. The Service leads on social work practice with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Kent, which Ofsted recognises as Outstanding. The Service is developing as a centre of excellence for social work practice nationally and we are seeking passionate Social Workers to join us on this journey.This is an exciting opportunity for qualified Social Workers to join the Services social work teams that respond to children when they first arrive at Dover. These teams complete initial assessments with children before placing them in local authority accommodation. The nature of the work requires...

Role Responsibility Looking to progress and expand your social work best practice?We are the right team, at the right time and in the right place. About youProfessionally registered with a degree in social work CQSW, DipSW or equivalent you will have a variety of post-qualification experience of working with children and families. Your experience should cover systemic practice, and you will need an in-depth understanding of legislative and policy frameworks.Along with a willingness to learn and develop as a practitioner, being a team player is essential in any social work team. You will build relationships with colleagues, as well as statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies.If you share this vision of excellent Social Work practice, we want to hear from you.RewardsIn return for helping us achieve our aims, there is a strong commitment to supporting your professional development. As a qualified Social Worker we know that you want to make a difference and working at Kent...

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...

Role Responsibility We are recruiting Social Workers with a range of different skills and experience.Permanent, full time opportunities are available.Roles are available within the Shepway Community Team within Kent, and 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...

If you have a love for Social Work, we have casual career opportunities that you allow you to draw on your clinical skills as you provide service in an acute care setting at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital (EKH) in Cranbrook, B.C. What we offer:•Competitive salary and an attractive remuneration package•Career Growth•Employer paid training/education•Balanced lifestyleWhat Will You Work Life Look Like?In this role, you will provide comprehensive assessment, care planning and treatment coordination for designated clients and their families. Working collaboratively with other health care providers and the multidisciplinary team, you will provide direct psychosocial care, counseling, system navigation and advocacy, education and linkage to relevant specialized complex care resources while facilitating client self-management. As the Social Worker, you will be responsible for providing and developing social work services to maintain or improve the health and social well-being and...

Job summary Our Social Workers have a significant set of skills and breadth of experience which contributes to an encouraging and reflective working environment. We are a supportive team and a part of this includes developing student placements. Our placements provide an opportunity for students to experience a comprehensive range of social work tasks that the successful candidate will help deliver. The Practice Educator Award will help support your application. Main duties of the job We are in a position to extend an invitation to suitable candidates to work in our Forensic Inpatient Social Work Team. You will be an experienced Social Worker and registered with Social Work England. You will be self-motivated and able to manage a high level of autonomy. Some experience of Forensic Social Work will be helpful to you but we are interested in people with a clear commitment to person-centred social work. You will have a good knowledge of the Care Act 2014, the Mental Health Act 1983...

Job overview We are delighted to announce that a part-time Social Worker opportunity has become available within the KMPT Rosewood Mother and Baby Unit (MBU). The MBU which is based in Dartford is an 8 bedded inpatient unit for women experiencing acute perinatal mental health issues.We are therefore looking for an experienced Social Worker to join another part-time Social Worker colleague as a job share. The post holder will have either experience working within perinatal mental health and/or experience working within children and family social services.We are looking for a Social Worker who is committed to the development and clinical leadership of the MBU. The post holder will be registered with Social Work EnglandThe post holder will have completed their ASYEThe post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010) Main duties of the job To work with...

Role Responsibility Kent County Councils Strengthening Independence Service is recognised for the outstanding support provided by its Social Workers whose care and commitment shines through their work (Ofsted 2022).An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Social Worker in the West Kent Disabled Childrens Team 2. Our team consists of Senior Practitioners, Social Workers and Social Work Assistants and you will work closely with our colleagues in Disabled Young Peoples Social Work Teams and other key agencies, such as Health, Education and the voluntary sector.You will be working with disabled children and young people aged between 0 and 17 supporting them to progress towards independence. The role within our team will enable you to gain further experience in a wide range of work, including supporting Children in Need, Court applications, Children in Care and Child Protection.You will be highly motivated and demonstrate excellent social work knowledge, skills and values to...

Role Responsibility Do you want to work in an Outstanding Local Authority? Ofsted have recently awarded Kent with an Outstanding rating in recognition of the service we provide to our children. Ofsted were impressed with the Adolescent Service responses and support to children at risk of contextualised harm. We are now looking for social workers who can lend their skills and experience to help us build on our successes.The Integrated Adolescent Service recognises that adolescents should be given a bespoke offer of support. We want professionals capable of bringing understanding and emotional intelligence to everything they do. The service promotes a practice philosophy which seeks to empower young people and their families, building on individual strengths, and helping them to develop strategies which support them to understand, manage and respond to the difficulties they face.Our practitioners need to be resilient and persistent; be solution-focussed; look past challenging...

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...

Role Responsibility We are recruiting Experienced Social Workers with a range of different skills and experience.Permanent, full time and part time opportunities are available.£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 meaningful measures. Therefore, our work is orientated around building...

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 Do you want to work in an Outstanding Local Authority? Ofsted have recently awarded Kent with an Outstanding rating in recognition of the service we provide to our children. Ofsted were impressed with the Adolescent Service responses and support to children at risk of contextualised harm. We are now looking for social workers who can lend their skills and experience to help us build on our successes.The Integrated Adolescent Service recognises that adolescents should be given a bespoke offer of support. We want professionals capable of bringing understanding and emotional intelligence to everything they do. The service promotes a practice philosophy which seeks to empower young people and their families, building on individual strengths, and helping them to develop strategies which support them to understand, manage and respond to the difficulties they face.Our practitioners need to be resilient and persistent; be solution-focussed; look past challenging...

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...