Senior Social workers Required for Integrated Hospital Teams Warwickshire County Council. About us: Do you fancy trying a new approach to working with adults within a hospital acute setting? The Hospital Social Care team is currently pioneering a new approach to front line working which focuses on customer strengths and promoting use of universal services. We have three hospital sites across Warwickshire County Council/Coventry. We are dedicated and supportive teams. We aim to respond quickly and efficiently in offering strengths-based assessments & providing support to customers and their carers within fast paced environment. The teams have a mixture of staff skill sets and roles that include: Social Workers Social Care Workers Admin Trusted Assessors Team Managers & Senior Managers About the role: Joining our established team, you'll be providing a social work service to a highly professional standard. Managing a caseload and travelling throughout the locality of North and South of Warwickshire depending on business need, you'll be working with older adults and their families and unpaid carers. Undertaking and recording robust assessments and care and support planning will also be part of your role. In addition, you'll be communicating with a wide variety of customers, communities, health partners and agencies as well as working on your own initiative, often in pressurised situations. Team members are supported by their colleagues and Team Leaders who deliver regular supervision and day to day support. Staff also have access to regular training provided by Warwickshire County Council. As a hospital team, we are currently working on a hybrid model. The hybrid working model is a location-flexible arrangement, allowing employees to combine onsite and home working in line with our hybrid rota. This will depend on your base location and team. Key Requirements: To be successful in this role it's essential you have a professional Social Work qualification and are registered with the Social Work England. Be able to work 5 days over 7 days, to support a streamline service and support timely discharges. The hospital teams currently work one weekend in a Month (4 weekly Rota). Candidates should be prepared to work weekends. To work closely with the Multidisciplinary Health & Social Care team To participate fully in the duties of the team, including team meetings and other meetings determined by the Team Leader and/or Operations Manager. CLEAN DRIVER’S LICENCE IS ESSENTIAL for the Social work role as you will be expected to complete reviews post discharge especially in care homes You will have a dynamic approach and will embrace our new way of working (Strength based Approach). You will be used to making difficult decisions and can work to tight deadlines. You'll also have adult social care experience and good Information Technology (IT) skills. Hospital Social Care Experience will be desirable- practitioners should be willing to learn within a fast-paced environment. In Warwickshire, we use the Mosaic IT System. For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below: Experienced Senior Social Worker Level 3 Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them! At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best. Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund ' The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform. Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council. Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public. For further information about this role please contact Hiring Team Manager Tippy Khumalo 07717851185 or tippykhumalo@warwickshire.gov.uk Closing Date: 26th June 2025 Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements. Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more