What is the job role?
The service will operate across 7 days, Monday – Friday 8.00am – 8.00 pm and Weekends 8.00am – 4.00 pm for which a shift allowance of 10% is paid.
We have a Social Work post within our Hospital Community Discharge team. You will be supporting people living with a wide range of social care issues. There is a real emphasis on promoting independence and supporting safe and timely Hospital Discharge
Our teams embrace strength-based practice, support Making Safeguarding Personal and work within key legislation such as the Care Act and the Mental Capacity Act. You will need to have the confidence to advocate for clients and work in partnership with health colleagues’ other statutory partners and voluntary sector providers. As a practitioner you will need to have the ability to be creative, innovative and search for solutions that are not always obvious. Our teams are supportive and we will ensure you have the tools to do the job and to develop in your career
Keen to join the team? If you feel you fit the criteria apply today! To find out further information and for an informal discussion please contact Thomas Quick or
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for Social Work England registered (or about to register) Social Workers with a passion for promoting independence and making the principles of the Care Act, a reality for the people of Coventry.
The successful candidates will have:
1. Social Work England Registration
2. Working knowledge of and application of The Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and relevant legislation.
3. Excellent risk assessment skills
4. Experience or knowledge of safeguarding
5. Organisation, recording and workload management skills
6. Have autonomy and decision-making skills
7. Resilience and flexibility.
In return you will benefit from:
8. Be welcomed in joining a highly professional thoroughly hard working, friendly team
9. Group and individual professional supervision from the Senior Practitioner / Team Manager within the team
10. Excellent in-house and external training opportunities.
11. Opportunities to experience and present at various professional forums
12. Highly competitive salary with career development opportunities
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
13. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
14. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
15. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date: Week commencing 22nd June
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At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
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