Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.

Looking for a new and rewarding Social Work opportunity?

We want to invest in you and our community. We want to hear from you if you want to make a difference, feel valued and well supported, enjoy innovating and championing new ideas and working closely with the community and our local hospitals and all our partners in Bexley.  

We have opportunities for a professionally registered Social Workers to take on a Senior Social Work roles within very well supported Adult Social Work Teams using your skills and knowledge to work with a range of people with different vulnerabilities and provide Care Act support to adults or young people moving into adulthood, both in community and hospital settings, to enable the life and choices they want.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to represent the amazing community we serve. You will advocate for and support managing assessments, support planning and reviews of persons with Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Physical Health or Older Person needs. You will have experience of managing complex safeguarding cases. You will be providing supervision and practice support ensuring Social Workers in the team are well supported with manageable caseloads, deputising for the manager as required.  

Please refer to the Job Descriptions attached for more information.

For an informal discussion about the available role in the Complex Care Team please contact Milcah Riitho, Deputy Service Manager, on 0203 045 5046 or Milcah.Riitho@bexley.gov.uk or Barry Davidson, Operations Manager, on 0203 045 3486 or Barry.Davidson@bexley.gov.uk.

For an informal discussion about the available role in the Hospital Integrated Discharge Team please contact Laura Castello, Team Manager, 0203 045 3622, Laura.Castello@bexley.gov.uk.

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme, hybrid and flexible family friendly working, generous paid annual leave plus bank holidays along with excellent training and career development opportunities. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Descriptions attached.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers.

The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.    

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Additional Information 

As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on  recruitment@bexley.gov.uk