Job summary
- Main area
- Administrative
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 388-7451578-FC&I
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Union House
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Social Worker Specialist Services Team
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
To be able to make a positive difference in people’s lives, by working in partnership with service users, their carers and families.
Main duties of the job
To be a core member of a multi-disciplinary Baywide Health, Wellbeing and Specialist Services Team and contribute to the effective assessment and discharge planning with working age adults in the area of Torbay and for Torbay residents in out of area hospitals in the region
To undertake holistic social care assessments, in partnership with service users, families and carers, prepare care plans, commission services to ensure the most beneficial and cost-effective care packages are established, delivered, monitored and reviewed, and comply with all statutory requirements for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust policies and guidelines.
To have clear responsibilities for the safeguarding of adults and children and for operating in a manner consistent with Human Rights legislation
To be compliant with and practice utilising social care legislation including Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Working for our organisation
About your new team and department
Baywide Social Care Team are a small but supportive team who enjoy mentoring team members and students and are passionate about delivering quality care to patients. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. The team is flexible and promotes a health work/home life balance.
You will be working within the Baywide Specialist Services Community Social Care Teams who are a supportive team who enjoy mentoring team members and students and are passionate about delivery quality care. The Baywide Specialist Services team consist of:
- The Review and Insight Team
- Transitions Team (preparing for adulthood)
- Sensory Team Services
- Disability Information and Accessible Information Services
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
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Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Relevant professional Social Work qualification – Degree/Diploma Work, Certificate of Qualification in Social Work, Certificate in Social Services
- Registered with professional body Social Work England
Desirable criteria
- Post Qualifying consolidation and commitment to post qualification training
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge/skills of safeguarding adult processes
- Knowledge/skills of Care Act
- Knowledge/skills of Mental Capacity Act
- Ability to present as an excellent role model for good practice within The multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to provide formal supervision
- Ability to provide information and advice around hospital discharge planning to include funding under covid, and also commissioned services in social care
- Knowledge of Managing Expectations
- Ability to take a lead role in jointly-worked complex cases
- Ability to think laterally whilst maximising quality outcomes from resources
- Ability to work on own initiative while making positive use of supervision and training
- Ability to use IT-based Care management systems
- Ability to make decisions in accordance with the statutory requirements of the post
- Ability to manage time effectively in assessing, planning, monitoring and reviewing service user’s needs and services
- Good reporting and recording skills
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with a broad range of people
- Commitment to the concepts of a needs-led service, quality standards and service user choice within the context
- Anti-discriminatory practice
- Ability to work within corporate policy and an awareness of Equal Opportunities
Desirable criteria
- Health and Safety in the workplace legislation
- Ability to undertake risk assessments within all aspects of day to day work
- Ability to act as a consultant on practice-based issues for other health and social care practitioners
- Knowledge of Continuing Care/ Registered Nursing Care Contribution
- Knowledge of Direct Payments and Independent Living Fund
- Knowledge of Intermediate Care Knowledge of end of life care
Specific skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of safeguarding adult processes,
- Experience of mental capacity assessment and development of best interest decision
- Experience of hospital discharge pre-covid, during covid; assessment, planning, information and advice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of court of protection,
- Experience of court work (family, coroner, or criminal court)
- Experience of working with people around end of life care and discharge planning
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nichola Hooper
- Job title
- Bay Wide Lead for Specialist Services/Deputy CSM
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07425619774