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Hillingdon Council: Putting our Residents first.

About the role

We are recruiting a high-performing Adults Social Worker who is looking to develop their career in an innovative local authority, committed to realising potential.

Our Adults Social Workers provide services across a number of areas including Initial Assessment, Locality and Hospital Teams and a specialist Learning Disability Service.

We currently have a vacancy in our Adult Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) that provide safeguarding support for adults with care and support needs.

The post holder will support in making initial safeguarding enquiries to establish whether safeguarding legal criteria applies, referring to and working with partner organisations, and supporting with initial protective measures. The post holder will also be undertaking statutory Care Act Assessments for people with care and support needs.

About you

You will be a qualified, experienced Social Worker looking to progress their career or an accomplished Senior Social Worker, with a wide range of experience working with Older Adults and/or People with Disabilities as well as mental health difficulties. You will have developed your skills and knowledge with further post qualifying training and have specific experience with the relevant client group.

You will be innovative and creative with a willingness to explore new models of working to improve the outcomes for our service users. Moreover, you will be a highly motivated individual who is able to build strong relationships to deliver the best possible outcomes for vulnerable people. The Social Worker profile describes our career pathway and outlines in detail the qualification and experience levels required for these positions. At Hillingdon there are many ways to develop both personally and professionally with a clear pathway for progression which may include leadership development programmes. You will be given every encouragement to reach your potential.