Job Introduction
As a Social Care Practitioner you’ll join a team who are welcoming, friendly team that will thoroughly support you? The Bath Social Care Team are looking for a passionate individual to join a team who are focused on excellent social care, where you are an integral part of our multi-professional provision in Adult Social Care.
As an Adult Social Care Community Team we work with a wide range of people with varying presenting needs. This provides excellent opportunities for developing social work skills and knowledge. The team is experienced, supportive and reflective and consists of social workers, social care practitioners, occupational therapists and administrators.
The ideal candidate will be someone who has experience of working in a health and/or social care setting and who has knowledge of the Care Act; and the ability to apply it in practice. The team are focussed on professional growth and development, and will ensure you feel valued every day.
As Adult Social Care Practitioners, we understand the work you do on a daily basis and provide the support you need to make a difference to the people of Bath. We will expect you to be highly motivated, passionate about social care, creative and committed to your own continuous professional development.
Be part of a team who continuously achieve greatness and are passionate and committed in ensuring good quality care and support is provided to the people we support.
Main Responsibility
Your days will be rewarding and you will be undertaking Care Act and Mental Capacity Act assessments, support plans and reviews with people who have physical disabilities or other complex needs.
This role will involve working with families, carers and other professionals, agencies and organisations across the World Heritage site of Bath.
The work is focused on promoting independence, enabling the individuals we work with to remain in their own homes and reduce the need for hospital admission or long term care.
The Ideal Candidate
You will understand what really matters to our service users, families and their carers working closely with the community and partner agencies and have the ability to understand local needs by supporting individuals in a positive and responsive way.
You will be committed to maintaining your professional standards as our service continues to develop and enable the creative use of resources including assistive technology.
You will have a relevant qualification equivalent to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent Health and Social Care experience. Training related to Health and Social Care assessments and experience of managing a caseload including working with people experiencing a range of physical disabilities, medical, mental health difficulties, substance misuse and alcohol needs and learning difficulties.
Evidence of good interpersonal skills, good verbal / written communication skills. You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
f you would like to have a conversation about the role, or your application please contact Suzanne Michael on 01225 396300 or Suzanne.michael@virgincare.co.uk
Package Description
You will feel valued as a Social Care Practitioner within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £25,250 and access to our group pension
- Laptop and Mobile enabling fantastic flexible working patterns that can help you lead a perfect work/life balance
- MyWellness – a health and lifestyle platform covering mental health awareness and support, healthy recipes & activity challenges and access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- Access to Reward Gateway - our staff benefits scheme which grants you access to premium offers and discounts on practical spending at national supermarkets and well known retailers as well as special treats like Virgin Experience Days and Lesuire Vouchers
- We are pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays.
- Access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills, bespoke career pathways and opportunities continuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
- Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with 100% of our rated services considered overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 by our Chief Executive Dr Vivienne McVey and like-minded colleagues, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.
From around 500 locations across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply. We reserve the right to cease any advertising prior to the published closing date for a role that receives a high number of applications.
As a Disability Confident Committed company, we work in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to make our business an inclusive place for all.
HCRG Care Group is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our services.
HCRG Care Group, its subsidiary companies and the LLPs are part of the HCRG Care Group and provide publicly funded health and social care services. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website’s privacy policy.
From 11 November 21, as a result of new legislation, anyone over the age of 18 who enters a Care Home as part of their job must have had both doses of a COVID-19 vaccination or hold a valid medical exemption. As part of our pre-employment process we will therefore ask you to provide: * proof of your vaccination status via the NHS Covid Pass (either electronically or via the PDF) * A signed copy of the temporary medical exemption form. Further details about the legislation can be found on the government website.
