Experienced Social Worker

Experienced Social Worker

We're on the lookout for an Experienced Social Worker to join the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) team. This position is jointly funded by both KCC and GBC. Please note - the successful applicant will be employed by Kent County Council (KCC).

In this role, the Social Worker will be seconded to Gravesham Borough Council (GBC) to provide support to individuals experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping. They'll undertake Care Act assessments and work closely with the RSI team. The Social Worker will be based at the Gravesend Borough Council office (Civic Centre) and will exclusively dedicate their time to homelessness and rough sleeping individuals.

The responsibilities are diverse and impactful, including completing Care Needs Assessments, mental Capacity Assessments, Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III (ACE‐III) assessment and collaborating with mental health and drug and alcohol services to develop a multi-agency approach. Additionally, the Social Worker will work within the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adults Policy for Kent and Medway to ensure the safety of vulnerable adults.

This role also involves attending early morning outreach sessions and participating in bi-monthly and yearly outreach support. Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification when making the applications.

The role requires excellent communication, relationship building, influencing and negotiations skills as you will be working in partnership with professionals both internal and external to the Council.
You will be able to demonstrate experience in supervising other members of staff.

We are looking for future employees who have a positive, forward-thinking attitude. Using strengths-based practice with individuals which is built around their desired outcomes and goals. Our teams are imaginative, locally focused and flexible and we are searching for registered practitioners with a like minded approach, working collaboratively as part of a team.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. 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/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.  

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England. 

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability. 

Contract: Permanent Full Time

Working hours: 37 hours per week

For an informal conversation about this role, please contact Ruth Ojo  at 03000 413 722 or via email at ruth.ojo@kent.gov.uk