Social Work Assistant

LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW; London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000

Job description

About Us At Hounslow

We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.

We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.

As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

Our Benefits

If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these here.

About The Role

The Hospital Social Work Team is a dynamic and fast-paced team comprising of Social Workers and Social Work Assistants that work with multiple professionals to ensure the safe discharge and follow-up care for Hounslow Residents leaving hospital. The team is based within West Middlesex University Hospital and staff work both on site and remotely. We are keen to recruit Social Work Assistants as this is a fantastic opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary environment.

Staff are required to partake in MDT discussions, Mental Capacity assessments, Best Interest meetings, family meetings and safeguarding concerns. All members of the team contribute to the team’s duty rota. Human Rights is at the centre of the team’s work, and we ensure that we are the voice of the resident that we are serving and that we embody our social work values in our day-to-day roles. New recruits will be well-supported by a strong and stable management team.

The team operates 365 days per year (9-5pm) and staff are provided with a market supplement to cover weekend and bank holiday working. Staff are also provided with time off in lieu of any weekend and bank holiday working. Staff are based on site at West Middlesex University Hospital and the role is office-based.

We would welcome applications from candidates that have worked within a Hospital and/or social care setting; this will be an essential criteria for consideration.

We will provide excellent career opportunities and encourage your professional development if you are successful. You will be well supported in your role through supervision, training and professional development.

About The Team You’ll Be Working In

About You

• You will have contributed to a positive team culture and be a strong team member, with an emphasis on achieving collective goals and supporting colleagues on a daily basis.
• You will bring experience of delivering positive outcomes for residents that you have worked with and demonstrate examples of where you have upheld human rights.
• You will have some knowledge of legislation such as the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• You’ll have to demonstrate your ability to work to tight timescales in a fast-paced environment and be able to flexibly manage your day-to-day priorities.

Essential for The Role:

Enhanced DBS

Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.

When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact

The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:

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Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing Monday 7th April 2025.

Closing date: 21^st April 2025.