EDT Social Worker (E3014)
EDT Social Worker
The successful candidate will be required to work within the Emergency Duty Team managing Children's, Adults and Mental Health work. This will involve shift work on a set rota pattern covering weekends, evenings, nights and Bank Holidays.
The environment is fast paced, where we are responsible for managing crisis situations, providing safety plans, interventions and managing risk.
Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
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The Cheshire East Emergency Duty Team aims to provide the best possible service for children, families and vulnerable adults across the borough. Working closely with partner agencies and our daytime colleagues we aim to provide seamless, holistic support and intervention at evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays.
As a Social Worker on the team you will provide a high level of risk assessment in complex cases and carry cases to completion whenever possible.
You need to have the skills to support other staff and professionals to deal with complex issues and offer advice when appropriate. You should be confident, flexible and able to work on your own initiative. The work is fast paced and you need to be able to make decisions with confidence.
You will be required to use a variety of IT databases to record your work. Training on relevant systems will be provided.
Please note that in order to apply for these posts you must be registered as a Social Worker with Social work England, preferably be an Approved Mental Health Professional under the Mental Health Act or be willing to undertake this training and have significant post qualifying experience in a statutory setting.
This post attracts a 30% EDT Enhancement on top of the salary
For an informal discussion please contact EDT Team Manager Lucy Tomkinson by email lucy.tomkinson@cheshireeast.gov.uk with a contact number where Lucy will make contact.
Attached is the relevant Job Description and Person Specification.
Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.
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If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.
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