Social Worker - Part time

About the role

North Northamptonshire Council is looking for a Social Care professional with a passion to work alongside people in our community to help them live their best life.

Using a strengths-based approach, we utilise the Three Conversations model which allows people to tell us what is important and really matters to them, giving us the opportunity to find connections and resources that can help them to live the way they want to, either with support or independently.

We have a part-time role available in Kettering in our Adult Social Care Community Hubs. Also known as the Front Door, the teams receive all new Adult Social Care referrals (excluding Learning Disabilities), from individuals themselves, family, friends and professionals, where the support required could range from signposting to local services, to completing a Care Act Assessment and designing a Care and Support Plan. Each team is located within the locality itself so that we are closer to the people we are supporting.

What will you be doing?

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a qualified and registered Social Worker (including newly qualified)

• Exercises professional curiosity rather than accept things at face value or make decisions based on assumptions

• Demonstrates problem solving abilities, working alongside people to enable them to find their own solutions

• Has a real commitment to identifying and promoting people’s strengths, hopes and aspirations

If you are a qualified and registered Social Worker (including newly qualified) who meet these core values, and are committed to continuous professional development, we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about the roles we have available, please contact a Principal in the Kettering Adult Social Care Team on 01536 805030.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)