Job Introduction
Qualified Social Workers – Long Term Conditions Teams
(Social Worker posts in our other teams are advertised separately)
Hours: Full time (37 hours) and part-time roles available
Location: Various vacancies due to promotions across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Salary: £34,314 to £44,711
£45,718 to £48,710 for Approved Mental Health Professionals (where applicable)
We have the last few vacancies in our long-term condition’s teams across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole working alongside adults aged 18 and over.
Join Our Dynamic Long Term Conditions Teams!
Are you a passionate and qualified social worker looking to make a real difference? We have the last few opportunities to join our Long-Term Conditions teams across Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole. Whether you're experienced or newly qualified, we want you to help us empower adults living with long-term conditions to live a good life.
Why Join Us?
We take a Person-Centred Approach: We focus on fulfilling lives, empowering individuals to live the life that matters to them.
We have a Variety of Work: Develop a broad range of skills, including rights-based practice, court work and safeguarding and seeing the difference made to people’s lives.
We provide a Supportive Learning Culture: Thrive with help, advice, and support from managers and peers through huddles and peer reflection meetings.
We Support your Career Development: Enjoy a culture of learning and great opportunities for continued professional development, including Research in Practice, strong links to our Bournemouth University and an internal colleague transfer offer for colleagues looking to develop skills in a different area of practice.
We care about Wellbeing: We prioritize your work-life balance and ensure regular reflective and restorative supervision, as well as wellbeing support and our Employee Assistance Programme.
What You'll Do:
You will support people living with long-term conditions to live well in the community. You will do this by working alongside them, their carers’ and their families to understand what matters most, and what support is needed to help them live a safe and independent life.
Flexibility:
We have opportunities for full-time, part-time and flexible working. We have an agile hybrid working model with an element of home working, and flexible office spaces.
Apply Now:
We will be reviewing applications as received and will close the advert sooner than advertised if we receive too many applicants.
To apply, please read the Job Description and then complete the application form, evidencing how you meet our listed core essential criteria, including your social work qualification and registration number.
The qualifications we accept are as follows:
- Diploma in Social Work (DipSW)
- BSc / BA Social Work (BSc/BASW)
- Masters in Social Work (MSW)
- Social Work Degree Apprenticeship (SWDA)
- Equivalent Oversees Qualification
If you are looking to return to social work reach to us to discuss how we can help.
Join us and be the difference in people's lives!
Talent Pool:
Where we have too many appointable candidates or no available vacancy at a particular level or in a particular team, if you agree, we will add your details to our Talent Pool and when a role becomes available, we’ll contact you to discuss this further.
Additional important information:
We can help with the re-registration process for those returning to social work. Please only apply if you are currently living in the UK and can evidence current and satisfactory right to work. You must also hold a valid full UK driving license, with access to your own car, or be able to travel efficiently (and sustainably where possible) to fulfil the needs of the role using public or other forms of transport.
For more information or if you have any questions, we would really like to hear from you, so please contact us at adultsocialcarerecruitment@bcpcouncil.gov.uk to arrange a conversation with one of our managers.
Applications will close on: 9th April 2025
Interviews will take place on: 22nd April 2025
About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here
As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.
We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service and there will not be any job reduction as a result of the implementation of Pay and Reward. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.
DBS
BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.
