Social Care Worker WMF

We’re looking for a passionate, enthusiastic person to join our dedicated and driven team in Barrow in Furness, as we continue our ambitious programme of change within Adult Social Care. This is an opportunity to help shape the future of our service, contributing to the development and delivery of our goals to improve outcomes for the people we support.

We want you to become an integral part of the implementation phase of our newly established Long-Term Assessment and Review Service across Westmorland and Furness, supporting people aged 18 who are living in the community and have been identified as having longer term care and support needs.

This service works across health social care and third sector organisations with a primary focus upon ensuring that all support plans:

• Include robust contingency plans that promote personal resilience to manage temporary changes in need or circumstance
• Demonstrate how people will meet their needs and aspirations from a range of sources including friends’ family, third sector, the community, equipment or assistive technology as well as support services

In this role you will work under the guidance and support of qualified practitioners, undertaking strengths-based care and support assessments to develop effective, person-centred support plans, while playing an active role in risk management, monitoring outcomes, and ensuring individuals receive the most effective support. Acting as a point of contact that communities, people, parents/carers/guardians and their families can trust.

We recognise that our workforce is best placed to design and embed new ways of working to achieve a modern social care service able to deliver the best outcomes for the people of Westmorland and Furness.

We are looking for a compassionate and motivated individual with experience or awareness of social care, healthcare, or the voluntary sector. You should be empathic and have strong communication skills to collaborate with customers, carers, and stakeholders. A proactive approach to risk management, and health and safety is essential, along with the ability to plan workloads, meet deadlines, and use IT effectively.

Most importantly, you should be committed to promoting independence, influencing positive change, and ensuring high-quality, strengths-based care.

Offering professional development opportunities this role would be a great step for someone who is interested in progressing their career within Adult Social Care. This might be through our apprenticeship programme, where you could apply for one of our Social Work Degree Apprenticeships to become a qualified Social Worker.

Working at Westmorland and Furness Council you will receive a variety of benefits, including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and other various perks and discounts schemes. For more information about life at Westmorland and Furness Council and what we can offer you, please visit our Careers site. Our benefits | Careers ()

For further information about this role, such as responsibilities and essential criteria please view the below documents:

• Post Specification
• Role Profile

If you have any queries about this role or would like an informal chat about this opportunity, then please contact either:

Rebecca Charlton –  or Reb

Louise Johns –  or louise.johns@

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.