Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

We have a simple vision and strategy that defines what we are trying to achieve, our purpose and our approach which underpin the principles of Adult Social Care, and we continue to work in support of this.

In a simple sense all our work, at whatever level should continue to support the strategy of: ‘Providing support, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources and abilities that are available to people’.

What is the job role?

We require a Social Worker to join a dedicated Multi-Professional Team to help assess and arrange discharge plans for people in the hospital either informally or under the Mental Health Act. The role will cover people in hospitals across Coventry and Warwickshire including The Caludon Centre, St Michaels Hospital in Warwick, and The Avenue Clinic in Nuneaton.

You will be involved in arranging and assessing people’s needs under The Care Act 2014, aftercare under the Mental Health Act 1983 (revised 2007), and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. 

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

We need a qualified Social Worker who has:

• Excellent assessment skills
• Working knowledge of and application of  MHA, MCA, The Care Act, and Children’s Act
• Organisation, recording, and workload management skills
• Diplomacy, negotiating, and listening skills.
• Be able to work in partnership with users, carers, and colleagues.
• To work as part of a team
• Have autonomy and decision-making skills
• Develop personal home treatment plans
• Good IT skills
• Have a vision for your own career development and future training
• Resilience, flexible, and have stamina 

In return you will:

• Be welcomed in joining a highly professional and thoroughly hard working, friendly team
• Group and individual professional supervision from the Team Manager / Senior Practitioner within the team
• Excellent in house and external training opportunities.
• Opportunities to experience and present at various professional forums including our Pre-Court Legal Panel.
• Highly competitive salary with career development opportunities

For an informal discussion please call 024 7697 6256 Or contact simon.mcgarry@coventry.gov.uk or debra.wilson@coventry.gov.uk

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

We need a qualified Social Worker who has:

• Excellent assessment skills
• Working knowledge of and application of  MHA, MCA, The Care Act, and Children’s Act
• Organisation, recording, and workload management skills
• Diplomacy, negotiating, and listening skills.
• Be able to work in partnership with users, carers, and colleagues.
• To work as part of a team
• Have autonomy and decision-making skills
• Develop personal home treatment plans
• Good IT skills
• Have a vision for your own career development and future training
• Resilience, flexible, and have stamina 

In return you will:

• Be welcomed in joining a highly professional and thoroughly hard working, friendly team
• Group and individual professional supervision from the Team Manager / Senior Practitioner within the team
• Excellent in house and external training opportunities.
• Opportunities to experience and present at various professional forums including our Pre-Court Legal Panel.
• Highly competitive salary with career development opportunities

For an informal discussion please call 024 7697 6256 Or contact simon.mcgarry@coventry.gov.uk or debra.wilson@coventry.gov.uk

Look at the benefits of working for Adult Social Care in Coventry  https://www.coventry.gov.uk/adult-social-work-jobs-1/adult-social-work-jobs/5

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 4800 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council