{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nSocial Worker x 4 with London Borough of Hounslow in Hounslow, England, United Kingdom\n\n About Us At Hounslow We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before. About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form. Our Benefits About The Role The First Contact Team, Brentford and Chiswick, Heart of Hounslow and Feltham Locality team(s) are looking for qualified Social Worker(s) to join a stable and dedicated team of social workers and social work assistants. Both teams value the contribution that everyone makes to improve life circumstances of the residents of the London Borough of Hounslow. The well-being of the team is paramount creating an environment that is supportive, through offering regular supervision and encouraging reflective conversations. You will be provided with support and guidance from colleagues and managers. The London Borough of Hounslow has a clear career progression structure. Therefore, you can have the opportunity to consider applying for the practice Educator training, Best Interest Assessor and Approved Mental Health Practitioner programs. The council also offers a significant amount of additional training to refresh skills and develop other areas of practice. About The Team You’ll Be Working In You will be instrumental in carrying out Social Care Assessments providing Care Management support by assisting residents and carers to identify their needs and desired outcomes, helping them to formulate a Care Plan/Support Plan and, where indicated, to use their Personal Budget to set up individually tailored services to achieve desired outcomes. You will be key in protecting the Human Rights of our residents and carers as much as working with them to promote their safety in line with the Council’s and Pan London Safeguarding Policy. You will be instrumental in formulating protection plans, carrying out safeguarding enquiries and participating in outcome meetings. You will work collaboratively with key stakeholders, care providers, housing, financial services, health, volunteer sector and religious institutions to name a few. There is an expectation that you will have due regard for Equality Diversity of our residents, partners and colleagues. As a social worker you will reporting to the Team Manager and will also be supported by the teams Deputy Team Manager. Hounslow Council are operating a Hybrid model of working based between Hounslow House, any other suitable council premises, and remote working. Hounslow House is a modern building an digitally advanced. We have onsite ICT support. All the digital hardware shall be provided to you, which will allow you to work flexibly. About You You will have experience of working with vulnerable adults and have competent written and verbal communication skills to be able to deliver timely, person centred and robust assessments, carry out reviews and close cases. You will have strong partnership working skills, working with colleagues, partner agencies, voluntary sector etc. to ensure a holistic assessment is completed. You will be driven to promoting independence, positive risk-taking including person centred Personalised Budgets. You will have competent understanding of and ensure compliance with the Council’s and Pan London safeguarding policies and procedures and the Care Act 2014. You are will be required to be registered as a Social Worker, and you will work in accordance with values of Social Work England’s code of conduct and standards. You will be able to reflect on your practice, participating in decisions where needed to learn from good practice and areas where things could have been done differently. We value diversity in its broadest sense. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves, give of their best and reach their full potential. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to better understand our communities and deliver the best services for our residents. We want to receive applications from all regardless of age, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background. We want to harness the mix and ensure that everybody can apply and be part of our recruitment processes. We will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application: Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile. When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact Natalie Simpson (Team Manager): <strong"}