Employer: Kingston Council
Location(s): Kingston
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Full Time
Grade: I
Salary Range: £45,510 - £50,574
Salary Basis: Per annum
Leave Entitlement: 30 days
Application Deadline: 29/01/2025, 23:55
Anticipated Interview Date(s): ASAP
About the Role and our Ideal Candidate
About the Role:
An opportunity has arisen for a Social Worker to join as a Senior Social Work Practitioner to assist the senior members to supervise social care staff to effectively manage their casework, oversee the team's duty system, undertake and oversee safeguarding enquiries as well as manage a small complex caseload.
Our Ideal Candidate:
You would be a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England and have relevant post qualifying experience. You must have excellent communication skills, sound knowledge of relevant legislation and the ability to form and maintain effective working relationships with people.
You must also have experience of undertaking adult safeguarding enquiries and demonstrate experience of managing and overseeing high volumes of work. Experience of supervising social care staff would be an advantage.
Main Responsibilities:
* To carry a caseload of complex cases, including those where there are high levels of risk.
* To undertake Safeguarding enquiries and oversee management of enquiries by staff.
* To provide both formal and informal supervision to other members of the team.
* To assist in the day to day running of the team, and deputise in the absence of the Team Manager and Deputy.
* To be part of the Lead Practitioner group and contribute to service development.
* To manage allocations.
* To supervise staff.
* To be creative/confident in support planning to effectively create care packages and support others to do so.
* To share management of the team’s duty system.
Benefits Include:
* Regular supervision and appraisal.
* The opportunity to develop knowledge and skills through further training.
* A competitive salary and Local Government Pension Scheme.
* A friendly and supportive environment.
* Excellent public transport link.
Application Process:
Please apply online outlining what skills, abilities and experience you can bring which makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Please ensure you refer to the requirements outlined in the job profile when completing your application.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) so all personal information that can identify job applicants e.g. name, title etc is completely anonymised during the shortlisting process.
Important Information - Criminal Records:
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 result to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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