About the Role and our Ideal Candidate
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.
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.
The main responsibilities of the post will be:
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.
About Us
The Community Learning Disability Team is a very friendly, motivated and dedicated team of Social Care Staff. Our team undertakes care management and safeguarding responsibilities in line with the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and other relevant adult social care legislation and guidance.
We work closely with a multi-disciplinary health team including Clinical Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists, Community Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Counsellors and Behaviour Analysts to support adults with Learning Disabilities and associated complex needs.
The team also provides a transition service by working closely with Children Social Care and Special Education Needs in line the Children and Families Act 2014 to support young people who would be eligible for adult social care to have a smooth transfer to adult service.
We support adults and their carers’ in a person-centred way to assess their needs and create effective outcome-focused support plans.
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
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure, Google Chromebooks and Google Apps, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative and streamlined working. We operate hybrid working, a flexible working model which allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week. It enables staff to achieve a work life balance whilst still meeting the needs of the organisation.
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