Advanced Social Work Practitioner

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Contributing to developing, managing, monitoring, and auditing of performance and quality indicators of the identified service area so that they become an integral part of team improvement to help deliver better outcomes to individuals and communities.
• Alongside the Service Manager build a high performing team, deploying staff according to service requirements taking account of skills, experience, professional qualifications, and development opportunities.
• Identifying and appropriately reporting children and adult safeguarding concerns, liaising with key agencies to gather information.
• Providing high quality regular supervision and appraisals, to qualified workers within the team to ensure practice is safe, legal and high quality.
• Being a lead practitioner in all aspects of safeguarding adults.
• Supporting social workers to make applications to the Court of Protection on behalf of the Council where necessary to do so.
• Undertaking a lead role in the team to implement agreed local and national service developments, using good evidenced based practice based on current research.
• Initiating and participating as required in any review of quality standards or professional practice and implement actions and improvements as appropriate in line with social care governance.

Requirements:

• Social Work qualification alongside current and valid registration with Social Work England.
• Extensive knowledge of social work practice, with an emphasis on risk management, with adults of any age who have physical, sensory, learning disability, dementia, or other long term conditions.
• Extensive experience in supporting staff with complex case casework, including chairing relevant meetings, following agreed procedures, and resulting in robust action plans with defined timescales.
• Good understanding of the practical application of all relevant Social Care legislation and proven track record of supporting staff with statutory requirements.
• Enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months. On the update service? You could be fast tracked through our recruitment process today.
• Willingness to complete an enhanced DBS if you do not currently hold one.

Working with Archer Resourcing

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Due the high demand of CV's received we are unable to respond to all applications. However, we may hold your CV on file and contact you for future suitable roles.

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‍Must be eligible to work in the U.K