Senior Social Worker or Senior OT - LD & Autism Team

SpinWell Global ,
Harlow, Essex
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Salary: £38,400 - £46,475 Per Annum

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Senior Social Worker or Senior OT - LD & Autism Team - (27585) Contract: Permanent Working Hours: Full-time Salary: £38,400 - £46,475 Per Annum Primary Location: Harlow Closing Date (Period for Applying) – External : 5/04/20 Security Clearance: DBS Job summary and Responsibilities This is an exciting time to join the Learning Disability and Autism ongoing support teams, focused on delivering the Meaningful Lives Matters programme enabling our adults and families to live the lives they aspire to. As well as managing casework, you can lead on innovative initiatives to develop relationships and services with an emphasis on Co-Production with not only adults and families, but also our commercial partners. You will take the lead in developing excellent practice within the social work team covering West Essex, including leading Practice Development sessions, inductions for new workers within the team, peer super supervisions, and undertaking quality audit visits with social workers using the Quality Assurance Framework. You will also be encouraged in your own development, encouraged to be a Subject Matter expert in the role you are recruited to. All this plus a supportive and nurturing team Interested? If you are a motivated and enthusiastic social worker, whether you have worked as a Senior or not, and are looking for an opportunity to develop your own skills and those of others, don’t hesitate to apply today. Job Purpose ECC Adult Social Care, through effective practice, is moving towards a transformational shift from a focus on long-term care support, to a model with four key principles: - prevention; early intervention; enablement and safeguarding. This will enable people, their families and carers to access information and tools, live healthily and independently and for our function an opportunity to respond pro-actively to growing service demand in a sustainable way, within the financial constraints of the Council. Senior social workers are passionate in demonstrating expert and effective practice ability in complex situations. Managing a caseload and supporting colleagues with complex cases, with an ability to mitigate high levels of risk. Working collaboratively with statutory and non-statutory/voluntary agencies ensuring a joined up approach. Significant experience of social work, modelling good practice and providing expert advice and guidance is essential in this role. Service/Functional Accountabilities Senior Social Workers will provide a source of specialist advice and professional expertise for social workers, contributing to the development of practice standards and the four key principles. Accountable for assessment of complex social care needs and provision of support for vulnerable adults to ensure they are safe and have good outcomes to promote independence. Accountable for working within the statutory legal framework, policy and guidance and determining when the threshold for statutory intervention has been reached in line with legislative and organisational standards within the Care Act 2015 (e.g MCA/DoLS/CHC assessments etc). Responsible for managing a complex caseload, maintaining accurate and timely data, reports and presentations as required. Responsible for participating in a range of case conferences, court attendance, meetings and statutory reviews, pro-actively taking the lead when a social care perspective is required. Accountable for conducting assessments and plan responses which safeguard vulnerable adults, including intervention as required. Builds strong effective working relationships across the Council, with partners and members of voluntary agencies. Delivers a high level of expertise in particular areas of practice and leads on those areas, contributing to the development of a prevention and early intervention service. Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework. Dimensions Budgetary responsibility: None No line management responsibility Knowledge, skills and experience Educated to degree level (i.e. Diploma or degree in social work, CQSW, CSS) or equivalent. Evidence of continuing professional development and demonstrable capability of practice in accordance with current professional standards eg professional capability framework, knowledge and skills statement. Current registration with Social Work England as a registered social worker Significant experience of social work, demonstrating a comprehensive and up to date understanding of all relevant legislation, regulations and guidance. Experience of mentoring both newly qualified and experienced staff and being a subject matter expert in professional practice. Experience of chairing meetings involving clients, family members and/or carers and other multi-agency professionals. Developing strong relationships with partners, other agencies and the local community to achieve joint objectives and offer a supportive framework for children and vulnerable adults. Understanding of the financial implications of care packages commissioned. Proven track record of clear decision making in order to highlight and limit the potential risks associated with intervention. The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89933043

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