Devon- Advanced Social Worker- Children & Families Team
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Advanced Social Worker - Devon - Children & Families Team
Children & Families, Exeter, Devon.
Working as an
Advanced Social Worker you will work closely with your Team Manager,
you will provide professional leadership and supervision to colleagues
within your team, supporting your manager with the day-to-day
operations of your team and contributing to an effective and efficient
service to children and families.
This is a hands-on role, where
you have a smaller caseload, working with children and families with a
complexity of needs (including undertaking in-depth assessments) and
where, through supervision and mentoring, you will share your
knowledge and experience with colleagues and students to continually
improve practice standards within your team.
You will champion high
standards of professional social work practice, by encouraging and
supporting opportunities for reflection and learning and delivering
on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to
unqualified/alternatively qualified staff, students and less
experienced social workers.
About you
Advanced Social Workers
provide a lead social work role within each team, supporting the
development of good evidence-based practice. With substantial
post-qualifying experience and the ability to demonstrate that you're
working at the Experienced Social Worker level, you will:
*
Demonstrate the ability to work with families with complex needs
within a multi-agency environment
* Be able to demonstrate
knowledge and experience of social work mentoring, coaching and
training professional colleagues
* Have evidence of substantial
post-qualifying training and development
* Be able to lead
improvement and challenge the quality of social care practice in a
constructive manner
An agreed weekly agency accommodation /
commuter travel allowance of up to 150 per week is offered for those
living 50 miles or more from their work base
Benefits in this role:
* Supportive team and management
*
Flexible working available
* Long term contract
* Progression
opportunities
Your main responsibilities include:
* Hold and effectively manage a complex and varied
caseload with appropriate supervision, guidance, and support,
reflecting the function of the team and the Vulnerable People Service
in accordance with policy, procedures, guidance and legislation.
*
Undertake work within legislative frameworks including the preparation
of written statements and representations to the judiciary at Court
hearings.
* You will be accountable for complex decision making in
relation to caseloads ensuring professional judgement, service user
involvement, needs led assessment, critical reflection, and analysis
to inform this.
* You will identify and assess levels of risk and
need (within statutory frameworks) in often complex situations.
Undertake safeguarding investigations and deliver protective and/or
supportive services for individuals at risk and maintain up to date
assessments, care plans and reviews.
* You will be preparing
statements of need/care and support plans, in consultation with other
agencies as appropriate, that reflect the wishes of the individual and
lead to the commissioning of personalised packages of care.
* You
will undertake direct work with adults and their families in line with
care plans.
* You will work co-operatively with both internal and
external colleagues across multi - agency boundaries.
Essential requirements:
* Social Work
England registration
* Eligible to work in the UK
* 2 years+
post-qualified experience
* Degree level or equivalent in Social
Work
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- Double payrolls each week.
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