Social Worker

Responsibility for People Management Supervise and or train students and colleagues as and when required to ensure their practice is safe and professional. Provide supervision on a one to one basis or through peer supervision as and when required to ensure practice is safe and professional. Support the delivery of induction training for new staff within the service as and when required to ensure practice is safe and professional. Responsibility for financial and or physical resources Responsibility for the occasional short term security of a persons cash, legal documentation or valuable items e.g. house keys until they can be securely deposited. Duty to consider best value option when planning for peoples care and support. Responsibility for administration Plan and organise day to day work using an online calendar, recording systems, and workload management tools that are available on the intranet in accordance with departmental guidelines. Ensure records are timely, kept up to date, accurate and used in accordance with the GDPR and organisational guidelines. Have a good understanding of the various computer programmes essential for the completion of daily work such as Microsoft office. Arrange and plan meetings with colleagues and/or people who use services and be willing to chair them if required. Responsibility for people who use our services Maintain contact with people who use our services either face-to-face, telephone or assistive technology such as video links and conference calls. Design, implement and review care and support plans, which may involve the input of other professionals and disciplines. Work to a number of protocols and procedures such as lone working, risk management and health and safety. Complete carers assessments and seek feedback from people who use the service. Learning some basic clinical skills to enable the undertaking of holistic assessments and liaison with the multi disciplinary team. Take an asset based approach, including signposting to universal services, advice and information and considering the persons links and integration with their community and services such as advocacy. Duty of candour and supporting people to make complaints if they wish too. Increased level of responsibility and autonomy in relation to analysing and making professional judgements, informed by practice experience and underpinned by theory and best practice guidance. Ability to work independently, utilising knowledge and skills with regular support from management, work is managed rather than supervised. Ability to act following broad policies and regulations, working within guidelines and protocols, utilising monthly supervision. Responsibility for implementation of policy and or service developments Contribute ideas and advocate on behalf of the people who use our services towards the development and implementation of policies and or services. Work in other teams and across the organisation in order to support organisational demands and pressures. Represent the team and organisation on planning or developmental groups as and when required. A flexible and adaptable approach to organisational change. Other Responsibilities Correct use of computer hardware and software; security; processing and generating information, creating, updating and maintaining information databases. Awareness of current social care research trends and to take part in development activities, such as Safeguarding Adult Reviews. COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS Maintain positive working relationships and communicate clearly with team colleagues, line manager, other professionals, people who use our service and their families and carers which may include highly sensitive issues. Listen to and work in partnership with the people who use our services and families and carers. Maintain professional conduct and communicate clearly when faced with competing demands and in situations that are potentially highly emotive, such as being challenged by families or other professionals. Present evidence based decisions and judgements about potentially complex ambiguous situations in a manner fit for the audience. This includes writing court reports, explaining legal requirements to people and their families and projecting social work values in a multidisciplinary setting. PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB Travel between different offices to attend meetings. Visit people at home, community setting e.g. cafe, hospital, care home or prison. Visiting people in their own homes may be prejudicial to health and wellbeing. Some visits may be out of county and on occasion may require an overnight stay. Protective equipment may be required such as gloves and facemask in certain settings. Sitting at a computer either in office or remote working refer to DSE policy Take pro-active steps to maintain self-care and resilience e.g. through the use of supervision, occupational health services etc. Please see supporting information for full Job Description and Person Specification. Job description Job responsibilities Responsibility for People Management Supervise and or train students and colleagues as and when required to ensure their practice is safe and professional. Provide supervision on a one to one basis or through peer supervision as and when required to ensure practice is safe and professional. Support the delivery of induction training for new staff within the service as and when required to ensure practice is safe and professional. Responsibility for financial and or physical resources Responsibility for the occasional short term security of a persons cash, legal documentation or valuable items e.g. house keys until they can be securely deposited. Duty to consider best value option when planning for peoples care and support. Responsibility for administration Plan and organise day to day work using an online calendar, recording systems, and workload management tools that are available on the intranet in accordance with departmental guidelines. Ensure records are timely, kept up to date, accurate and used in accordance with the GDPR and organisational guidelines. Have a good understanding of the various computer programmes essential for the completion of daily work such as Microsoft office. Arrange and plan meetings with colleagues and/or people who use services and be willing to chair them if required. Responsibility for people who use our services Maintain contact with people who use our services either face-to-face, telephone or assistive technology such as video links and conference calls. Design, implement and review care and support plans, which may involve the input of other professionals and disciplines. Work to a number of protocols and procedures such as lone working, risk management and health and safety. Complete carers assessments and seek feedback from people who use the service. Learning some basic clinical skills to enable the undertaking of holistic assessments and liaison with the multi disciplinary team. Take an asset based approach, including signposting to universal services, advice and information and considering the persons links and integration with their community and services such as advocacy. Duty of candour and supporting people to make complaints if they wish too. Increased level of responsibility and autonomy in relation to analysing and making professional judgements, informed by practice experience and underpinned by theory and best practice guidance. Ability to work independently, utilising knowledge and skills with regular support from management, work is managed rather than supervised. Ability to act following broad policies and regulations, working within guidelines and protocols, utilising monthly supervision. Responsibility for implementation of policy and or service developments Contribute ideas and advocate on behalf of the people who use our services towards the development and implementation of policies and or services. Work in other teams and across the organisation in order to support organisational demands and pressures. Represent the team and organisation on planning or developmental groups as and when required. A flexible and adaptable approach to organisational change. Other Responsibilities Correct use of computer hardware and software; security; processing and generating information, creating, updating and maintaining information databases. Awareness of current social care research trends and to take part in development activities, such as Safeguarding Adult Reviews. COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS Maintain positive working relationships and communicate clearly with team colleagues, line manager, other professionals, people who use our service and their families and carers which may include highly sensitive issues. Listen to and work in partnership with the people who use our services and families and carers. Maintain professional conduct and communicate clearly when faced with competing demands and in situations that are potentially highly emotive, such as being challenged by families or other professionals. Present evidence based decisions and judgements about potentially complex ambiguous situations in a manner fit for the audience. This includes writing court reports, explaining legal requirements to people and their families and projecting social work values in a multidisciplinary setting. PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB Travel between different offices to attend meetings. Visit people at home, community setting e.g. cafe, hospital, care home or prison. Visiting people in their own homes may be prejudicial to health and wellbeing. Some visits may be out of county and on occasion may require an overnight stay. Protective equipment may be required such as gloves and facemask in certain settings. Sitting at a computer either in office or remote working refer to DSE policy Take pro-active steps to maintain self-care and resilience e.g. through the use of supervision, occupational health services etc. Please see supporting information for full Job Description and Person Specification.