Senior Social Worker

Connect2Kent recruit exclusively for Kent County Council. We recruit for a range of Social Work positions both Locum and Permanent.

Kent County Council are Ofsted rated as 'Outstanding'. We are currently recruiting for a Social Worker to join the Adults Community Team in Folkestone. At least 3 years experience is required, including previous experience working as a Qualified Social Worker in an Adults team. Your responsibilities in this team would be to support with Learning Disabilities and Mental Health function, triaging and rag rating incoming work, supporting practitioners with complex work, completing S117 reviews, overseeing and supporting the day to day running of the area team, completion of DOLS renewals and applications, facilitating and chairing complex case discussions, strat meetings and MDT meetings.

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Support the day-to-day management and professional practice of registered practitioners and social care officers to ensure the delivery of high quality service that identifies what is important to the people we support, and how they can live a life they want to live whilst delivering effective, safe and high quality practice.


2. Work in partnership with a range of teams, partner organisations and other parties to offer a broad range of options to the people we support, their carers and their families.


3. Support Community Team Manager in delivering high standards of practice in line with the Practice Framework. Promote best practice in relation to strength-based approaches and making safeguarding personal and support practitioners to ensure effective action is taken to manage and reduce risk for people with care and support needs and their carers.


4. Support Community Team Manager in improving performance, quality assurance and innovation for the team in line with national and departmental targets and objectives. Support with embedding improvement actions through the Quality Assurance Framework.


5. Oversee staff building and developing relationships with wider partners to conduct person-centred reviews, including annual statutory reviews, of clients' care and support plans, and work together to enable people to achieve their personal outcomes.


6. Work closely with other teams to identify, monitor, review and improve service delivery and ensure quality and outcome improvements are made where required. Contribute to the continuous improvement of practices, procedures and initiatives to support high quality service delivery. Lead and contribute to a range of service related projects as they arise, including the development of new initiatives through representation on working/multi-agency groups. Actively contribute to a learning culture and the delivery of high-quality, person-centred care and support.


7. Ensure all staff adhere to Departmental policies, procedures and capability frameworks including for Safeguarding, Mental Capacity Assessment and Best Interest requirements in assessing the needs of the people we support. Ensure all staff have working knowledge of service provider regulatory and contractual frameworks.


8. Support the Community Team Manager in the recruitment and induction of new staff and in managing the development of the team's knowledge base and expertise as well as supporting the day-to-day management of the team to ensure services are delivered and meet the standards required.


9. Be flexible and adaptable in supporting people, their families and carers by using skills and expertise/training to undertake specialist work (including Best Interest Assessor, Practice Educator, Approved Mental Health Professional, Safeguarding and Social Supervision), by working with people in another locality if required and by working with managers and colleagues to provide access to the service during its operating hours in order to contribute to the delivery of an effective, accessible and resilient social care service.

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