ASW Senior Practitioner/Asst Team Manager (Adults) – Base Rate

Job Description

Job Category :Social Care – Qualified (Adults)
Location : Hackney Service Centre, Hackney Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £24.33
Hackney is one of the UK’s highest performing local authorities, serving one of London’s best places to live and work. We have achieved a huge amount: our services, our schools, our public spaces are all amongst the very best. We have changed the reputation, not just of the Council, but of Hackney itself. Bringing jobs and investment into the borough, securing the legacy from the 2012 Games, and making this a place of which we can all be proud.

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and the workforce can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

This position is for a Senior Practitioner in our Review Team. You will be responsible for managing reviewing officers, social workers and social work apprentices. You will also be identified as the link practitioner for one of our neighbourhoods in Hackney attending Multi Disciplinary Meetings and supporting staff

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

1. As a supervisor within Adult Services you will be responsible for planning and monitoring tasks that enables the successful delivery of the business objectives of your designated team.

2. Responsible for the effective appraisal and supervision of staff to deliver services that will achieve continuous improvement of the Council.

3. To ensure compliance with Safeguarding Adults according to all relevant local and national policy and legislation.

4. To support team members in maintaining and developing high professional standards

5. Promote a strengths based model of self-directed support to staff that seeks to enable service users and carers to determine their own solutions; which are outcome focused.

6. Directly supervise selected staff in their locality and to be responsible for the allocation of work and management of their performance.

7. Be accountable for and be aware of the financial implications of the work undertaken, including being financially astute and aware of budgetary priorities and seeking to keep projects within the set financial limit whilst at the same time supporting staff to maximise people’s independence and see strength based solutions wherever possible.

8. Develop and establish high standards of practice and to be accountable for service delivery in line with departmental standards working autonomously but also accountable to your team manager at all times.

9. Liaise and work in partnership adopting a multi-disciplinary approach in line with integration plans for health and care across Hackney.

10. Work closely with the Team Manager and Consultant Social Worker towards identifying priorities and achieving appropriate balance between development and practice work.

11. Operate within an agreed performance management and budgetary framework.

Technical Experience/ Skills/knowledge

1. Post qualifying experience of working with adults with Long Term Conditions and complex needs.
2. A sound legislative knowledge of the key principles of the Care Act and the Mental Capacity Act/DOLS and all relevant legislation relating to the provision of services for adult service users with complex needs and long term conditions related to those of a physical, learning, mental health or age related nature. An understanding of Children’s services (Safeguarding and Transitions especially) and how to liaise and make a referral as required.
3. Sound knowledge of Adult Safeguarding with specific reference to The London Multi Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, as well as understanding of the core principles of Making Safeguarding Personal, Risk Enablement and Unwise Decision Making.
4. Ability to work as a full member of the multi-disciplinary team, providing a social work service to individuals and their families in a Think Family way.
5. Ability to contribute to the understanding and assessment of psychological, emotional and socio economic difficulties of individuals and families dealing with long term conditions and complex needs.
6. Ability to liaise with other Adults services teams, and health partners in primary and secondary care.
7. An ability to support staff who are assessing complex needs of individuals, including co-ordinating multi-disciplinary input into assessments.
8. Demonstrable legal literacy that ensures Hackney is represented in a fair, equitable and lawful manner at all times, and staff are supported to conduct their direct work with service users in a legally compliant manner which is transparent and service user led wherever possible.
9. Ability to participate in written and verbal form at a strategic level as advised by senior managers.
10. Ability to convene and chair case conferences and other key stakeholder meetings.
11. Ability to contribute to training courses for staff both internally and externally.
12. Ability to work flexibly across Hackney Services and respond in an agile manner to new initiatives, especially around health and social care integration.
13. Excellent written and oral communication skills, including IT, report writing, and negotiation skills.
14. Ability to understand performance management and undertake quality assurance audits as appropriate
15. Experience of ways of promoting and working in an anti-discriminatory manner.
16. Experience of supervising and appraising staff and managing performance.
17. Ability to prioritise and allocate appropriate work to team members.
18. Ability to ensure that services are developed and delivered within Hackneys Equality framework

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Accountability

1. Understands political drivers and the role of members.
2. Commitment to continuous learning and development for self and others.

Delivery

1. Experience of setting targets and delegating tasks.
2. Experience of monitoring performance and suggesting new ways of doing things.

Decision Making

1. Proven experience of focusing on what is important and making decisions based on available information

2. Able to make decisions that demonstrate commitment to the Council’s vision for a better Hackney.

Working Together

1. Take into account others views and harnesses the benefits of having a diverse workforce.
Experience of working in teams that takes account of the needs of diverse stakeholder groups.

QUALIFICATION

1. A UK state registered degree in Social work, DipSW or CQSW
2. A current Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau assessment.
3. Current registration with HCPC