Advanced Practitioner Social Worker (MOU)

Job Description

Job Title : Advanced Practitioner Social Worker (MOU)
Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified
Location : County Hall, Somerset Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £32.64

Working as part of a small, supportive Learning Disability and Autism service in the East of Somerset, supporting a team of up to four Social Workers and two Adult Social Care Practitioners. You will have a close working relationship with the Service Manager, who will provide regular supervision and guidance in your role and expectations and plans for the Service and Department.
We work closely with other specialist teams in the Authority such as Preparing for Adulthood, Commissioning, Occupational Therapy, the DOLS team, Mental Health, Safeguarding, and CHC as well as having close links and partnership working with our LD Health colleagues in Somerset Foundation Trust.
We advocate working in a strength based and personalised way, operating under the three conversations model to enable people to live more independent and fulfilling lives with positive outcomes.
We work on a hybrid model of working, currently 1 day in the office and 2 days working from home but this will soon change to working 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home. We work 37 hours over a 5 day working week staring at 08:30am Monday to Thursday then 08:30am to 4:30 pm on Fridays.

Work Experience Knowledge & Skills
Essential
Extensive knowledge of social work practice, with an emphasis on risk management, with adults of any age who have physical, sensory, learning disability, dementia, or other longterm conditions
Extensive experience in supporting staff with complex case casework, including chairing relevant meetings, following agreed procedures, and resulting in robust action plans with defined timescales.
Extensive working knowledge of SCC ‘s policies in relation to supervision and performance review and proven experience in their application.
Good understanding of the practical application of all relevant Social Care legislation and proven track record of supporting staff with statutory requirements.
Understanding of system thinking, used to reduce demand and costs.
Experience of operating within a budgetary framework and an understanding of the
relationship between this and managing demand.
Model and promote confident and critical application of professional ethics to decisionmaking, using a legal and human rights framework, and support others to do soModel and promote a culture which encourages reflection on the influence and impact of own values on professional practice
Demonstrate confident leadership, management and arbitration of ethical dilemmas, providing guidance and opportunities for the professional development of othersPromote people’s rights to autonomy and self-determination, supporting, challenging and guiding others as appropriate
Provide critical reflection, challenge and evidence-informed decision-making in complex situations

Qualifications
Essential
Social Work qualification alongside current and valid registration with Social Work England.Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
Holding or working towards Post Qualifying Professional Standard