Senior Social Worker LBS-010

Job Description

Job Category : Social & Health Care Qualified
Location : Sumner House, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : 30/10/2023
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £21.64

To provide a comprehensive, effective, integrated, systemically-informed social work
service, within Southwark’s practice framework, managing complex cases. To deliver
excellent social work practice, assessing complex need, planning and working purposefully
with families, support networks and other professionals to manage risk, safeguard children
and promote positive outcomes. To provide a social work service which is both relationship based and which responds in a timely manner within statutory guidelines. To work
collaboratively with the team, supporting the development of best practice and confident
practitioners through coaching and mentoring of students, newly qualified social workers
and less experienced practitioners.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
Responsibilities (in line with the Knowledge and Skills Statements for Approved
Child and Family Practitioners
Relationships and effective direct work
1. Provide focused and purposeful systemically-informed social work within Southwark’s
practice framework, in complex situations, with explicit aims and objectives about
desired outcomes which are proportionate to each child’s identified risk and need.
2. Establish rapport, build and maintain professional, respectful, and honest relationships
with children and their families to develop trust and assist in safeguarding children,
resolving conflict and promoting positive and timely outcomes.
3. Deliver social work practice which is informed by statutory guidance, best evidence,
and research knowledge.4. Provide professional guidance, support and developmental opportunities with less
experienced or knowledgeable social work colleagues, including taking the role of
practice educator with social work students, and assessor of NQSWs in their ASYE
year.
Communication
5. Present complex information in writing and in person in a range of settings, including
professional input at child protection conferences and representing the Council at
Court.
6. Maintain case records and management information on appropriate systems,
ensuring that case files are organised and up to date.
7. Manage and organise complex information, producing comprehensive, analytic, high
quality reports which evaluate the most appropriate interventions and make cogent
arguments based on evidence.