Social worker – Transition Team Lifelong Services – County Wide

Job Description

Job Category :Social Care – Qualified
Location : Durban House, West Sussex County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £28.04

Working arrangements : The role will require assessment and face to face work in West Sussex. There will be a requirement for some office working which could be at Bognor, Horsham or Worthing offices particularly at the start to get inducted and introduced to the teams, after induction it could be up to 2 days a week in the office.

Location – County Wide – Offices are based at Bognor , Horsham and Worthing . Horsham and Bognor

Job Description : The Transition Teams are county-wide teams that offer a service to young people from the age of 16 who have lifelong disabilities. Lifelong disability transition services are for those young people with physical disability, learning disability and / or autism. The focus of the team is to support people moving from childhood to adulthood and plan for the time after the person turns 18. Transition is a busy and exciting time for workers and young people. You will be expected to work within organisational, policy and legislative frameworks as you support young people to increase their independence and plan for the future. As a Social Worker within a busy community team, you will be responsible for achieving positive change and improved outcomes for young people. You will have a varied, complex caseload, and provide an accountable social care service to those people who access or need the service. You will be undertaking high quality assessments and reviews including mental capacity act assessments, responding to safeguarding enquiries, and working as part of a team. You will be expected to work within organisational, policy and legislative requirements. You will have the opportunity to apply your social work skills, experience and values to the work that you do in supporting young people, their support networks and your team. For this role, you will be expected to be a dedicated social work practitioner who can apply relevant theoretical social work concepts, practices and knowledge relating to the challenges that transitioning to adulthood can present to the people we support. We are looking for people who have high aspirations for themselves, the people they support and their profession. You will be solution focused and systematic with the ability and willingness to work flexibly to assist customers, carers and families and have a good understanding of partner agencies. You will be evidence-based, challenging and objective in your professional approach whilst empathising and building up good and honest relationships with individuals, families and other partners e.g. health, support providers. You will be expected to understand and work within organisational policy and legislative frameworks. You will understand the principles of safeguarding and be able to apply these when called upon to do so. You will have a positive approach to risk enablement and a keen motivation to ensure people can develop into the lives they want to lead. You need to be able to form and maintain positive working relationships, and will be a committed team player who proactively supports colleagues. You will be able to organise your own workload, respond independently and creatively to unexpected problems and situations (with support from your line manager for advice and guidance on serious problems), and you will have the ability to take a person-centred approach and work with families whilst ensuring the voice, views and aspirations of the individuals are heard in assessments and support planning. You will be motivated to contribute to the success of the team by supporting the duty function which includes managing incoming work under the supervision of a duty manager. You will be able to plan creatively with individuals and families ensuring best use is made of family and community resources whilst ensuring you follow agreed processes accurately and in a timely way. You will undertake post-qualifying training and maintain any records of training in line with Social Work England requirements. There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.

Qualifications and/or experience:
• Degree in relevant professional or equivalent qualification e.g. Certificate of Qualification in Social Work or Diploma in Social Work.
• Completion of relevant post-qualifying training.
• Registration with the relevant professional registration body and
responsibility for maintaining registration with that body.
• Advanced theoretical, practical and procedural knowledge of social work.
Good, up-to-date working knowledge of legislation relevant to the specialist
area of the post e.g. The Care Act and the Mental Capacity Act.
• Good understanding of the necessity of working with partnership agencies
including health, housing, learning, statutory, voluntary and independent
sector.
• Experience of forming effective working relationships within a multi-agency/
multidisciplinary setting.
• Valid, full driving licence.
• Experience of working in partnership with those who access or need the
service and maintaining a focus on the needs of the individual whilst
handling conflict and disagreement.
• Experience of effectively coaching and supervising others, acting as practice
role model and promoting exemplary practice.
• Experience of managing levels of risk within a complex caseload.