Adults Senior Social Worker

Remedy Social Work; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Referral bonus - up to £250 per person

Weekly payroll advances

Job summary

Manchester City Council is seeking an Adults Senior Social Worker to join its integrated neighbourhood teams in Manchester. You will provide direct support to service users and families, assess needs, plan person-centred packages, and work with partner agencies to manage present and future risk.

You will supervise students and trainees, contribute to staff development, and help deliver Better Outcomes Better Lives initiatives, ensuring timely, coordinated care that helps people live

Qualifications

• Experience providing direct support to service users and families.
• Ability to assess needs and plan person-centred packages.
• Experience working with partner agencies and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support for service users and families in line with policy.
• Assess and plan for present and future risk with partners.
• Supervise students/trainees and contribute to staff development.
• Collaborate with internal and external colleagues to deliver services.

Skills

Risk assessment

Stakeholder engagement

People management

Person-centred planning

Decision making

Education

Social work degree

Job description

Role Profile

Our client Manchester City Council is looking for a Adults Senior Social Worker to report to the social care team manager.

Manchester Local Care Organisation

Manchester Local Care Organisation (MLCO) has been established by the partner (Manchester City Council, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Greater Manchester Mental Health Service NHS Trust and Manchester Primary Care Partnership) to integrate, plan and manage community health and social care across the City. By working better together, we are bringing community health and social care services together in our 12 neighbourhoods to form integrated Neighbourhoods Teams (INTs). Our INTs will drive our collaborative approach, developing partnerships and building on existing community assets to facilitate improved delivery specific to each neighbourhood. We will be able to provide improved care closer to home and to support the people of Manchester to live healthier, more independent and fulfilling lives and be part of a thriving and supportive community. Your role is deployed into MLCO by your employer: Manchester City Council.

Key Role Descriptors:

• The role holder will work to provide direct support for service users and their families in accordance with statutory responsibilities and local and national policies and procedures in order to secure positive outcomes for the customer.
• The role holder will work with City Council colleagues, partner agencies and stakeholders to effectively manage and plan for present and future risk situations of service users.
• The role holder will assess and plan person-centred packages to meet the individual needs of service users to promote their independence.
• The role holder will supervise and develop students and trainees and actively contribute to the development of other staff.

Key Role Accountability's:

• Develop and manage a relationship to support service users and their families in line with statutory obligations through complex decision making to allow service users to access improved future opportunities.
• In conjunction with partner agencies and stakeholders, effectively assess and plan service user's individual needs to ensure positive outcomes for Manchester residents.
• Develop positive and effective solutions in all aspects of service delivery and engagement, focusing on the quality of outcomes for service users.
• Collaborate with internal and external colleagues and stakeholders to actively contribute to the development and delivery of the service within Manchester City Council and partner organisations.
• Engage with stakeholders in the private and public sectors and across local communities to encourage a collaborative and transparent approach that promotes service user's needs across a range of existing and new initiatives.
• Efficiently maintain accurate and appropriate records in accordance with statutory targets and City Council, local and national policy and procedures to evidence achievement of service targets and improvements in delivery.
• Roles at this level may be required to manage a range of assigned resources, which may be human, financial or other, to ensure continuous improvement in service delivery. Staff management duties may be either through direct line management of a team (including appraisals, performance management and other duties) or through matrix management of a virtual team of officers.
• Personal commitment to continuous self-development and service improvement.
• Through personal example, open commitment and clear action, ensure diversity is positively valued, resulting in equal access and treatment in employment, service delivery and communications

Role portfolio:

The Adult Social Care (ASC) Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) & Early Help & Targeted Support Team will deal with new contacts that could range from advice and guidance, concerns for welfare and safeguarding concerns. To make every contact count to enable adults to have choice and control, maintain their independence, well being, safety and mitigation of avoidable risk or harm.

Within the ASC MASH & Early Help & Targeted Support Team, information from different agencies will be collated using a strengths-based conversation model to inform what proportionate action may be required. As a result, the agencies using an multi disciplinary team (MDT) model will be able to act in a timely, coordinated and consistent way to enable adults to achieve their desired outcomes to live their best lives.

The MASH & Early Help & Targeted Support Team involves representation from the City Council, Police, Health and other partners working together in the same location. Virtual links will exist to other services and agencies, such as Primary Care, VCSE, probation, housing and early help services.

A key facet of the role will be supporting and integrating MASH with the delivery of the Early Help work stream of Better Outcomes Better Lives (BOBL) programme. BOBL is Adult Social Care's central long-term transformation programme, of practice-led change focused on supporting the people of Manchester to achieve better life outcomes with less dependence on formal care.

The aim of the Early Help work stream is to develop a new integrated Adult's Front Door model where professional capacity in the form of the Early Help & Targeted Support Team will work with the ASC Contact Centre function to ensure that the right tools, skills and knowledge are available to support the best outcomes by making every contact count.

Benefits of working with Remedy:

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250* per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.*Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.