ASYE Coordinator

Transformation Unit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust seeks an ASYE Coordinator to support Newly Qualified Social Workers and oversee student social work placements across the Pan London ASYE Programme. You will lead induction, coaching, training delivery, and assessment activities.

The role requires safeguarding, reflective supervision, and collaboration with Team Managers. AVailability for flexible, multicentre work is expected.

Qualifications

• Social Work degree or equivalent with SWE registration as a qualified social worker.
• experience of supervising and assessing social workers either as a Practice Educator, on-site supervisor and ASYE Assessor
• must be at least 2 years post qualified
• ASYE Assessor
• AMHP

Responsibilities

• Induction of NQSWs, student social workers and social work apprentices
• Support to Team Managers and colleagues who have NQSWs in the teams
• Support and guidance to NQSWs in groups, coaching, and reflective supervision
• Develop and co-ordinate the ASYE training programme
• Undertaking and supporting the assessment of the NQSWs against the Adult knowledge and skills statement and Professional Capabilities Framework
• Identify and celebrate good practice and address poor practice with teams and managers
• Quality assure the ASYE programme and support evaluation
• Support ASYE assessors as required
• Lead the student social work hub and supervise placements and apprentices

Skills

Coaching

Group facilitation

Reflective supervision

Practice development

ASYE knowledge

Mentoring

Education

Social Work degree

SWE registration

AMHP

ASYE Assessor

2 years post qualified

Job description

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job overview

To provide support to Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW’s) to undertake their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) as well as the Team Managers and colleagues who support them in their teams.

The post holder will be the ASYE Coordinator for the Pan London ASYE Programme, which is coordinated by ELFT and supports NQSW across various NHS Trusts in London, Luton and Bedfordshire.

The post holder will be the lead for the student social work until and will oversee all student social work placements and social work apprentices.

Main duties of the job

• Induction of NQSWs, student social workers and social work apprentices
• Support to Team Managers and colleagues who have NQSWs in the teams
• Support and guidance to NQSWs, this will be in groups, providing coaching, expert knowledge, training, reflective supervision, skills, and practice development.
• To support the development and co-ordination of the ASYE training programme (either commissioning external trainers/partner agencies or delivering personally).
• Undertaking and supporting the assessment of the NQSWs against the Adult knowledge and skills statement and Professional Capabilities Framework.
• To identify and celebrate areas of good practice in social care and provide strategies to address poor practice, working with teams and managers to determine best solutions.
• Quality Assure the ASYE programme and support the continued evaluation of the programme
• Support ASYE assessors as required
• Lead the student social work hub, quality assure student social work placements and social work apprentices and provide support to Practice Educators as required

Working for our organisation

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please for further information kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.

Education/ Qualification/ Training

• Social Work degree or equivalent with SWE registration as a qualified social worker
• experience of supervising and assessing social workers either as a Practice Educator, on-site supervisor and ASYE Assessor
• must be at least 2 years post qualified
• AMHP
• ASYE Assessor

Experience

• Extensive and detailed understanding of mental health social work
• Extensive understanding of statutory and organisational authority and extensive experience of working within legislative frameworks including MCA, Care Act and MHA
• Experience of knowledge of supporting, mentoring and coaching colleagues/ students/ NQSW’s
• Experience of completing complex assessments
• Experience of facilitating reflective practice groups

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge and experience of the NQSW/ ASYE process and how to support NQSW’s through this
• Experienced in the assessment and monitoring of NQSWs evidencing research into practice and providing reflective supervision
• Excellent written, communication and coaching skills and ability to write comprehensive evidence-based reports
• Thorough understanding of diversity issues including anti discriminatory practice
• Ability to apply a full and wider range of social work theories and methods with NQSW’s and social work students
• Ability to prioritise own work and those of NQSW/ students in line with service priorities
• Ability to manage and assess NQSWs and students to ensuring they work to agreed policies and procedures

Making Things Better

Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don’t stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.

We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.

Our Community

We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.

Aiming High

East London NHS Foundation Trust has achieved its third consecutive ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission; the first Community and Mental Health Trust to achieve this rating for a third time. We were named in the HSJ’s Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.

Staff and Service Users United

We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.

We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.

Diversity

ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.

Other reasons to apply

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £8,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

AI in applications

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We carefully check applications to make sure no one has an unfair advantage, and we verify all references. At the interview, you’ll be asked about your experience, so be honest and ensure everything in your application is accurate. Please remember that using AI during the interview is not allowed.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Katie Lander Job title Social Work Learning and Development Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07785 476178