Senior Social Worker

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 32 days

Local Government pension

Relocation up to £8,000

Travel allowance

Cycle to work

Ferry travel discounts

Staff parking permit

Gym discounts

General staff discounts

Job summary

The Isle of Wight Council invites applications for a Senior Social Worker within Adult Social Care Learning Disability and Transition Team. This role supports day-to-day operations, mentors staff, and ensures high standards of safeguarding and person-centered care.

The post emphasises an agile working approach with some remote options, line management responsibilities, and a commitment to voice of the client group in community care.

Qualifications

• Must have social work qualification and SWE registration.
• Experience chairing meetings.
• Strong knowledge of Adult Social Care legislation.
• Experience supervising staff.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations and supervision of Adult Social Care staff.
• Quality check and audit work done by line-managed staff.
• Allocate and approve work; provide supervision and guidance.
• Monitor performance and conduct audits of care documentation.
• Supervise several Social Workers and Social Work Assistants.

Skills

Supervision

Team leadership

Chairing meetings

Strengths-based

Person-centered care

SWE registered

Education

Social work degree

Job description

37 hours per week

This role is office-based; however, it also offers some agile or remote working

Are you an experienced Social Worker passionate about working with people to promote independence and dedicated to making a difference?

Do you have experience of supervising, maybe as a Practice Educator or Mentor?

Or you may already be a social work manager looking for a new role. We would love to hear from you!

About the role:

We have a full time Senior Social Worker position available in our Adult Social Care Learning Disability and Transition Team.

This is an agile working role and we work closely with our health colleagues from the Arthur Webster Clinic on the IOW. This brings all the advantages of shared knowledge and joined up working to get the best outcomes for our client group.

The focus of this post will be to support the day to day running of the team while meeting our obligations under the Care Act and ensuring the voice of our client group is heard. You will be supporting people to remain as independent as possible in the community, using a strength-based approach and person-centred care.

Senior Social Workers hold a limited caseload of the more complex and challenging cases where there is complex or high risk identified.

• You will be overseeing the day-to-day operations and supervision of the Adult Social Care staff whilst being supported by the Team Manager.
• You will be responsible for quality checking and auditing work completed by those you line manage and supervise. You will be allocating and approving work, providing supervision and practice guidance to your staff using your knowledge of legislation and understanding of safeguarding.
• You will monitor performance, qualitycontrol through audits, and authorise assessments and care documentation that your team will produce.
• Supervision is cascaded throughout the team with the Senior Social Worker supervising several of the qualified Social Workers, and Social Work Assistants.

About you:

As a Senior Social Worker, we understand the work you do on a daily basis and provide the support you need to make a difference to the people of the Isle of Wight.

To join us, you must:

• Have a social work qualification and be SWE registered
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
• Have experience of chairing meetings
• Be able to demonstrate skills and experience of promoting a person centredand strengths-based approach
• Have an excellent working knowledge of legislation used within Adult Social Care
• Have a good knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, including s.42 Enquiries and Making Safeguarding Personal
• Be confident in decision making, whilst knowing when to seek support
• Understand the importance of data in supporting staff, teams and wider service
• Have the passion to promote people’s strengths and the ability to make a difference in a safe working approach to social work practice
• Have proven ability to work as part of a team and capacity to lead a team that puts the strengths of individuals, families and community at the heart of care and wellbeing

You will share our ambitions, passion and attitude to ensure the people we serve live the best lives possible. You will be a critical thinker who has competence and confidence in your practice.

About us:

Here on the Isle of Wight we strive to be the best we can be for our community, with talented Social Care professionals leading the way. We are a hard-working, dynamic team who are passionate about improving the lives of our client group.

Our offer

You will benefit from a unique and enriching environment within an organisation that values strong leadership, a good work life balance, quality management and reflective supervision.

Team IWC Values:

• Community & Customer focused
• Effective & Efficient
• Working together
• Fair & transparent

We are proud of our commitment to offer:

• Supporting and supervising all our social care workforce
• Providing opportunities for our staff as they develop and progress their professional careers
• Providing regular training opportunities

As well as being a great place to work, we also offer a competitive remuneration package.

Join #TeamIWC and you’ll receive our staff benefits package, including:

• Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays!
• Local Government pension scheme
• Discounted Solent ferry travel
• Island bus network discount
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff parking permit scheme
• Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership
• National and local discounts & benefits schemes
• Relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available for some roles (subject to criteria)
• Travel allowance may be available if commuting from the mainland (subject to criteria)

Find out more about Our culture and environment & living on the Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight Council currently does not have a license to sponsor overseas workers.

We actively promote the diversity of our workforce, and provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees. We are an equal opportunities employer, proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community.

We are a Disability Confident employer. Along with a number of commitments, this means, providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination, and this is supported by;

unacceptable behaviour policy

employee code of conduct

The Isle of Wight Council reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than stated, if required. To ensure your application is considered, it is recommended to submit your application promptly.

Out of Hours Standby and Call Out.You may be asked to provide support in exceptional circumstances, outside of usual business hours. Unless stated otherwise in the job summary for the role this is not part of the department’s usual standby arrangements.

The Isle of Wight Council is committed to supporting all newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) via a robust post-graduate competency framework, the ‘Assessed and Supported Year of Employment’ (ASYE). The ASYE is intended to be the first stage of continuing professional development for Registered Social Workers. The framework will be closely allied to the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF). You will be therefore, be required to satisfactorily complete the ASYE programme within a 12-month period (or 18 months if part-time).

This council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Recruitment, Policy and Procedure and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Company: Isle of Wight Council

Salary: Grade 11, £45,668 to £48,662 per annum

Location: Newport, Isle of Wight

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Adult Services

Job Role: Support Worker