Social Worker - Adults - Prevention Team

Ackerman Pierce is currently supporting a leading local authority who are looking to recruit a Social Worker – Adult\’s Prevention team based in Southend (Hybrid). The Social Worker – Adult\’s Prevention Team vacancy will be on a permanent basis paying £39,152-£45,091 P/Annum.

Main Purpose of the Role: As a professional, Social Work England (SWE) registered social worker, you will support adults aged 18 and over, young people transitioning to adult social care and their carers, who are ordinary resident in Southend, playing a key role in promoting independence, wellbeing, and choice by providing a proactive, preventative, strengths-based social work service

Work directly with individuals and their carers to help them understand their strengths, assets, and desired outcomes; empowering them to identify and build solutions that enable them to lead safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives. Manage a complex and diverse caseload while operating at all times within the Professional Capabilities Framework, carrying out strengths-based statutory assessments and reviews, specialist mental capacity assessments, and safeguarding investigations.

Responsibilities:

• Undertake Care Act (2014) assessments, carers assessments and statutory reviews; take professional responsibility for NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, safeguarding enquiries (including large scale investigations) and Mental Capacity Act (2005) assessment/chairing \’best interest\’ meetings.
• Be responsible for prioritising your workload, using supervision proactively to effectively manage competing demands and to support your ability to work flexibly across the service in response to fluctuating need.
• Be an exemplar for high quality complex social work practice, applying key theories, and adhering to the ethos and principles of associated adult legislation, theories and guidance.
• Promote anti-discriminatory practice, social work values and ethics, and demonstrate a commitment to positive risk assessment and evidence-based decision making that seeks to reduce boundaries around risk averse practice and creates greater independence for individuals, enabling them to achieve their desired outcomes
• Lead through example in your communication style, application of knowledge, demonstration of professional values, and by adopting a person-centred, strengths-based approach to individual assessments/reviews and the culture within the team.
• Communicate effectively using high quality written and verbal skills, including prioritising the recording of accurate and timely computerised records and written reports, reporting concerns to managers and external stakeholders as appropriate.
• Participate proactively in case file audits and wider Quality Assurance initiatives and activities, demonstrating a commitment to continuous practice improvement.
• Be part of a team that embraces the process of change, participating in effective and professionally mature team working, utilising your creativity, and stepping up to offer your views and opinions.
• Play an active role in both your own continued professional development and wider practice development; participate in critical reflection and group work to ensure the work environment is safe, responsive, flexible, and emotionally capable.
• Embrace a culture of active engagement and co-production across the team, local community and wider health and social care system, engaging with people at all levels around integration, and service development and delivery.
• Be willing to use critical thinking and to be a co-creator of change within the communities you serve, supporting the transformation of practice towards strengths-based empowerment and asset-based community development that reduces the impact of isolation, loneliness, marginalisation, and disconnection for Southend residents.
• Maintain effective professional relationships and collaborate efficiently with health and social care colleagues and wider statutory (e.g., the police/housing), private and voluntary partners and agencies to engage in innovative practice, ensure effective coordination of interdependences including the resolution of risks and other issues that may arise.
• Provide professional support and positive supervision to student/newly qualified social workers and unqualified staff as required within your role.
• Undertake identified training for professional development, including leadership training as required, to maximise the skill set needed to embrace change and drive Southend City Council towards becoming an exemplar learning organisation.
• Actively participate in and understand the wider transformation agenda and vision of Southend City Council.

Experience Essential:

• Post qualifying experience of working within a Qualified Social Worker Health position within the UK Social Care industry.
• Knowledge of the Care Act (2014) and other relevant legislation

Minimum Requirements:

• SWE Registration
• 1 year post qualifying experience within the UK Social Care industry
• Enhanced DBS/CRB (we can obtain for you)
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Access to your own vehicle and full use of this.

Benefits of working with Ackerman Pierce:

• Your own personal consultant
• Access to a variety of Social Care jobs Nationwide
• DBS and Compliance Service
• Quick and Easy Registration Process
• Access to CPD

To discuss this Qualified Social Worker – Adult\’s vacancy, or any similar roles we have available in Southend, please contact Dan Mulvey or email your updated CV today!