Advanced Social Worker - Adult Community Led Support Team

• Undertake assessments, determine care packages/support plans and manage a large and complex caseload to maintain or improve the wellbeing of individuals in line with agreed service procedures and national legislation.
• Participate in and where appropriate chair meetings of internal/external partners and other agencies, Best Interest Decision Maker, or facilitation of this, CHC joint decision making panels, etc.
• Manage a small caseload of complex work, using person centred practice principles to assess, support plan and review with the aim of promoting wellbeing and positive risk taking of individuals.
• Ability to manage and resolve complex and high-risk situations using negotiations and diplomacy, involving individuals, their families, or staff groups.
• Promote, develop and model high quality social work practice including working within statutory responsibilities, evidence-based practice and comply with professional standards required by the Health & Care Professions Council.
• Provide professional support to social workers, assistant care managers and other team members, including development of skills, knowledge and experience and addressing performance issues.
• Provide specific operational professional advice and guidance to team managers, Heads of Service, Directors, and commissioning colleagues on a broad range of issues relevant to social work.
• Work in collaborative partnerships with colleagues from the council, health and other stakeholders within the voluntary and community sector which promote wellbeing, social inclusion and resilient.
• Provide statutory support to adults with care and support needs and their carers/families, which includes information and advice, assessment, support planning and safeguarding.
• Able to demonstrate independent critical judgement, to problem-solve in complex and unpredictable situations and to effectively manage conflict.
• Working with older people with short and long term and complex needs providing care and support to enable people to be as independent as possible. This could include people with Learning Disabilities, Autism, physical and mental health disabilities.
• Ability to use and contribute to supervision/team meetings to promote your own and team development, skills and learning.
• Work in partnership and liaison with partner including primary, secondary and tertiary health care, private providers, schools, voluntary sector organisations and others to provide coordinated support for individuals and/or carers.

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.

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