Senior Social Worker - Assessment & Intervention Team - Chichester

• Act as a lead senior professional representative for the service by working with a focus on ensuring the effective delivery of services to those people who access or need the service, acting with integrity, professionalism and respect on behalf of the organisation, ensuring at all times that the needs of individuals and the business are paramount.
• Manage and advise on complex cases within a specialist area including: working alongside many other agencies, dealing with complex family dynamics, safeguarding, managing complex risk levels and dealing with legal issues. This will include effectively leading on the most efficient use of resources to produce the appropriate outcomes.
• Deliver an effective service and operate in accordance with the appropriate National Occupational Standards for Social Work and the Health and Care Professionals Council.
• Chair a range of meetings, offer expert support case conferences, and produce high quality assessments and reports for a range of functions to ensure that the identified social care needs of children, young people and their families are met effectively and within available resources.
• Contribute to the regular monitoring and review of services established to facilitate service improvement. Lead on initiatives and development work as required. Represent the service at events and meetings with external agencies, making commitments as directed and agreed.
• Develop effective working relationships and communicate effectively with those people who access or need the service, families, carers, colleagues and other professionals in order to deliver the appropriate interventions and service delivery.
• Use professional knowledge on more complex cases to negotiate with and on behalf of those people who access or need the service and with a wide range of providers and other professionals. Lead decision making on behalf of junior colleagues and advise them on how to proceed.
• Professionally supervise, co-work, advice and mentor less experienced or non-professionally qualified staff on casework and provision of care services, making sure that staff act in accordance with procedures and good practice, assisting in the development of staff and in the timely provision of services.
• Take responsibility for own development using relevant practice research, legislation, peer/user feedback and participative supervision and appraisal processes to facilitate social work progression. Prepare for, attend, contribute and participate fully in personal supervision.
• Maintain accurate records of all work undertaken and produce case reports and correspondence for a variety of audiences including meetings, conferences, court, panels and other agencies. Monitor colleagues’ record keeping as part of informal supervision.
• Responsible for proposing complex interventions taking into consideration both the needs of the individual and the effective use of resources.
• Responsible for the care of, accuracy, confidentiality, security and maintenance of all individuals’ records and related manual and/or computerised information, including highly sensitive and confidential adult/child protection issues.

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligib

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