Senior Social Workerband 7

Senior Social WorkerBand 7 • st albans, GB

Responsibilities

• Promote and lead the social care agenda, acting in accordance with the principles of personalisation, working to promote wellbeing, and enabling individual’s rights to choice and control.
• Carry out complex assessments of need, plan and deliver services and review outcomes with the individual, their personal support networks and support providers.
• Ensure practice within the team is responsive, inclusive and community based with a clear focus on outcomes.
• Bring your professional expertise to your work with complex cases.
• Supervise the social care staff within the team and support the wider team with social care.
• Manage the provision of assessments under the Care Act and the reviews of packages of care.
• Work collaboratively with community partners to ensure individuals and families are supported and their needs are met.
• Act as a champion and leader of social care within the locality/quadrant.
• Be professionally registered.

Benefits

• Leadership and management training opportunities.
• 5% on top of basic salary.
• High cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata).
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable).
• One of the UK’s best pension schemes.
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services.
• Special leave for family and personal reasons.
• NHS Car Lease Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.

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