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QSW - Adults - Social Worker - Ageing Well West Team
5 months ago
Objective:Provide timely and appropriate support to Southend-on-Sea residents, including those from outside the borough.
Responsibilities:
- Recognise and build on each person’s strengths and desires to help them live as independently as possible.
- Assume that individuals know what’s best for their own life goals and well-being.
- Conduct assessments and help create personalised care plans that leverage local community resources, personal networks, and services to lessen reliance on formal support.
- Collaborate with health and social care professionals, and other partners, to adopt creative and forward-thinking practices aimed at improving life in Southend.
Innovation and Creativity:
- Use your creativity to contribute ideas and opinions.
- Drive change by ensuring solutions are based on best practices and innovation.
- Join a team that values change and works effectively together.
- Set an example of high-quality social work practice with excellent communication, knowledge, values, and a focus on the individual.
- Encourage critical thinking and group work to maintain a safe, responsive, flexible, and emotionally intelligent work environment.
Planning and Organisation:
- Work with partners, including the police and health and social care providers, to coordinate efforts and resolve any arising risks or issues.
- Foster an environment that encourages innovative and bold practices to achieve the best outcomes for the community.
Collaboration and Co-production:
- Promote a culture of active engagement and co-production within the team, community, and broader system.
- Engage with people at all levels to co-produce services.
- Get involved in community engagement to combat isolation, loneliness, and disconnection amongst adults and families.
- Apply critical thinking to the development and maintenance of services with community and stakeholders.
- Build effective relationships with key stakeholders, such as GPs, primary care professionals, hospital staff, and community leaders, to contribute to a better Southend.
Strengths and Asset-Based Engagement:
- Embrace an asset-based approach, integrating health and social care to bolster community resilience.
- Follow the principles of the Care Act (2014) and related legislation as part of the transformation of Adult Social Care.
- Implement a strengths/asset-based perspective in assessments, care plans, reviews, and team culture.
- Uphold social work ethics and values, ensuring individuals remain the focus of practice.
Resilience and Independence:
- Cultivate your strengths and aspirations to feel empowered and prepared for complex practice challenges.
- Encourage a team culture of empowerment and independence that mirrors community-based practice approaches.
- Adopt positive risk assessment and decision-making to move away from overly cautious practices.
Change Management and Ownership:
- Partner in creating change within the communities and systems you work in.
- Challenge existing practices and hierarchies, and take ownership of innovative ideas.
- Engage in the broader transformational goals of Southend with active participation.
- Employ critical thinking to develop a holistic understanding of the system-wide impact.
- Offer your insights and perspectives to shape the future.
Quality Assurance:
- Take on professional duties for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, safeguarding enquiries, and Mental Capacity Act assessments when needed.
- Maintain a high standard in your competency workbook, ensuring goals and outcomes are tracked and assessed.
- Communicate effectively, keep precise records and reports, and escalate concerns to managers and external parties as necessary.
- Manage your workload effectively, prioritising tasks to maintain high-quality service delivery.
Staff Development:
- Invest in your professional growth to handle the complexities of social work with confidence.
- Be a proactive agent of change, supporting practices that empower and develop the community.
- Play an active role in the ongoing development of practice.
- Pursue leadership training to enhance your ability to lead change and contribute to Southend Borough Council’s evolution into a learning organisation.
Expectations:
- The selected individual should be prepared to work beyond standard hours, which may include weekends, bank holidays, and participating in an on-call rotation as necessary.
- Flexibility to serve across different Social Work teams is expected, contingent upon the evolving needs of the service.
Benefits to You:
Southend-on-Sea City Council value their social workers and provide a nurturing environment, allowing you to thrive professionally and personally.
Work-Life Harmony:
Enjoy a generous annual leave package and flexible working arrangements to suit your lifestyle.Supportive Community:
Be part of a collaborative team that’s committed to making a real impact in social care.Extra Benefits:
Take advantage of our volunteering leave to give back to the community.
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