Lead Professional for Social Work

3 weeks ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are seeking to appoint a Lead Professional for Social Work who will provide professional leadership to our social workers employed within Sheffield Health and Social Care. Are you an experienced social worker with strong leadership and management experience?

You will be a visible and compassionate leader who is motivated and passionate about the social work contribution to our services. We are keen to develop our social workers, this role will have a strong focus on their continued professional development, student placement development and will also support how we work effectively with our system partners such as Sheffield City Council. We currently employ around 30 whole time equivalent social workers who are a key part of our workforce and require practice governance and continuing professional development in order to deliver outstanding care.

This is a newly developed role in preparation for the disaggregation of health and social care management which will be effective from 1st April 2023.

Good clinical supervision is essential for our clinicians and in this role you will oversee this, whilst providing supervision to our senior social workers. You will received clinical supervision and be line managed by our Head of Service for acute and community services, a registered social worker.

You may be an Approved Mental Health Professional or a Best Interest Assessor, we are keen to ensure we underpin our social work practice with relevant and accurate legal knowledge.

Take responsibility for professional Social Work development across the Trust.

Actively working within the wider Sheffield Adult Social Work provision providing professional leadership and advice for social work staff within the Trust.

To oversee and ensure professional support and development, performance management and monitoring of social work is delivered to a high standard.

To provide professional representation in the management and development of the service ensuring an effective interface and relationship across SHSC and SCC.

This is an extension to the original vacancy to allow time for any enquires to be made.

We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.

What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.

It’s important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of

If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.

We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.

As detailed within the attached job description/person specification.

This role is being the face of social work within Sheffield Health and Social Care. We are keen to support more social workers into our employment and then retain them and our current staff by developing areas such as the Assessed and Supported Year of Employment and then their continuous professional development. Another key area to develop is our relationship between system partners.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced social worker who is passionate about what social work contribute to mental health and all our service areas. If you maybe interested in this role but want to know more then do not hesitate to contact Laura Wiltshire.

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