Advanced Social Work Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Social Work Practitioner on the Community Learning Disability Team.

We are looking for outstanding people to be part Adult Social Care shaping and delivering outcomes for the residents of Salford. This is a truly integrated service where you are based together with Social Workers, Community Nurses, and other Learning Disability health professionals.

We want to hear from experienced practitioners with a passion for person-centred and strengths-based social work, who are enthusiastic about effective integrated working and ready for change.

You will be responsible for carrying out social work duties, requiring the highest levels of skills, knowledge, and professional expertise. You will assist the Team Manager in ensuring the delivery of effective, safe integrated services for adults.

The Community Learning Disability workforce aims to improve outcomes for adults who live in Salford by empowering individuals, adopting a strength’s-based approach across the service, promoting independence, and working in partnership with our residents so their experiences, opportunities and lives are as good as they can be. This will be achieved through developing a skilled and motivated workforce by investing in their continued professional development and ensuring their practice is current and of a high standard.

You willbe askilled, effective practitioner acting with considerable autonomy. Youshouldhave in depth knowledge and skill inmore than one field of practice which may have been developed through a formal post
- qualifying training and development activity. Youshouldbe an experienced practiceeducatorand ASYE assessorandsupport studentsocialworkersand newly qualified social workers. Youshould have apostgraduate qualification and role in specialised practice e.g., AMHP, BIA. Youwill need to havecapability to integrate professional knowledge, the views of people using services and research/evaluation evidence routinely in their practiceand be able to support the team to do so. Youwill need todemonstrate expert and effective practice in complex situations, assessing and managing higher levels of risk while promoting enablement and self-determination. Youwill need tonetwork and liaise with a wider range of professionals and other colleagues, including at more senior or strategic levels. Youwill need tomanagea complex workload whilst supporting the team and the team manager. The advanced social work practitioner is expected to promote a culture of professional curiosity and contribute to thepositive social work identity within the organisation.

Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place, which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Twice rated “Outstanding” by the CQC, Salford Care Organisation is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.

We are committed to supporting the recruitment and retention of our Social Work staff. It is recognised by the Trust that many experienced Social Work staff are currently likely to be employed by local government organisations, and to ensure there is clarity over terms and conditions of employment we offer National Joint Council Pay Scales to Social Workers we appoint, rather than NHS pay-scales. We have adopted the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment which is used for recognising continuous service regarding annual leave, sickness, and maternity for moves within Greater Manchester. In addition, we also recognise previous, continuous, national local government service regarding annual leave.



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