Senior Social Work Specialist

3 weeks ago


South East, United Kingdom Connect2Kent Full time
Job Title: Senior Social Work Specialist

Connect2Kent is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Social Work Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our social work team, you will be responsible for managing complex caseloads and providing expert opinion within the organisation and to others.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage a caseload of complex cases involving high levels of risk and needs to a high standard to ensure resources are utilised effectively.
  • Provide a high quality resource of professional social work knowledge and expertise to a team of Social Workers, to include student supervision, chairing complex meetings, assisted fieldwork, attendance in court, case audits and reviews etc, to assist the team in ensuring that it carries out its core tasks to a high standard.
  • Provide coaching and mentoring support to Social Workers, including those undertaking social work training, to support and further their professional knowledge and development to impact upon the overall quality of practice within teams.
  • Attend court, where appropriate, to assist the team in ensuring that key professional input and expertise is provided to high profile and sensitive cases.
  • Act as Practice Assessor to support student placements/ASYE.
  • Liaise regularly with colleagues throughout the Council to ensure social work staff deliver existing and new practices consistently and to a high standard.
  • Contribute to the development of new initiatives through attendance or leadership on working groups, multi agency forums, training courses etc and acting as lead for identified service initiatives, i.e. planning for permanence and research work, to develop current and new ways of working that meet service requirements.
  • Maintain awareness of changes in legislation and related policies and practices and ensure all social work staff are also informed of these changes to enable consistent and timely implementation.

As a Senior Social Work Specialist at Connect2Kent, you will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals and contribute to the development of innovative solutions to complex social work challenges. If you are a highly skilled and experienced social worker looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.



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