Senior Social Work Practitioner

About The JobSalary: £41,591 to £44,624 per annum Working Pattern: Full time (37 hours per week) Contract Length: Permanent Location: Durban House, Bognor Regis Interview Date: TBC (Interviews may take place via MS Teams or face to face following COVIDsecure guidelines)This is an exciting opportunity for a leading professional to join our Mental Health team as a Senior Social Work Practitioner - Working Age Mental Health Team (WAMHS). Your role will be to improve the lives of people with a Learning Disabilityor Autism and their families to enjoy valued, meaningful lives in their local community.What can you expect? You will work as part of a strong and dynamic social work service.You will be required to undertake strengths-based assessments in highly complex situations.Youwill maintain a sophisticated understanding and application of relevant legislation, advanced social work skills and knowledge.You will utilise your skills to develop and implement effective plans of support aimed at improving wellbeing and delivering betteroutcomes for people. as well as contributing to and developing skills in safeguarding.Take a look at the attached job description and see if you have the skills, qualifications, and experience to be a Senior Social Work PractitionerExperience and SkillsKeySkills:Ability to work proactively as a member of the team to make an accurate assessment of needs and negotiate and implement effective plans and outcomes, whilst prioritising workload and meeting deadlines.Demonstrable evidence of leadership skills whenworking in partnership with people, carers, colleagues, and a variety of external agencies in complex situations to meet people's outcomes.Expertise of managing situations with complex and competing risks, utilising a risk enablement approach, and using evidence-basedpractice. Solution focussed with the ability to analyse complex situations and provide forward thinking strategies and solutions that consider a variety of possible strength-based solutions, balancing risks, resources and desired outcomes.Expertise in leadingon safeguarding enquiries.Highly developed communication skills to influence in a multi-disciplinary setting and communicate clearly and effectively to explain complicated information to a wide range of people and negotiate and persuade others to adopt a particularcourse of action that they may not otherwise wish to take.Able to model and use social work skills in practice, supervision, mentoring and leadership to develop and maintain an environment in which professionally curiosity, critical reflection and analysisis valued, staff are supported their find own solutions and practice capability is developed.Able to employ a range of social work approaches and interventions, based on theory, research evidence and evaluation, linking theory to practice including actingas a subject matter expert in one or more specialist areas of intervention.Qualifications and/or experience:A Degree in Social Work or a recognised equivalent Social Work qualification e.g., Diploma in Social Work.A recognised post qualifying award in SocialWork (e.g., Practice Educator, Best Interest Assessor and/or Approved Mental Health Professional) or demonstrable evidence of continuous professional development at a similar level.Registered with Social Work England.Experience of undertaking assessments incomplex situations and social work intervention planning, implementation, and review by means of creative and pragmatic solutions.Extensive experience of working in partnership with those who access the service and maintaining a focus on the needs and strengthsof the people, and the outcomes they want to achieve, whilst handling conflict and disagreement.Excellent, up-to-date working knowledge of relevant legislation e.g., Care Act (2014), Mental Capacity Act (2005) etc.Rewards and BenefitsIn addition to workingwithin a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:Up to 29 days annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annuallyAccess to a generous, defined benefit pension schemeA range of flexible working optionsFurtherInformationTo apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuringthat any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.We are committed to safeguardingand promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to Social Worker England registration, an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employercommitted to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensurethat no individual will be disadvantaged.