Senior Social Work Practitioner

Job Introduction

Senior Social Work Practitioner  - Joint Emergency Team

£49,056 to £62,918 (Out of hours enhancements included)

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate who is looking for a new challenge by joining the Urgent Care Response Service in the Royal Borough of Greenwich called the Joint Emergency Team on a permanent basis as a Senior Social Work Practitioner.   

The JET team’ primary focus is to offer an agile and robust hospital admission avoidance service, focusing on managing health and social care crisis interventions in the community.   The team is staffed by both Oxleas Community Health Services and the Royal Borough of Greenwich Adult Social Care Service.  The team has GP’s, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacist and a Handy Person.  Due to the level of resourcing from across a raft of disciplines, JET is able to offer a comprehensive wraparound service to the people it works with.    You will have the opportunity to work flexibly and to collaborate with colleagues from different professional backgrounds who bring diverse expertise and a shared passion for helping people.

JET is at the cutting edge of offering services to its community, and we have embraced the latest assistive technology to improve our services. You will be joining a forward thinking team who are always looking for ways or approaches that we can utilise to have a positive and more meaningful impact for the people we are working with, across our health and social care landscape.
   
The role requires you to have excellent working knowledge of adult social care legislation and be able to implement principles of best practice. You are also expected to have some line management experience and be currently registered with Social Work England to join us. 

You will have some experience of supervising staff, be adept at participating in the day-to-day operations of workflow, can quality assure Care Act Assessments and perform as an Adult Safeguarding Manager.   You will be expected to carry a small caseload, and you may need to either be case accountable or co-work in very complex cases or situations when necessary and provide advice, support, and guidance to staff who are dealing with complex situations.  

This role does have an out-of-hours component, and the successful candidate will need to work one in four weekends to lead the social work staff in managing the discharge to assess pathway and community referrals.  You will be required to work either one or two lates per week (late shift: 12:30 noon to 8:30pm).   In addition, you will participate in the Out of Hours on call social worker service that runs from 8:30pm to 8am, Friday to Friday once a month.  
  
You will be expected to contribute to embedding a culture of strength-based practice and Continuous Professional Development for staff.  JET has a proven track record of investing in professional growth, and you will be central to this value.  We offer specialised training, as well as having access to a range of learning opportunities designed to help you excel and support you to thrive in an environment that values your career progression, as well as your personal wellbeing.

Please read the job description and person specification documents fully and ensure that the supporting statement section of your application demonstrates how you meet the person specification criteria.
  

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Dan Vecchiolla, Health and Social Care Manager, JET and OOH On Call Social Work Team 0208 921 8969

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

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