Senior Social Worker

Job introduction

This is a permanent full time (37 hours/week) position

Brighton & Hove is carrying out an innovative restructure of its services for children and adults with learning disabilities to create a strong, sustainable and ambitious whole life pathway disability service.

The management of childrens and adults (integrated multi-disciplinary) disability services has been merged within our Families, Children and Learning Directorate with two new Heads of Service, one with responsibilities for aged 0-25 and the other for 25+. The Heads of Service have responsibility for three social work assessment teams or pods whose functions are differentiated by the ages 0-14, 14-25 and 25+. The redesign of this new service is continuing with a view to being in place in September this year. It is anticipated that this new structure will provide service users with a more positive transition to adulthood

Richard Stevenson (Pod Manager 25+)

Telephone: 01273 295550

Email: richard.stevenson@brighton-hove.gov.uk

About the role

Specifically, we are seeking to recruit a Senior Social Worker with adults experience as this will be the predominant area they will oversee whilst working along side other Senior Social Workers who have relevant children's experience.

We are a team which provides a challenging and exciting range of social work services to children, young people and adults with disabilities. This includes the areas of duty and intake, undertaking care planning within a multi-disciplinary context through Care Act Assessment and review, appropriate application of the Mental Capacity Act and application of Deprivation of Liberty/Liberty Protection Safeguards, including application to the Court of Protection. We also work with individuals as part of the Transforming Care Agenda and the use of the Mental Health Act. We are also involved in supporting children, young people and adults with Direct Payments and Personal Budgets. The successful candidate would have to have a broad understanding of these issues and co-ordinate proportionate and timely assessments to meet identified outcomes for young people and adults with a learning disability at the first point of contact.

The successful candidate will:

• Be a qualified Social Worker
• Be responsible for coordinating the allocation of work on the Intake/ Duty Service to meet statutory demands and manage risk appropriately (including Section 42 work)
• Be responsible for managing their own small caseload autonomously with the support of their supervisor/manager
• Have the skills to work within an integrated multi-agency setting
• Be able to support a service undergoing some exciting changes and developments
• Have experience of supporting and supervising other staff and demonstrate an ability and willingness to develop these skills
• Have good knowledge, skills and experience of statutory roles and responsibilities
• Whilst prior experience of working with children, young people or adults with disabilities is not essential it would be an advantage
• Demonstrate a keen interest in developing their knowledge and skills in relation to disabilities

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Additional information

Company information

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community but particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, LGB, male or trans as these groups are currently under-represented in our Directorate workforce.