Principle Social Worker, Adult Social Care (Part Time)

Location Swindon
Job type Permanent
Salary £37,048 - 43,270 per year
Consultant Keir Turnbull
Call +44 7700 161043
Reference 182006

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Principle Social Worker within the Adult Social Care Team to work Part Time based in Swindon.

The salary for this permanent Principle Social Worker job is up to £43,270 per annum

Main duties:

  • Co-ordinate the delivery of the annual organisation health check for adult social care staff, and monitoring progression of relevant actions.
  • Co-ordination and chair of relevant continuing professional development for a, including ASYE internal moderation panel and supervision for seconded staff in mental health teams and integrated health teams.
  • Oversight of student practitioner placements and working in partnership with practice learning coordinator, corporate learning and development and higher education.
  • Provide leadership and a professional perspective across organisational and professional boundaries, including health and social care.
  • Provide effective leadership and challenge, both at managerial and practitioner level.
  • Promote and oversee the quality and consistency of social work practice.
  • Contribute to the strategic direction of services through identification of needs, workforce profiling and demand forecasting.
  • Work with senior management team and workforce development leads, the post holder will contribute to the development and implementation of initiatives in line with the scope of the role and support recruitment and retention.
  • Be visible across the organisation through to frontline social workers and people who use services and carers.
  • Be able to bridge the gap between professional and managerial responsibility, to influence the delivery and development of social work practice.
  • Access and utilise local and national networks to share information and experience in delivering best practice in social work provision and develop local networks where relevant.
  • Develop and sustain excellent working relationships with adults, carers, families and members of the general public.
  • Develop and sustain excellent communication and working relationships with colleagues across the council and directorate, and with other agencies and organisations.

Requirements of this Principle Social Worker job:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Continual professional development.
  • Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Principle Social Worker role is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.