Job Title: Advanced Social Work Practitioner – MASH
Location: Civic Centre, High Street Uxbridge, Middlesex, London, UB8 1UW
Salary: £47,805.00 – £51,903.00 per year
Job Type: Fulltime / Permanent
About us:
At Hillingdon we’re proud of our commitment of ‘Putting our residents first’, ensuring they’re at the heart of everything we do! We want to attract talented individuals like yourself who share our aspirations for the borough and can support us to deliver exceptional services for Hillingdon.
With an ambitious strategy we pride ourselves on delivering services that improve the lives of all our residents, businesses, and partners. Embarking on a journey of continuous improvement, we’ve set an agenda to ensure the provision of; safer communities, a thriving local economy, a greener more sustainable environment, whilst increasing our digital capabilities.
Working at London’s second largest borough can be tough, particularly with government reforms, budget restrictions, and political attention – but it’s enough to keep us busy and ensures no two days are the same!
What does an Advanced Practitioner do at Hillingdon?
Are you a highly skilled and experienced social worker looking for a new challenge in a dynamic and forward-thinking environment? The London Borough of Hillingdon is seeking an Advanced Social Work Practitioner to join our Adults MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub) team. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact on the lives of vulnerable adults in our community.
As an Advanced Social Work Practitioner in our Adults MASH team, you will have a wide range of responsibilities, including:
- Demonstrate skilled use of a range of frameworks for decision making, assessment, and intervention.
- Prepare court proceeding reports, acting as an expert testimony in Care or Private Order proceedings.
- Demonstrate awareness and compliance with required standards, including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework (Experienced Social Worker level).
- Provide professional leadership to social work colleagues by demonstrating exemplary practice, sharing knowledge, and managing the interface between practice and education/training.
- Manage a social work caseload of the most complex cases.
- Provide professional practice supervision, coaching, and mentoring to other Social Workers, ensuring practice is informed by research and encouraging critical reflective practice and continuous professional development.
About you:
To be successful in this role, you should meet the following criteria:
Qualifications:
- Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant SW discipline
- Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS stage 1 and 2)
Experience:
- A range of post-qualifying experience including work with adults, their families, and carers
- Experience of developing practice and improving practice within own, and partner agencies
- Experience of building and managing successful teams
- Experience of working with multi-agency partners to deliver successful outcomes
- Experience of using innovative and effective approaches to complex problems
Knowledge & Skills:
- Detailed understanding of MASH legal framework and assessment process
- Ability to write reports to a high standard
- Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders to deliver improved outcomes for residents
- Ability to analyse a wide range of data and present findings to a variety of audiences, using the information to drive improvement
- Excellent ICT skills including the ability to learn and use service-specific software
We offer a range of Company benefits. These vary according to the business area and role but may include:
- Free parking (4 days a week) if based at the Civic Centre
- Generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 26 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 29 days after five years’ service. For more senior positions holiday entitlements can rise to a maximum of 37 days
- Career breaks
- Electric car leasing scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a wide range of training and courses
- Payment of professional fees where these are required
- Discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon
- Cycle purchase scheme
- 30% discount on green fees at council-owned golf courses
- Plus hundreds of discounts available at supermarkets, restaurants, theatres and more!
Please note the company is not able to offer sponsorship or relocation assistance for this role so candidates must already possess the right to live and work in the UK to be considered.
Candidates with the relevant experience, qualifications, and job titles of: Social Worker, Senior Outreach Worker, Charity Support Worker, Support Assistant, Charity Outreach Support Worker, Social Worker, Support Worker, SWE Qualified, Enabler, Social Carer, Care Management, Support Coordinator, Care Manager, Support Manager, Social Care Coordinator, Youth Social Worker, Guidance Councillor, Young Persons Advisor, Youth Worker, Youth Support, Support Assistant, Fostering Support may also be considered for this role.
