Adult Senior Social Worker - Ageing Well West Team

• To manage a caseload of complex and difficult cases (including Safeguarding referrals), involving assessment, planning and implementation and evaluation of appropriate action to ensure resources are utilised effectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of service users.
• To communicate clear sense of purpose and direction to the locality team in order to motivate and develop staff and providing a role model for Best Practice. Leading by example that the social work team vision is reflected in work practices across Southend.
• To provide a high quality resource of professional social work knowledge and expertise to the team, including supervision, meetings, assisted fieldwork, case audits and reviews, ensuring team members carry out their core tasks to a high standard.
• To participate in Social Care Panels and Continuing Health Care Panels, when needed and other internal, external, cross agency meetings, as appropriate ensuring that a multi-disciplinary approach is adopted and that the Service User and their Carers remains at the centre of the process and is in control wherever possible.
• To promote a performance culture ensuring that all team members have adequate opportunity to learn and continually develop practice ensuring improvement in performance, evidenced through national & local performance indicators.
• To deputise for the Service Manager in their absence.
• To support Service Users and their families in having choice and control over the services they use, including supporting people to self assess and use personal budgets.
• To maintain accurate and timely records of work undertaken and ensure completion of continuing health care checklists and to contribute to multi-disciplinary assessment of the illegibility for NHS Continuing Health Care.
• Ensure the provision of individual, cost effective packages of care and support are within allocated budgets and defined locality/team.
• Ensure that the Service Manager is kept fully informed of problems arising from workload and seek advice on these as necessary.

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.

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