Advanced Social Worker- Mental Health Transitions

• Lead high-quality, integrated practice
• Act as a practice leader, championing evidence-based, person-centred social work
• Provide professional supervision, mentoring and coaching to colleagues across the team
• Support practitioners working across organisational boundaries
• Support complex transitions
• Take a lead in complex transition cases, particularly where there are significant mental health needs
• Ensure plans are holistic, coordinated and forward-looking, bridging childrens and adult services
• Promote a strengths-based approach that supports independence and positive adult outcomes
• Strengthen partnership and system working
• Work closely with:
• Childrens social care
• Mental health services (including DPT teams)
• Education and SEND services
• Housing and community providers
• Help develop clear pathways and shared approaches across the system
• Promote joint responsibility and collaborative decision-making
• Support operational delivery and quality
• Work with the TASC Team Managers, reporting to Community Services Manager, to support:
• Case allocation and oversight
• Quality assurance and audit activity
• Practice development and service improvement
• Drive improvement and learning
• Champion reflective practice and continuous improvement
• Support learning across teams and organisations
• Contribute to service development and innovation

• We are committed to your continuous professional development, doing all we can to help you to get the most from your career. You will receive excellent support and supervision, with regular opportunities to discuss and reflect on your practice, both with your line manager and peers.
• We offer26 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays, rising incrementally to 31 days after 5 years service.
• Flexible working opportunities are available, these include part-time hours, flexitime, compressed working hours and homeworking (this is subject to the needs of the role please discuss at further at interview)
• Offer an opportunity to enter agenerous Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Please note: At this time, we are unable to consider overseas applications who aren't currently residing in the UK.

Essential

• Do you have current Right to Work in the UK?
• Do you hold a Social Work England professional membership? Please provide registration number.
• Can you confirm that you hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car or require an exception under the Equality Act 2010?

Essential

• Please refer to the job description and person specification document that is attached to the advert. Use this to address how your skills and experience meet the criteria outlined for this role.

Desirable

• Please refer to the job description and person specification document that is attached to the advert. Use this to address how your skills and experience meet the criteria outlined for this role.