Senior Social Worker

We have a full time Senior Social Worker position available in our Adult Social Care Learning Disability and Transition Team.

This is an agile working role and we work closely with our health colleagues from the Arthur Webster Clinic on the IOW. This brings all the advantages of shared knowledge and joined up working to get the best outcomes for our client group.

The focus of this post will be to support the day to day running of the team while meeting our obligations under the Care Act and ensuring the voice of our client group is heard. You will be supporting people to remain as independent as possible in the community, using a strength-based approach and person-centred care.  

Senior Social Workers hold a limited caseload of the more complex and challenging cases where there is complex or high risk identified.

You will be overseeing the day-to-day operations and supervision of the Adult Social Care staff whilst being supported by the Team Manager.

You will be responsible for quality checking and auditing work completed by those you line manage and supervise. You will be allocating and approving work, providing supervision and practice guidance to your staff using your knowledge of legislation and understanding of safeguarding. 

You will monitor performance, quality control through audits, and authorise assessments and care documentation that your team will produce.

Supervision is cascaded throughout the team with the Senior Social Worker supervising several of the qualified Social Workers, and Social Work Assistants.

As a Senior Social Worker, we understand the work you do on a daily basis and provide the support you need to make a difference to the people of the Isle of Wight.

To join us, you must

Have a social work qualification and be SWE registered

Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment

Have experience of chairing meetings

Be able to demonstrate skills and experience of promoting a person centred and strengths-based approach

Have an excellent working knowledge of legislation used within Adult Social Care

Have a good knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding, including s.42 Enquiries and Making Safeguarding Personal

Be confident in decision making, whilst knowing when to seek support

Understand the importance of data in supporting staff, teams and wider service

Have the passion to promote people’s strengths and the ability to make a difference in a safe working approach to social work practice

Have proven ability to work as part of a team and capacity to lead a team that puts the strengths of individuals, families and community at the heart of care and wellbeing

You will share our ambitions, passion and attitude to ensure the people we serve live the best lives possible. You will be a critical thinker who has competence and confidence in your practice.

Here on the Isle of Wight we strive to be the best we can be for our community, with talented Social Care professionals leading the way. We are a hard-working, dynamic team who are passionate about improving the lives of our client group.

You will benefit from a unique and enriching environment within an organisation that values strong leadership, a good work life balance, quality management and reflective supervision.