Advanced Social Work Practitioner - London, United Kingdom - London Borough of Hillingdon

London Borough of Hillingdon
London Borough of Hillingdon
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Description
Job number


SC00648
Location


Civic Centre, High Street Uxbridge, Middlesex, London, UB8 1UW
Directorate


Social Care
Job Type


Social Care/Work
Contract Type


Permanent
Working Hours


36
Closing date


12 May 2023
Salary range


£47, £51,903.00 per year
About us

Hillingdon Council:
Putting our Residents first.

Hillingdon is London's second largest borough.

Our staff live across the area and beyond, with our main council offices at the Civic Centre in the heart of vibrant Uxbridge town centre.

Putting our residents first is at the heart of everything we do, and we are embarking on an ambitious plan to modernise our service offering, while sustaining the high-quality delivery.


Our innovative and dynamic Social Work Department is committed to providing high-quality, child focused services that keeps children and adults safe and allows our practitioners the ability to develop their practice, to innovate and to progress in their careers.

What does an Advanced Social work Practitioner do while working at Hillingdon?

We have an immediate opening for an Advanced Social Work Practitioner within our Safeguarding Partnership Team.

The main function of the role is to support the delivery of high-performing safeguarding services to children, adults, their families and carers, in accordance with relevant policies and procedures and statutory requirements.


The position holders will be part of the Safeguarding Partnership and Quality Assurance service and will be responsible for driving the progression of the strategic priorities agreed at the Safeguarding Adults Board and Safeguarding Children Partnership.

This includes contributing to, and leading subgroups, the coordination of multi agency audits, and the analysis and dissemination of learning from practice.


The position holder will maintain a level of skill and training that will allow them to model, recognise and promote good safeguarding practice across the partnership, confidently supporting and challenging safeguarding practices as required.

What will joining Hillingdon mean for me?


Main aspects of the role:

  • To understand the safeguarding arrangements in the London Borough of Hillingdon and to be part of the cycle of learning and development across the partnership in promoting safe and high quality services for children, adults, their carers and families.
  • Be part of the internal Quality Assurance Framework in checking and promoting high quality practice which in turn will translate to safer and better supported residents
  • Provide professional leadership through demonstrating exemplary practice, sharing knowledge and positively managing the interface between practice and education / training across a range of partner organisations
  • Act as an organisational expert in role specialism, providing advice and support to other social work colleagues and multiagency partners where required. Maintain a current knowledge of national policy, procedure and best practice.
  • Manage a caseload of audit and quality assurance tasks. Identify thematic areas for development and contribute to a multiagency Learning from Practice approach, making a contribution to Safeguarding Learning Events to disseminate learning and improve practice.
  • Provide professional quality assurance of safeguarding activities within social care and partner agency practices. Ensure safeguarding practice is informed by research and meets statutory requirements. Foster a culture of critical reflective practice and continuous professional development.
  • Provide professional consultation to all teams within the directorate, and other agencies, ensuring effective and efficient practice and procedures are in place.
  • Develop and maintain professional networks across a range of partner organisations and sectors.
We want you to be a real part of the change we're making here in Hillingdon for our residents.

We understand the need to nurture and support colleagues and from day one you will be welcomed into our team.

You will receive not just induction; you will be welcomed to your team and will have around you colleagues who will help and support at the beginning of your journey with us and continue to provide on the job support at all times.

You will have access to a wide range of training, learning and development but you will also be able to share your knowledge and expertise with others, to practice in an innovative way knowing you have behind you a whole service that understands that social work is not static, that we are always adapting, learning and responding to the context in which we operate.

You will join a team where your voice will always be heard and listened to. Here, we are all working together to achieve our ambitions and goals for our children, families and colleagues by promoting inclusiveness and encouraging direct communications across levels of leadership and management and by acknowledging that we all have an important contrib
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