Advanced Social Worker

Overview

Are you an experienced Social Worker looking to advance into a leadership role? Join our Advice & Contact Team as an Advanced Social Worker, where you'll thrive in a supportive environment with clear career progression, well-being programs, and flexible working arrangements.

In this crucial role, you'll lead and mentor social workers and social care staff within our community-focused, customer-centred adult care teams. You'll ensure the highest standards of practice, as defined by the Health and Care Professions Council and the Professional Capabilities Framework for Social Workers.

Alongside your leadership duties, you'll manage a small caseload of complex cases, applying person-centred principles to assess, support plan, and review, all to promote well-being and positive risk-taking for our customers.

To excel in this role, you must be a qualified Social Worker with a deep understanding of the Safeguarding Process and Section 42, along with Social Work England registration. Given Wiltshire's rural landscape, a full driving license and access to a car are essential.

• Provide practice leadership, professional support and supervision to social workers and social care staff within adult care teams.
• Manage a small caseload of complex and high risk cases
  , carrying out person centred assessments, support planning and reviews.
• Lead on safeguarding adults
  , offering advice, triage and guidance in line with Wiltshire's safeguarding policies.
• Participate in or chair multiagency meetings
  , including Best Interests meetings and joint decision making panels.
• Offer specialist professional advice to team managers, senior leaders and commissioning colleagues on social work matters.
• Promote and model high quality, evidence based social work practice and ensure compliance with legislation including the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act.
• Support staff development through supervision, appraisal, training and addressing performance issues.
• Work collaboratively with health partners, voluntary organisations and other agencies to improve outcomes and service delivery
  .
• Contribute to the development of best practice
  , service improvements and strategic initiatives across Adult Social Care.

Wiltshire Council is the unitary local authority for the county of Wiltshire, England, established in 2009 to provide both county-level and district-level services. The council's vision is to foster strong communities where residents can achieve their potential through empowerment and inclusion. The council focuses on long-term challenges, community engagement, and delivering services that support independent living, reduce inequalities, and promote overall well-being.

Care job family overview:

Support and assist the well-being of individuals and groups to assure their protection, security and development.

Safeguarding, protection and care.

Community, residential, day or field settings.

Ongoing risk/needs assessment of and advice for individuals/groups.

Specification of any non-council provision.

Individual or small group emphasis.

Likely to involve immediate response to client.

Service Function and Context

The provision of effective information and advice is a key element in the development of a sustainable community where people are empowered to make informed decisions about their lives. The adult advice and contact service will support people to make use of community and personal assets to achieve their goals. Services may be provided directly from a telephone conversation, such as the replacement, or new provision, of equipment and assistive technology.

If the service identifies a requirement for an assessment of need the Information Officers will manage the progression of the contact onto the next stage which will primarily be into the Reablement service. The adult care advice and contact service includes a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).

The overall responsibilities of the Adult Care Advice and contact team are:

To respond to all contacts into adult care, predominantly via telephone but could also be via email, fax or webchat.

To have strength-based conversations with…