Overview
We take pride in supporting our social work teams and leadership team and we strive to ensure staff feel valued. We offer excellent rates of pay, hybrid and flexible working opportunities and access to a range of training and career development opportunities.
Responsibilities
To further strengthen our Safeguarding and MCA DoLS team, we are recruiting an additional Advanced Practitioner to help support the development of our social work practice and work with people we support. You will work alongside two other advanced practitioners, an assistant team manager and the Safeguarding/Dols manager.
As a key member of the leadership team, Advanced Practitioners are expected to play a leading role, assisting their Assistant Team Manager and Team Manager to undertake reflective supervision and facilitate practice improvement, motivating and inspiring our practitioners to provide the highest standards of practice, that delivers positive outcomes for people, carers and their families.
The postholders will provide opportunities for co-working and developing others within the team. Providing coaching and mentoring for team members and students alike, they will help to raise standards of practice and ensure the service delivers a high-quality strength based social work service.
Are you an experienced practitioner looking to take the next step and develop in your career or in a similar senior role and looking for a change? If so, we want to hear from you! In return, we will provide you with a comprehensive learning and development programme and support your future progression.
About You
You must be a qualified and experienced social worker or equivalent (Occupational therapy, Nursing).
You must have the ability and drive to develop your leadership and supervision skills, have experience in safeguarding and DoLS and model the PROUD values and CARE behaviours. You will have strong communication skills and a commitment to coproduction and collaboration.
You will have experience of application of relevant legislation including Care Act (2014) and Mental Capacity Act (2005) and a willingness to participate in ongoing development opportunities.
This is a great opportunity for someone with the right drive and ambition to join our highly motivated team. The successful applicant will share our enthusiasm, contributing to and influencing improved performance at an individual, team and service level.
About Us
South Tyneside are a forward-thinking Council that is developing innovative approaches working with People, Place and Partnerships, this is a great time to join us. We have a 5-year Strategy for Adult Social Care "Living Better Lives." We want the people living in South Tyneside to fully utilise their strengths and assets, to remain safe and well; in the neighbourhoods and communities they call home. We want to work with all our partners to ensure the person only needs to tell their story once and that they have equal voice in co-ordinating their care and support. We understand promoting the importance of social justice and inclusion, respecting people's rights, citizenship and participation.
Joining us at this time will ensure you are at the forefront of helping to develop and embed co-production and co-delivery, reviewing the existing strategy as it comes to the end of the 5 years, delivering new models of working through our Adult Social Care framework and contributing to our ambitious plans to fully embed our strengths-based practice, improve services and deliver better outcomes for the people of South Tyneside. We remain fully committed to supporting our staff to grow and develop, and we will provide you with the opportunity to use your skills and learn new ones. Through the development of our South Tyneside PROUD Values (Professional, Respectful, Open and Honest, Understanding and engaging, and Deliver what we say we will) and Adult Social Care Behaviour Framework we will fully support staff to become Curious, Accountable, Responsive and Empowered (CARE).
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