Supporting the team manager, you will line manage a group of social workers and other practitioners, equipping them to make effective decisions and be professionally resilient to ensure they make safe and effective outcomes for our residents. You will undertake supervision, prioritising resources, monitoring and evaluating service delivery, disseminating best practice, managing individual performance, report writing and supporting practitioners to represent PCC in court when required.

In return we can offer you a supportive management team, learning and development opportunities and an opportunity to shape the way we deliver services.

Who Is The Person Summary

You will be a passionate, experienced and motivated social worker who puts the customer at the heart of what you do. With experience of providing highly skilled supervision and experience of managing staff, you will be a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England. You will be responsible for the writing or supervise the writing of complex reports and be able to support, educate and develop practitioners to their full potential but taking necessary steps to address issues when required. You will have a sound knowledge of applicable legislation including the Care Act, the Mental Capacity Act and Adult Safeguarding legislation. You will manage complaint investigations, have robust recording and report writing skills and have excellent interpersonal and reflection skills with the ability to support practitioners to apply theory to practice.

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