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Job Profile: Social Worker (Current Grade S9 – P1)

Job Title

Senior Social Worker

Grade

Service area

Commissiong and Operations (Personal Care & Support) - Adult social care

Team

Reports to

Assistant Team Manager ( Current grade SP10 senior operational lead)

Job Purpose

To provide a professional social work service to adults their families and carers

living in Surrey in line with the requirements of the Care Act. To engage with

individuals, families, groups and communities to assess and intervene and using

professional judgement employ a range of interventions promoting choice, control

and independence.

At this level the post-holder is more autonomous . They demonstrate expert and

effective practice in complex situations, assessing and managing higher levels of

risk, striking a balance between support and control, liaising with a wide range of

professionals, including more senior levels.

Professional

duties and

responsibilities

Casework

To take professional responsibility for managing a complex caseload which will

management

include individuals, carers and families who require support and guidance. To

enable them to identify their needs and plan support to meet those needs using

the full range of options including family friends and community support. To

demonstrate confident and effective judgement about risk and accountability in

decision-making and be able to sustain engagement with fluctuating

circumstances and capacities, including where there is hostility and risk.

Assessments

To use assessment procedures discerningly in response to the presenting needs of

the individual and carer to ensure that a proportionate assessment is completed in

a way that enables them to maximise their participation and identify their

outcomes. To comply with legislation to complete mental capacity assessment,

best interest decisions and risk assessments when necessary ensuring transparency

throughout. To be able to make skilled professional judgements for interventions

including in crises and in response to challenge or in the absence of complete

information.

Support

To assist individuals, carers and families to develop support plans to meet the

planning

outcomes identified using local authority funding where eligible needs are

identified . To actively encourage involvement and ownership of the plan but to

take a leadership role where appropriate. To give clear explanation of the use of

direct payments so that informed decisions can be made supporting choice and

control. To ensure that independent advocacy services are sought when required

to enable engagement in the planning process.

Reviews

To carry out reviews in line with the Care Act and other legislation. To ensure that

everyone with a support plan in place has the opportunity to reflect on what is

working, and what needs to be changed and can do so in a person centred

outcome focused way.

Prevention

To actively promote wellbeing and independence, enable individuals and carers to

retain or regain their skills and confidence and prevent or delay deterioration. To

engage effectively with families to facilitate contingency planning to anticipate

complexity and changing circumstances.

Identifying

Identify service options including those offered by family, friends and the

support

community.

services

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