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Job requirements
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Extensive and detailed understanding of mental health social work
- Experience
Extensive understanding of statutory and organisational authority and extensive experience of working within legislative frameworks including MCA, Care Act and MHA
- Experience
Experience of knowledge of supporting, mentoring and coaching colleagues/ students/ NQSW’s
- Experience
Experience of completing complex assessments
- Experience
Experience of facilitating reflective practice groups
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge and experience of the NQSW/ ASYE process and how to support NQSW’s through this
- Knowledge and Skills
Experienced in the assessment and monitoring of NQSWs evidencing research into practice and providing reflective supervision
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent written, communication and coaching skills and ability to write comprehensive evidence-based reports
- Knowledge and Skills
Thorough understanding of diversity issues including anti discriminatory practice
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to apply a full and wider range of social work theories and methods with NQSW’s and social work students
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to prioritise own work and those of NQSW/ students in line with service priorities
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to manage and assess NQSWs and students to ensuring they work to agreed policies and procedures
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Social Work degree or equivalent with SWE registration as a qualified social worker
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
experience of supervising and assessing social workers either as a Practice Educator, on-site supervisor and ASYE Assessor
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
must be at least 2 years post qualified
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
AMHP
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Practice Educator
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
ASYE Assessor
Job overview
To provide support to Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW’s) to undertake their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) as well as the Team Managers and colleagues who support them in their teams.
The post holder will be the ASYE Coordinator for the Pan London ASYE Programme, which is coordinated by ELFT and supports NQSW across various NHS Trusts in London, Luton and Bedfordshire.
The post holder will be the lead for the student social work until and will oversee all student social work placements and social work apprentices.
Main duties of the job
- Induction of NQSWs, student social workers and social work apprentices
- Support to Team Managers and colleagues who have NQSWs in the teams
- Support and guidance to NQSWs, this will be in groups, providing coaching, expert knowledge, training, reflective supervision, skills, and practice development.
- To support the development and co-ordination of the ASYE training programme (either commissioning external trainers/partner agencies or delivering personally).
- Undertaking and supporting the assessment of the NQSWs against the Adult knowledge and skills statement and Professional Capabilities Framework.
- To identify and celebrate areas of good practice in social care and provide strategies to address poor practice, working with teams and managers to determine best solutions.
- Quality Assure the ASYE programme and support the continued evaluation of the programme
- Support ASYE assessors as required
- Lead the student social work hub, quality assure student social work placements and social work apprentices and provide support to Practice Educators as required
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please for further information kindly refer to the job description and person specification attached to this vacancy.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for ASYE Coordinator with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Coordinator (discipline unspecified) role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 Per Annum, Inc HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Nov 2026.
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