Lead Professional Social Worker

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a Lead Professional for Social Work who will provide professional leadership to our social workers employed within Sheffield Health and Social Care.  Are you an experienced social worker with strong leadership and management experience?

You will be a visible and compassionate leader who is motivated and passionate about the social work contribution to our services. We are keen to develop our social workers, this role will have a strong focus on their continued professional development, student placement development and will also support how we work effectively with our system partners such as Sheffield City Council. We currently employ around 30 whole time equivalent social workers who are a key  part of our workforce and require practice governance and continuing professional development in order to deliver outstanding care..

Good clinical supervision is essential for our clinicians and in this role you will oversee this, whilst providing supervision to our senior social workers. You will received clinical supervision and be line managed by our Head of Service for acute and community services, a registered social worker.

You may be an Approved Mental Health Professional or a Best Interest Assessor, we are keen to ensure we underpin our social work practice with relevant and accurate legal knowledge.

Main duties of the job

Take responsibility for professional Social Work development across the Trust.

Hold responsibility to work in partnership with Sheffield City Council and the wider health and care system to resolve social care delayed discharges.

Actively work within the wider Sheffield Adult Social Work provision providing professional leadership and advice for social work staff within the Trust.

To oversee and ensure professional support and development, performance management and monitoring of social work is delivered to a high standard.

To provide professional representation in the management and development of the service ensuring an effective interface and relationship across SHSC and SCC.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As detailed within the attached job description/person specification.

This role is being the face of social work within Sheffield Health and Social Care. We are keen to support more social workers into our employment and then retain them and our current staff by developing areas such as the Assessed and Supported Year of Employment and then their continuous professional development. Another key area to develop is our relationship between system partners.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced social worker who is passionate about what social work contribute to mental health and all our service areas. If you maybe interested in this role but want to know more then do not hesitate to contact Greg Hackney, Deputy Director of Operations