The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.
Adult Social Care in Southwark has an annual budget in excess of £80m, supports more than 7000 service users, and we have set out our approach in our person centred business plan focuses that focuses on 5 elements:
Workforce - A strength-based culture to improve outcomes for our services users
One Council Engagement – To ensure our priorities are fully supported
Preventative services in the community – To improve and maintain well-being
Accommodation and Community Based Services
Partnership working to prevent dependency
The Role:
This exciting and challenging role operates at a strategic and operational level to ensure the council fulfils its statutory duties for safeguarding and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). This specialist role requires in-depth knowledge, skills and experience in the relevant fields in order to provide competent guidance and direction to the team and wider stakeholders.
Acting as a champion for the principles and values of Making Safeguarding Personal and the Mental Capacity Act, the role will provide specialist advice and guidance to staff at all levels within the council and in partner agencies. You will be responsible for a team of business administrators, ensuring that the service provided is effective through robust management of professional practice, performance and resources. The role is responsible for overseeing high quality and timely safeguarding responses in conjunction with frontline services and interventions to adults who may be at risk, and being an active participant to the work of the Southwark Safeguarding Adults Board.
The post-holder will report to the Principal Social Worker (PSW) for Adults and Strategic Lead for Adult Safeguarding and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, and work closely with the PSW in preparing for the implementation of Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) and contributing to the wider work relating to the council’s systems, processes, relevant policies and procedures.
About You:
We are looking for a candidate with:
- A social work qualification and current registration.
- Substantial experience and knowledge of social work practice and topical issues.
- Extensive knowledge of Adult Safeguarding and the Mental Capacity Act.
- Experience of leading teams and building an adaptable work place culture.
- An innovative and energetic candidate committed to implementing a person centred and strength based approach to social work utilising community assets.
Benefits and more information:
An interest free season ticket loan is available for all members of staff.
An outstanding Pension Scheme. Southwark offers membership of its pension scheme, which is in line with the national Local Government Pension Scheme (a career average scheme).
Flexible working arrangements.
https://www.jobsatsouthwark.co.uk/why-us/
https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and-more/
Additional salary details
Additional Information:
The basic working hours for this role is 36 per week. Candidates should be aware that there is a requirement to attend meetings outside normal working hours wherever this is necessary for the effective performance of the job. Southwark has a strong flexible working ethos and believes in focusing on outcomes. Through taking this approach we welcome flexible working including: a commitment to regular homeworking with technology to support this.
This role is requires mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 as per national guidance to attend care homes and carry out safeguarding duties, see website for details.
This role requires Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Recruitment timetable
Recruitment Timetable
Advert Closing: 11.59pm on the 07/11/2021
Interview: W/C 22/11/2021
Assessment centre: 22/11/2021
For an informal conversation about this role please contact: George Roscoe george.roscoe@southwark.gov.uk
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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