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.
Southwark has a varied mix of cultural communities, where over 120 languages are spoken in Southwark. We have all the challenges you'd find in any inner city area.
Southwark Council is a Equal Opportunity Employer.
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Southwark Council's Adult Social Care Division for the position of Social Work Development Lead. You must be a registered social worker and have a passion for social work values and standards. Working closely with the Principal Social Worker (PSW) for Adults, you will have a key role in driving excellence in social work and supporting the modernisation of our workforce.
The main purposes of this role include the delivery of the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) for Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) and the new Social Work Degree Apprenticeship programme in line with local and national requirements. The Social Work Development Lead is to keep up to date with regional and national innovations in service provision and models of best practice, and to contribute to the implementation of local initiatives that accord with the wider corporate strategy.
About You:
This is an exciting time for a qualified and experienced social worker to work on key priorities including the review of Adult Social Care Learning needs analysis, and the implementation of strengths-based practice. You will assist the PSW in leading the Southwark adult social work workforce to meet the requirements of the Professional Capabilities Framework and other professional requirements for registration with Social Work England in respect of practice standards, conduct and professional development.
You must have excellent communication and networking skills to undertake this pivotal role bridging between strategic and operational colleagues, working closely with frontline managers and staff as well as education and training providers, through participation in local, regional and national forums.
Benefits and more information:
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. You will benefit from 29 days basic annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 36 days with continuous service, a generous local government salary related pension, cycle to work and cycle loan scheme, season-ticket loan, confidential wellbeing and counselling support. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Additional details
Please note a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at enhanced level.
Please note the advertising period may be changed, subject to the number of applications we receive.
For an informal discussion, please contact David Larcher at david.larcher@southwark.gov.uk
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: 29/05/2023 at 23:59
Interview Date: 09/06/2023
SWCHTF
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 programme. 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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