ASW - Senior social worker / senior pract- Initial Assessment
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Role
Who You Are
A dedicated and experienced leader in adult safeguarding with a comprehensive understanding of legislation and practice standards. You possess strong communication skills and can establish effective relationships across various teams and agencies. You are adaptable, committed to promoting safeguarding awareness, and have a proven ability to manage complex cases and investigations. Your openness to continual professional development and training is essential to enhance service delivery and maintain high standards of practice.
What the job involves
As the Practice Manager for Safeguarding Performance, you will supervise and provide professional guidance to social workers and support officers to ensure a high-quality service in Tower Hamlets. Your role includes leading the investigation of safeguarding cases, offering expert advice, improving service delivery, and overseeing quality audits. You are responsible for developing and cascading new policies, managing HR investigations, delivering formal training, handling duties associated with the Adult Safeguarding Working Group, and deputizing as required. You will also collaborate with multi-agency partners to ensure the protection and well-being of vulnerable adults.
Skills
- Strong leadership and supervisory skills
- In-depth knowledge of adult safeguarding legislation
- Experience with complex case management
- Ability to develop and deliver training programs
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Capability to manage change positively
- Strong organizational and analytical skills
- Competence in IT and use of management systems
- Commitment to promoting diversity and anti-discriminatory practices