Deputy Principal Social Worker

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Deputy Principal Social Worker - Adults Social Care

Are you passionate about opportunities to improve adult social care practice and better outcomes for local residents?

Can you inspire teams to deliver outstanding social work in health and adult social care?

Do you promote excellent strength-based practice in adult social care?

Are you committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion?

If your answer is 'Yes' to all of the above, then the Deputy Principal Social Worker in Adult Social Care is an exciting opportunity for you.

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is recruiting to a new Deputy Principal Social Worker to lead and manage a team focused on outstanding practice and workforce development. In this leadership role you will support and be supported by the Principal Social Worker and Head of Practice Development. You will have an integral role in ensuring the highest standards of social work and social care practice across the Health and Adult Services directorate. You will be a champion of strength-based practice and promote a culture of continuous improvement in practice.

The Deputy Principal Social Worker role will be responsible for operationalising an effective approach to the quality assurance of practice and evidencing how well we are supporting our residents. This role will focus on continuous professional development of a range of qualified and registered social care staff through a robust learning and development offer. The role will support best practice and innovation and support the directorate as we prepare for CQC assurance.

Other responsibilities include:

• Supporting recruitment and retention strategies and workforce planning by maintaining effective pathways/programmes to attract students, ASYE's, social workers and social work managers.
• Embedding and ensuring effective supervision of social workers, occupational therapists and social care practitioners.
• Supporting the development of Social Work, occupational therapists and social care career pathways through continuing professional development opportunities
• Establishing regular staff practice forums to share best practice and embed strength-based working.
• Promoting the annual social work/occupational therapy health check, analysing and reporting on key themes and actions for improvement.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues across Adult Services working with partners to drive innovation, practice improvement and high quality service provision
• Leading on the Workforce Racial Equality Standards pilot using findings to support the directorate's action plan and wider council's Equality Diversity and Inclusion objectives.

About you:

You'll have:

• A degree in Social Work (or equivalent) and registered with Social Work England.
• Extensive experience in adult social care, including experience in a management and supervisory role in adult social care teams.
• Experience of quality assuring practice
• Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to influence, mentor and manage a team, driving excellence in social work/social care practice.
• Ability to work effectively with operational managers and teams
• Ability to use and harness the benefits of technology in social care practice

About Us

At Royal Greenwich, we are proud to be a borough synonymous with first class modern services alongside our Maritime history, Greenwich Mean Time and Royal Status. A world heritage site, our communities are vibrant and diverse, and our elected members are ambitious to realise the potential of the borough whilst responding to our financial challenges.

Growth, progress and innovation are critical, but we remain completely focused on ensuring that we meet the needs of our communities by working closely with residents, partners and businesses. Securing the very best outcomes for our children and young people and providing high quality housing remain our top priorities.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and generous leave entitlement (up to 31 days per year).
• Flexible working options.
• Access to professional development and career progression opportunities.
• A supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion.
• Season ticket loans and access to local business discounts via the Greenwich One Card.
• Access to Wellbeing activities including Art, dance, poetry

Our Health and Social Care vision is Working together to live the best life you can in Royal Greenwich. Our ambition is for all of us to live well. If you share this vision, this role offers the opportunity to make a real difference.

For more information and to make an application, please visit our website via the button below.

Closing date 12 January 2025

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.