Consultant Social Worker

Role Responsibility

This is an exciting opportunity to progress your career as a Consultant Social Worker with Adult Social Care and Health (ASCH)

KCC are partnering with Think Ahead – a charity that works with NHS and Local Authority mental health services to strengthen the contribution of social work.

In this role you will:

- Join a network of leaders across the country promoting and strengthening mental health social work.

- Lead and develop four talented participants, who are passionate about mental health and social work.

- Develop your skills in practice, supervision, and education.

- Get fully funded CPD training, including a Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Social Work from Middlesex University.

Role

In this full-time permanent position, you will manage four Think Ahead participants who will be placed in an Adult Community Team with.  Work allocated will however be specifically to support adults with mental health needs.

You will retain a frontline role and will hold a small caseload with work delegated to the participants.   You will provide practice education of outstanding quality. You’ll work with an academic tutor and assess participants’ ability to put social work theories, interventions, and legislation into practice.

Benefits

You will join a group of Consultant Social Workers delivering a prestigious, high-profile initiative across the country (to date, Think Ahead has worked with more than half of NHS Trusts and over a third of Local Authorities). You’ll receive CPD training to consolidate and develop your expertise in evidence-based interventions. You do not need to be a qualified practice educator as you will receive Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) training stages 1 and 2. If you have PEPS 2, you will do refresher training.

Requirements

You will be a registered social worker with significant experience of working with adults with complex mental health needs from a range of community mental health services. You will also need the enthusiasm, confidence, and authority to inspire others. If you do not have PEPs 1 and 2 you will be expected to undertake this training.

Post Location

This post is currently based in Ashford however may be required to cover other areas of Kent with future participants.

Interviews

Closing date for applications is the 17th April

More information

Please see the job description for more details. You can also read about the experiences of some of Think Ahead’s current Consultant Social Workers on Community Care and Think Ahead’s website. The “Introduction to Think Ahead and the Consultant Social Worker role” document also provides an overview of the organisation and the role for those not familiar with Think Ahead.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

Contact Details

If you require any further information about this role, please contact: 

Vickie Minkiewicz – Principal Social Worker.

Vickie.minkiewicz@kent.gov.uk  03000 411197

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.