Job Introduction
Applications are welcomed for the role of Consultant Social Worker Educator for Adult Social Care.
Based in the Adult Social Care and Safeguarding Department (ASC & SG) reporting to the Deputy Principal Social worker and Assistant Service lead.
The role will support work within the Workforce development team for Adult Social care to create and implement strategies to recruit, retain and develop the social care workforce including growing talent from within Staffordshire County Council.
The role will assist in the design of an Adult Social Work and Safeguarding education and development programme and is responsible for the operational implementation and monitoring of the programme to support Staffordshire’s One Adult Social Care vision. This will further include, supporting the assessment of Newly qualified Social workers throughout their assessed year in practice and provide co-ordination and support to candidates undergoing the Think Ahead programme.
The role will practice in a strengths-based way, ensuring that people can access educational opportunities, post qualification training and continuous professional development (CPD), enabling them to realise their potential, meet their learning objectives and where relevant maintain their professional registration.
Interviews will take place on the 31st October and the 1st November
Main Responsibility
As a Consultant Social Worker, you will:
- work closely with the teams and support practice and development across the service.
- ensure that people have access to the right training and development.
- support those people completing their apprenticeships and help those interested in working towards this.
- assist in creating and developing the Adult Social work and Safeguarding education and development programmes as well as being part of implementing strategies to recruit, retain and develop the qualified social care workforce including growing talent from within Staffordshire County Council.
- Co-ordinating and commissioning of pre- and post-social work registration specialist education to support the ongoing learning for our social workers. Supporting workforce development approaches so that qualified social workers can evidence continuing professional development and meet Social Work England registration requirements.
- Assisting the Workforce Development Budget owner ensuring that all income and expenditure relating to social work education is accounted for and invested to best support ASC practitioners.
The Ideal Candidate
You will:
- be a qualified social worker.
- have significant experience in the field and experience of developing and delivering training.
- be motivated by the purpose of your role – to help and support others.
- a team player and able to flex to the needs of the team.
- be able to help mentor and coach other colleagues.
You’ll have a proven track record of a person centred and asset focused outlook and you’ll have high professional standards.
In return for your skills, enthusiasm, and commitment we will support you to take your career to the next level within an exciting, progressive, imaginative, and diverse service.
Interviews will be held: 31 October and 1 November.
If you require any further information about this role, please contact Ruth Martin Ruth.martin@staffordshire.gov.uk or Sara Bell Sara.bell1@staffordshire.gov.uk
If a high volume of applications are received before the closing date, we will close the advert before the end date.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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