Advanced Social Worker - Front door

Our client Devon county council is looking for an Advanced Social Worker to join their Front door team.Job PurposeThe Advanced Social Worker will:provide professional leadership and supervision/appraisal of staff, working in partnership with the manager, staff and others, contributing to an effective and efficient servicesupport the Team Manager on day to day operational issuesprovide a lead social work role in the team, supporting the development of good evidenced based practiceco-work complex cases with less experienced workers to ensure quality and consistency and to develop professional practice.All Advanced Social Workers have the responsibilities outlined belowLeadership and SupervisionProvide professional supervision and guidance on cases and professional matters to unqualified or alternatively qualified staff, students and social workers. Where social workers are line managed by non-social worker managers (and due to the requirements relating to professional supervision), Advanced Social Workers may be asked to provide individual or group ''critically reflective'' supervision to social workers who are not within their immediate team structure.Provide on the job training, coaching and mentoring of all Social Care workers within the team, which may include undertaking direct observations of practice as required by the service and national standards.Either be a Practice Educator or undertake the training in order to supervise students and provide mentoring support to ..... full job details .....