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SalaryMerton Grade/Salary ME15- £51,093 - £54,129 per annum
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We are looking for a dynamic, proactive and motivated individual to work with the Principal Social Worker to lead on practice improvement to contribute to the workforce development across Adult Services Directorate.
This will include to support and the coordination of student placement, ASYE, newly qualified and apprenticeship programme and the ASC annual learning programme.
This also provides the applicant with the exciting opportunity to contribute to sector led improvement and workforce development with the teaching partnership and other external and internal agencies.
Another large part of this role is to ensure the implementation and delivery of the Quality Assurance Framework's thorough an agreed program of audit activity. You will lead in Quality Assurance Audit activity and analysis of audit data, as well as producing reports as required to inform Quality Assurance meetings, senior management meetings, and to reflect findings within the learning and development plans.
The applicant will be a qualified social worker with substantial post-qualifying experience, the ability to analyse complex information; a positive communicator who can collaborate, influence, challenge with excellent verbal and written skills.
The applicant will have substantial knowledge of the legislation and statutory responsibilities that underpin Adult Social Care, including appropriate performance indicators and quality standards; possessing a unique ability to convert this knowledge into operational learning opportunities to enhance the workforce knowledge.
Adults Social Care
Our approach to Adult Social care is strength-based, and we aim to achieve the best outcomes for our residents and their carers. We aim to enable people to be safe, as independent as possible and to live the lives they want. Adults of all ages can need extra support in day-to-day life for various and often complex reasons. Adult social care is the support provided to adults with physical or learning disabilities, or physical or mental illnesses, and older people¿who require extra support.
As a member of the Adult Social Care team, you will get the training and development you need to excel in your career, as well as opportunities to move between departments and to progress into more senior roles.
We work closely with Kingston University as part of the Developing Together Work Teaching Partnership. The partnership offers to the staff variety of post qualifying opportunities to promote continuous professional development such as: Practice educator opportunities as well as to support those in their assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE).
About Merton
Working for Merton means you'll be making a difference to the lives of residents and businesses. Merton Local Authority is committed to ‘Building a Better Merton Together’.
We want people to feel proud to live, work and visit Merton. Our aim is to rebuild a sense of pride from the ground up through cleaner streets, more affordable housing, improved town centres and opportunities to be involved in this great sporting borough.
Merton is one of the best-connected areas of south London with fourteen National Rail stations, five underground stations (District and Northern lines) and the London Trams service joining Wimbledon, Morden and Croydon.¿
The road network offers access to the M23, M25, Channel Tunnel and airports.
Morden and Wimbledon stations offer bus service connections to surrounding areas.
Benefits at Merton
Please click the link to see all of our benefits: https://www.merton.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/working-for-merton
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For more information please contact Lisa Hewitt , Adults Principal Social Worker on 020 8545 4712
