# Senior social worker

**Company**: Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
**Location**: Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 43,449 - 53,919 per year
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Social Worker to join our Kingston Hub team, one of three locality teams operating in the borough of Kingston. The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting the well-being of Kingston residents and supporting the team to achieve high performance while assisting vulnerable residents in accordance with relevant legislation.

Key responsibilities include:

- Working with the team manager and senior practitioners to maintain team performance and allocate cases.

- Managing budget responsibilities and approving care plans, Care Act Assessments, care reviews, and Mental Capacity Assessments and Best Interest Meetings.

- Conducting regular supervision with qualified/unqualified staff and support staff.

- Maintaining staff motivation and contributing to staff retention.

- Managing a complex caseload in adherence to the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act.

- Liaison with health partners (GP, MH, hospitals, CHC) to work collaboratively and facilitate discharges.

The ideal candidate will have relevant post-qualification experience in a social care environment, including staff supervisory responsibilities. A strong working knowledge and practical experience in applying the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act are essential.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

- A generous annual leave entitlement of 25-32 days, plus bank holidays.

- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave.

- Three volunteering days per year in Kingston.

- Hybrid working.

- Flexible and agile working arrangements.

- Learning and development portal offering a range of courses.

- Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres.

- Interest-free season ticket loans.

- Local Government Pension Scheme.

- Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme.

- Electric vehicle leasing scheme.

- Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support.

## Skills

### Required
- Care Act 2014
- Mental Capacity Act
- social work
- team management
- budget management

### Nice to have
- experience supervising staff members
- budget responsibility experience
- experience of working with people living with dementia

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