We have an exciting opportunity for three Adult Social Workers to join our North East Locality Team.

About Tower Hamlets – The Best of London in one borough!

Tower Hamlets is one of the UK's most culturally vibrant and diverse areas, at the heart of London's East End. Our vision is that local communities will be independent, strong and vibrant.

We want you to be part of the future that we are creating, and to help us make a difference. We have senior practitioner social work roles available. We are proud of our values because they demonstrate how we work and interact with customers, partners and colleagues on a day-to-day basis.

We have five core values:

• Together - We work TOGETHER across boundaries and with partners to achieve the best outcomes for Tower Hamlets
• Open and honest - We are OPEN and transparent
• Willing - We are WILLING to challenge, innovate and be accountable
• Excellence - We empower each other to be EXCELLENT and go the extra mile
• Respect - We RESPECT all communities; they are the heart of everything we do

About the role

The postholders will be required to hold a caseload which may include the following:

• Annual reviews and reassessments of service users in receipt of care and support
• Maintaining effective case recording on Mosaic
• Participate in the duty rota
• Safeguarding
• Court Reports and Attendance
• Ensuring timely intervention for discharges following the Discharge to Assess model
• Build relationships working effectively in partnership with health colleagues, providers and other social care teams
• Participating in a weekly CSPAM panel as required
• Ensure that maximum use is made of health funding and income from client contributions for care and support is maximised
• Ensure that assessments are strength based and care and support is proportional and cost effective
• Direct payments are promoted

About You

As experienced social workers, you will manage a varied caseload, carrying out assessments focusing on the strengths of the person, their families, carers and local communities to promote independence.

You will be committed to working in a strength based, outcome focused way and to making a difference to the lives of the individuals and families which you work with.

You will probably work on cases that will change your assumptions, change your outlook and even change the way that you practise. Working in this environment will build relationships that stay with you through your social work career.

Excellent partnership working is essential to this role.

Candidates must have post qualification experience along with a good knowledge of relevant legislation and local authority responsibilities in the safeguarding of vulnerable adults.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough. 

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