Principal Social Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Telford and Wrekin Council for the position of Principal Social Worker in Adult Social Care. This is a statutory role with responsibility for the assurance of the delivery of our statutory duties under The Care Act as well as other key legislative functions. It is expected that the Principal Social Worker will drive forwards excellent adult social care practice and legal literacy, alongside the Leadership Team and working closely with the Director of Adult Social Care, and the Principal Occupational Therapist to ensure statutory duties are robustly executed. This is a highly visible role, where the focus on strengthening practice and assuring quality is a priority, ensuring high standards across the service, as well as with our partners. The Principal Social Worker will work beyond setting the practice framework, to embed and constantly develop procedures and practice, ensuring that the people we support are always central to our work. The Principal Social Worker will lead on targeted practice development, Co-production and transformation programmes. The Principal Social Worker will sustain strong networks internally and externally, enhancing the reputation and influence of social care across our Borough, as well as regionally and nationally. The post holder will be passionate, driven, and able to respond efficiently; delivering change in an ever-changing landscape to the high standard and innovative ways expected within Telford and Wrekin Council.

Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021. At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.

We value our employees and offer staff rewards and plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression including:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Automatic access to a secure, flexible and tax efficient Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
• Free on-site parking
• Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
• Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling
• Flexible and mobile working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home - our approach is to promote greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments, In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups. We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our 'guaranteed interview scheme' here You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here and the Transgender & Non-Binary Inclusion Policy commitments here