
Professional Leadership
Take responsibility for the professional learning and development of others through supervision, mentoring, assessing, research, teaching, leadership and management.
The social work profession evolves through the contribution of its members in activities such as practice research, supervision, assessment of practice, teaching and management. An individual's contribution will gain influence when undertaken as part of a learning, practice-focused organisation. Learning may be facilitated with a wide range of people including social work colleagues, service users and carers, volunteers, foster carers and other professionals.
Practitioners at this level should:
- Contribute to organisational developments.
- Play leading role in practice development in the team and help sustain a learning culture.
- Provide supervision to colleagues as organisation determines. Support others to manage and prioritise work.
- Assess and manage the work of social work students and ASYE.
Evidencing your capabilities:
At Experienced Social Worker level, you will be contributing more particularly to developments in the organisation which support social work practice. You will also be taking more responsibility for the supervision of others.
The sources of evidence for this domain are likely to centre on the projects with which you are currently engaged. The supervision records which you keep on supervisees might provide a useful source of material, as would records of meetings you attend.