Advanced Practitioner (Adults) |Adult Social Care | Somerset | £45ph

Tripod Partners; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care recruitment agency is looking for an Adult Advanced Practitioner to provide operational leadership within Adult Social Care. This role in Taunton offers £45 per hour and requires significant experience in safeguarding, complex casework, and care planning. The ideal candidate will ensure high-quality, person-centred services and promote independence while collaborating with multi-agency teams. Immediate start available.

Benefits

Dedicated specialist consultant

Access to a wide variety of jobs

Free DBS and compliance service

£500 referral fee

Qualifications

• Experienced in operational and professional leadership.
• Advanced knowledge in complex casework and safeguarding.
• Ability to support and enhance community networks.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership to social workers.
• Ensure delivery of person-centred services.
• Promote choices and control for individuals.

Skills

Leadership

Safeguarding

Complex casework

Care planning

Job description

Overview

Adult Advanced Practitioner – Adult Social Care - £45 ph

• Location: Taunton, Somerset
• Pay Rate: £45 per hour
• Contract Type: Full-time, Temporary (3–6 months initially, possible extension)
• Start Date: ASAP

About the Role

Somerset is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Adult Advanced Practitioner to provide high-quality operational and professional leadership across a defined locality or neighborhood team within Adult Social Care.

You will play a key role in ensuring the delivery of person-centred, strengths-based practice that promotes independence, wellbeing, and effective use of community assets. The role requires strong practice leadership and advanced knowledge in complex casework, safeguarding, and care planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and support to social workers and practitioners in a designated neighbourhood or specialist team
• Oversee and contribute to the delivery of high-quality, person-centred services, ensuring individuals receive the right support at the right time
• Support adults to remain independent by enhancing family and community support networks
• Ensure timely hospital discharges and prevent admissions through proactive planning and multi-agency collaboration
• Champion individual choice and control, enabling people to shape and manage their own support
• Promote professional standards in line with the Care Act, ensuring robust assessments, reviews, and safeguarding practices

Service Delivery Focus

• Promote wellbeing and independence
• Reduce or delay the need for long-term care
• Enable individuals to achieve their personal outcomes
• Safeguard vulnerable adults across all interventions

Areas of Practice

• Locality/Neighborhood Teams
• Intermediate Care
• Mental Health (Community or In-Patient)
• Community Learning Disabilities
• Hospital Interface Services
• Safeguarding
• Adults Preparing for Adulthood
• Peripatetic (Flexible deployment to meet need across teams)

Benefits of Working with Tripod Partners

• Your own dedicated specialist consultant
• Access to the widest variety of social work jobs across 150 authorities and private organizations throughout the UK
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• £500 referral fee

How to Apply

For more information, please contact Dylan at Tripod Partners on 07919 026892 or send your CV to [e-mail]