Lead Practitioner

Pertemps; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A social care agency is seeking a qualified Social Worker in London to provide high standards of practice and support for vulnerable adults. The role includes conducting assessments, safeguarding duties, and collaborating with various agencies. Successful candidates will have a focus on continuous improvement and compliance with safeguarding standards. Attractive benefits and support from dedicated consultants included.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant support

Easy online registration

Referral schemes and incentives

Ongoing compliance management

Reliable payroll

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified social worker with relevant certifications.
• Proven experience in social care, risk assessment, and safeguarding.
• Ability to manage a caseload and undertake complex assessments.

Responsibilities

• Support the Team Manager in practice leadership and supervision.
• Promote continuous learning and development for staff.
• Provide high standard social work assessments.
• Chair safeguarding and multidisciplinary meetings.

Skills

Social care practice

Risk assessment

Safeguarding principles

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Consultation and advice

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Relevant social work certifications

Job description

Overview

Support the Team Manager to provide clear and responsive practice leadership and supervision and promote the highest professional standards in social care practice.

• Promote a culture of continuous learning and professional development of staff and students across Communities, Adults and Health to enhance the quality of practice and staff wellbeing.
• To support people to maintain their health, well-being and independence by providing access to good quality information and advice and signposting to local preventative services, with a focus on building their resilience and strengths to stay well and achieve the outcomes that are important to them.
• To provide a high standard of social work to adults and/or carers arising out of the Council’s duties and powers under the Care Act 2014 and in accordance with Barnet policies and procedures, guidelines, and the Code of Practice for social care workers.
• To provide appropriate, professional social work assessments with adults and carers with a focus on meeting the social care outcomes as articulated in the Department of Health’s Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework.
• To safeguard adults and carers at risk of harm and promote Making Safeguarding Personal principles and their well-being.
• To undertake and review individualised and outcomes-led care and support. To ensure that the well-being principles are at the heart of assessment and care and support planning. Have responsibility for managing a small, complex caseload.
• Conduct appropriate risk assessments with individuals, their families and providers in line with Mental Capacity Legislation and good practice criteria.
• Chair safeguarding meetings and other appropriate multidisciplinary meetings as required by the Team Manager as appropriate.
• Ensure that the responsibility of safeguarding adults at risk is a fundamental element of the work of your team and that the Making Safeguarding Personal principles are embedded effectively.
• Ensure that the service promotes safety and managed risk in the context of maintaining choice.
• Ensure compliance with the London multi-agency adult safeguarding policy and procedures and Barnet safeguarding standards in relation to timescales, concerns, enquiries, planning, recording and audits.
• Maintain effective working relationships with partners who operate both within and outside of the council, including health, other care providers and colleagues to achieve an integrated approach to assessment, planning and review.
• Provide consultation and advice to support social workers and assessment and enablement officers in undertaking assessments and interventions, encouraging the development of high quality standards and practice within a culture of continuous service improvement, value for money and safer practice.
• Chair and participate in reviews and meetings attended by people who use services as well as by colleagues and representatives of other agencies, e.g., NHS partners, community and voluntary sector, and police.

Agency benefits

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
• An easy registration process (all done online)
• Referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance managed for you
• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.

For more information please contact me on [e-mail] or 07813 347 703