Practitioner

Caerphilly County Borough Council; Caerphilly; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

Agile working patterns

Staff discount schemes

Job summary

Caerphilly County Borough Council invites applications for a Senior Practitioner within the South Community Mental Health Team. The post focuses on assessment and care management for adults with mental health needs, requiring registration with Social Care Wales and relevant post-qualifying qualifications.

You’ll work across the borough, liaising with carers and professionals, with a strong emphasis on safeguarding and safe discharge planning. A comprehensive benefit package accompanies the role.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Social Work or equivalent.
• Post-Qualifying Awards for Consolidating Practice and Enabling Practice or equivalent.
• Registered Social Worker with Social Care Wales; OMF/APMH training if needed.

Responsibilities

• Deliver assessment and care management for adults 18+ with mental health needs.
• Work with carers, professionals and teams and when needed use initiative.
• Support safe discharge and safeguarding of vulnerable service users.
• Travel across the borough using a driving licence to visit clients and attend meetings.

Skills

Legislation knowledge

Assessment & care planning

Crisis management

Communication & safeguarding

Education

Diploma/Degree in Social Work

Post-Qualifying Award (Consolidating/Enabling Practice) or equivalent

Job description

Senior Practitioner

Caerphilly County Borough Council

• Location: Old School Building, Mill Road, Caerphilly
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Full-time
• Working Hours: 37 Hours (7.24 Monday - Friday)
• Team: Community Mental Health Team

We are recruiting a Senior Practitioner at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

We pay an attractive salary of £44,253 - £47,665 and offer access to training and development opportunities. This post attracts a Market Supplement of £2,995 per annum, in addition to the annual salary, which will be paid in 12 monthly installments.

The South Community Mental Health Team are looking to recruit a full-time Senior Practitioner in a permanent position. The postholder will work with service users aged 18 and over who have mental health needs. The team is multi-disciplinary, dynamic and forward-thinking, and the successful candidate will be required to practice in accordance with National Occupational Standards for Social Work and the Code of Practice for Social Care Workers to deliver assessment and care management services.

You will need to have a good understanding of current legislation and policy. You will also be required to work closely with carers, other professionals, and team members or alone using your own initiative. You will have a varied role and the ability to deal with crisis situations and facilitate safe discharge for service users from hospital into the community. You will be expected to support and safeguard vulnerable service users through difficult periods in their lives, therefore effective communication and organisational skills are essential.

The successful applicant must possess a Diploma / Degree in Social Work or a predecessor qualification and Post Qualifying Awards for Consolidating Practice and Enabling Practice or equivalent. If you do not hold the Approved Mental Health Professional Award you will be expected to undertake this training in order to fulfil the role.

Applicants must be registered as a Social Worker with Social Care Wales. The current registration requirements state that the completion of the Consolidation of Practice qualification within your first 3 years of practice is mandatory (if you qualified after 1st April 2016). Failure to successfully complete this qualification will result in you being unable to renew your Social Work Registration or practice as a Social Worker.

Key requirements and responsibilities

• Knowledge of the current social care legislative framework and national drivers within social work and social care including Social Services and Wellbeing Act Wales (2014), Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity, Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010, and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
• Knowledge of assessment and care planning processes for working with vulnerable adults and children and their carers.
• Full UK Category B (Cars) driving licence and the use of a motor vehicle insured for business / work purposes to travel throughout the borough to visit clients and attend meetings.

We have excellent benefits including the Local Government Pension Scheme, agile working patterns, and staff discount schemes.

We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport, or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974), and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful applicants. This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.