Senior Practitioner

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Practitioner in the Hospital Sector Discharge to Assess Teams. This role involves coaching Social Care workers, managing complex caseloads, and promoting a culture of performance and learning within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Family friendly policies

Membership of the West Midlands Pension Fund

Discounted gym membership

Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

29 days annual leave

Reimbursement of professional fees

Golden Hello payment

Recruitment & Retention Payment

Qualifications

• Support and coach Social Care workers to improve performance.
• Supervise management of the cluster and team delivery.

Responsibilities

• Oversee team management and ensure timely case management.
• Conduct casefile audits and promote shared learning.

Skills

Coaching

Supervision

Social Work

Education

Eligibility for registration with Social Work England

Job description

Senior Practitioner

Permanent

Grade 5 - £41,511 - £49,764

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review.

Golden Hello payment - £1,000 + £5,000 per annum; see below for further details and conditions.

Working 36.5 Hours per week

Discharge to Assess Community Team North Pathways

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Hospital Sector Discharge to Assess Teams based within various locations.Successful candidates will work across busy Multi-Disciplinary Teams to facilitate social work practices.

As a Senior Practitioner your focus will be to support and coach the Social Care workers within your cluster / team to be the best in class, with a clear focus on culture change, to improve on performance, quality of practice and to deliver improved outcomes within the high support and high challenge environment, whereby enabling the workforce to own and drive their own performance.

Your main responsibility will be to supervise and oversee the management of your cluster, and the overall team delivery to have a One Team approach. You will support your cluster through regular supervision, ensuring the multiple complexities within caseload are managed in a timely manner, efficiently and effectively. In addition, you will undertake casefile audits, promoting a culture of shared learning and improvements with a strong one team ethos that focuses on team performance, community development and partnership working.

You should be eligible to be registered with Social Work England. We’re committed to creating an environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusivity, healthy lifestyle choices, wellbeing, and balance.

We’ll empower you to be the best you can be, with coaching, mentoring, and training programmes that meet your professional and personal development needs at every stage of your career with us.

We’re also proud to offer:

-Family friendly policies

-A range of benefits, including membership of the West Midlands Pension Fund, discounted gym membership and a confidential Employee Assistance Programme.

-29 days’ annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus the option to purchase additional days (subject to terms and conditions).

-Reimbursement of professional fees (subject to terms and conditions).

-Golden Hello payment - £1,000 (upon external appointment).

-Recruitment & Retention Payment - £5,000 per annum (paid monthly over a 12-month period, pro rota for part time staff).

We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence using the English language as required by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached

When completing your application form please make sure you address each point in the person specification in your application.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance withUK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Shortlisting date: Week commencing 9^th June 2025

Interview dates: Week commencing 18^th June 2025

Interviews for this post will take place face to face. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further information.

For informal enquiries, you may contact the following team members supporting with this recruitment: Odette Dennisur-Smith, telephone: [phone]

Job Description and Person Specification

We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However, due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.