Senior Practitioner - Adult Safeguarding Team In West Kent

Kent County Council; East Malling; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council's Adult Safeguarding Team in West Kent is recruiting senior practitioners to lead safeguarding work, drive excellent practice, and support positive outcomes for adults with care needs. You will conduct risk-based safeguarding enquiries, engage with individuals and families, and supervise colleagues to maintain high standards.

We support flexible working arrangements, strong professional development through our social care academy, and progression routes including specialist

Qualifications

• Experience of managing risk and completing safeguarding enquiries.
• Expertise in the supervision and development of staff, including performance management.
• Positive, forward-thinking attitude with strengths-based practice focused on outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Role involves managing risk and completing safeguarding enquiries.
• Supervise and develop staff, including performance management.
• Work collaboratively as part of a senior practitioner team with flexible, locally focused practice.

Skills

Risk management

Staff supervision

Performance management

Driving license

Job description

Role Responsibility

About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Adult Safeguarding Team in West Kent, as we enhance our locality working practice and put the person and good practice at the heart of what we do.

We work with adults with a range of care and support needs placing individuals at the centre of their support. You will undertake work of varying levels of complexity including, Care Act Assessments, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Assessments, Court of Protection applications and S42 safeguarding enquiries.

Our social care interventions are structured around the three pillars of excellent practice, exceptional innovation, and meaningful measures. Therefore, our work is orientated around building relationships with the individual their families and carers. We engage with communities early on to help people feel empowered to find trusted help and support locally from a range of sources.

We currently have vacancies in West Kent, with the office based below:

Worrall House, Kings Hill

About You

You will have experience of managing risk and completing safeguarding enquiries.

You will be able to demonstrate expertise in the supervision and development of staff, including performance management.

We are looking for future employees who have a positive, forward-thinking attitude. Using strengths-based practice with individuals which is built around their desired outcomes and goals. Our teams are imaginative, locally focused and flexible and we are searching for senior practitioners with a likeminded approach, working collaboratively as part of a team.

You will hold a Full UK Driving License The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

Our Support Offer

In return, we offer an attractive benefits package and a commitment to ensuring that you achieve a healthy work life balance and opportunities for flexible working arrangements that meet business need.

We offer generous market premium payments (subject to eligibility). You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave allowance and the local government pension scheme.

You will have excellent opportunities for professional development with access to our social care academy, progression routes and our newly launched practice framework.

We will support you to consolidate your skills and knowledge, assisting you to develop areas of specialist practice development such as Approved Mental Health Professional Training, Best Interest Assessor Training and Practice Educator training.

You will receive regular professional supervision and have the opportunity to critically reflect on your practice. You will be supported to develop your practice and progress your career

We are increasingly accessible to the public outside of traditional office hours, as we move towards an 8 am to 8 pm, 7 days a week service to ensure service needs are met.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.