Senior Practitioner Adults Front Door

Tempting Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A local authority in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Practitioner based in Southampton. In this role, you will manage incoming work, authorize assessments, and ensure the safeguarding of adults with care and support needs. Candidates must be registered social workers with significant experience in handling complex cases and the ability to work in a multi-agency setting. This temporary position offers a pay rate of £30 - £35 per hour.

Qualifications

• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council or proof of application.
• Significant experience handling complex adult cases.
• Proven experience working in a multi-agency environment.
• Ability to ensure safeguarding of adults.

Responsibilities

• Oversee management of incoming work and allocations.
• Authorize assessments and safeguard work.
• Lead offers of support to adults with care needs.
• Ensure services comply with statutory guidance.

Skills

Qualified Social Worker registration

Post-qualifying experience

Multi-agency collaboration

Safeguarding adults

Job description

Tempting Recruitment is working alongside our client, a Local Authority, who is looking to recruit an experienced Senior Practitioner to join their team based in Southampton.

Job Details

• Pay Rate: £30 - £35 per hour
• Work Type: Temporary
• Work Pattern: Full Time
• Location: Southampton

Job Summary

The Senior Practitioner will oversee the management of incoming work and allocations, authorize assessments, and safeguard work.

Job Description

The duties and responsibilities of the role will include:

• Leading coordinated offers of support to adults who are deemed to have care and support needs and are unable to protect themselves or others.
• Ensuring that services are compliant with statutory guidance and policy, and that we are continually improving through workforce development, performance monitoring, independent review, and case audit.
• Providing a service to adults with care and support needs, their families, and carers who meet the threshold for statutory social work intervention. Assessing, planning, and reviewing the needs for appropriate services, and providing reports. Offering advice, support, and information to meet adults with care and support needs in partnership with families and carers.

The Successful Candidate

The successful candidate will have the following skills and competencies:

• Qualified Social Workers should be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council Standards (SWE) or have proof of application for registration.
• Significant post-qualifying experience of handling complex adult cases and initiating safeguarding processes to a high standard.
• Proven experience working in a multi-agency environment with the ability to maintain effective relationships with statutory partners such as health, police, and voluntary organizations.
• Ability to ensure the safeguarding of adults with care and support needs.

Please be advised that only candidates with the specific skills and experience required for this role will be shortlisted and submitted to our client for review.

How to Apply

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