Senior Practitioner Adults Services

Randstad Care; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employment agency in the UK is seeking a Senior Social Work Practitioner to manage a complex caseload and supervise staff. The role involves allocating cases, training, and developing staff, ensuring compliance with statutory duties, and contributing to policy development. Ideal candidates will have supervisory experience and be committed to ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior practitioner with supervisory experience.
• Understanding of statutory duties and policies.

Responsibilities

• Undertake line management for staff.
• Supervise social care staff work.
• Allocate and manage cases.
• Ensure high standards of data collection.

Job description

Job Overview

Are you a Senior practitioner with supervisory experience?

Job Purpose

The core components of the Senior Social Work Practitioner role include carrying a complex caseload within a service area.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking line management responsibilities for one or more members of staff
• Formally supervising the work of other social care staff
• Allocating cases
• Identifying staff training and development
• Undertaking staff training and development
• Leading or assisting in practice development and special projects
• Handling complaints
• Contributing to the development of policies and procedures
• Supporting Performance Management arrangements for Teams
• Ensuring a high standard of data collection and record keeping
• Ensuring statutory duties and Directorate policies and procedures are implemented
• As a registered social worker the individual practitioner is required to demonstrate Continuing Professional Development that will meet the requirements of the Care Council for Wales. This amounts to the equivalent of 15 days over a three year period and should ensure the registrant updates their knowledge and maintains a level of competence that at least meets the requirements of the National Occupational Standards
• Social work has become more specialised in the last ten to fifteen years. It is important that the core skills and knowledge are shared between social workers in different areas of specialism.
• To undertake such other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grade, as may be reasonably required by the Service Director.

Further Information

Do you have some more questions regarding this or any other role? If you are interested in discussing the position further, please contact Ian Davies.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.