Job Introduction
Join our integrated Health and Social Care team to play a pivotal role in meeting the diverse needs of Bath and North East Somerset residents!
As a vital part of our integrated Health and Social Care organization, the Senior Practitioner within HCRG Care Group plays a pivotal role in meeting the diverse needs of the people of Bath and North East Somerset. Our Senior Practitioners are entrusted with delegated responsibilities by B&NES Council, encompassing assessments, reviews, care planning, and safeguarding activities under the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.
In addition to these core duties, Senior Practitioners take on leadership responsibilities within the team, including supporting newly qualified colleagues and fulfilling various key roles as required.
Main Responsibility
- Lead with Impact: Provide leadership and assist the Team Manager in managing team tasks, including workload prioritization, monitoring, and review.
- Mentor and Guide: Supervise team members and provide practice consultation to support their professional growth.
- Empower Lives: Conduct assessments and reviews in accordance with the Care Act 2014, creating care and support plans that empower individuals to lead fulfilling lives.
- Safeguarding Advocate: Undertake section 42 Safeguarding enquiries, adhering to Making Safeguarding Personal principles, ensuring the safety and well-being of vulnerable individuals.
- Mental Capacity Expert: Perform Mental Capacity assessments and make Best Interests Decisions as per the Mental Capacity Act 2005, safeguarding individual rights.
- Self-Neglect Specialist: Assess individuals who self-neglect, following local multi-agency policies, making a real difference in their lives.
For a full list of responsibilities see attached Job description
The Ideal Candidate
Essential:
- Qualified social worker with registration with SWE
- Significant experience as a Social Worker Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, safeguarding principles, and self-neglect procedures.
- Commitment to professional development and team support.
- Access to a vehicle for travel and a driving license
Desirable:
- Leadership or supervisory experience.
- Practice Educator or Best Interests Assessor qualification.
Package Description
Ready to Make an Impact? Join Our Team!
If you are a dedicated and qualified social worker, apply now to shape a brighter future for Bath and North East Somerset residents.
As a Senior Practitioner, you’ll feel valued as a social worker within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £37,147 - £40,331 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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