Senior Practitioner - Adult social care connect

Role Responsibility

We are recruiting Senior Practitioners with a range of different skills and experience.

Permanent, full time opportunities are available.

We operate in a hybrid model of office-based working and working from home to meet the needs of the service.

About Us

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Practitioner to join the Adult Social Care Connect Team covering the Thanet & South Kent Coast areas.

The Team provides initial contact following a referral from a range of sources and works with adults with a range of care and support needs.  Our team focuses on supporting people when they first contact Adult Social Care Services to ensure proportionate assessments are undertaken where indicated and arranging urgent support to manage eligible social care needs as required. 

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.

The successful applicant would support with initial triage of referrals and provide supervision, direction and guidance to both registered and non-registered staff as they undertake assessments.  You will bring professional expertise, skills and advice to enable the provision of an effective, high quality social care service that meets KCC and multi-agency policies, procedures and practices.

The role will involve providing professional supervision and guidance to both Registered Practitioners and Social Care Officers to promote best practice in line with our statutory duties.

The office base for this post is Cheriton House, Folkestone with a hybrid working model in place.

About You

We welcome applications from experienced social workers who can demonstrate post-qualification experience in Social Services, Health related agencies or related private or voluntary organisation.

You will hold a registration with a professional body (Social Work England, HCPC,NWC) and be competent to work at the Advanced Practitioner level of the Professional Capabilities Framework for Registered Practitioners

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 registered practitioners with a likeminded approach, working collaboratively as part of a team.

The ability to travel across a wide geographical area in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day is essential.

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 a relevant professional qualification (Social Work, Nursing or Occupational Therapy) as well as up to date registration with the appropriate professional body

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.

Contact Details

For more information about this role, please contact:
  Kate Smith on 03000 414182

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.