Senior Practitioner - Social Work

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Are you an experienced registered Social Worker looking to advance your career into a Senior Practitioner position? Are you passionate about raising standards and person centre approach? Do you thrive on challenge? If the answer is yes, then we would welcome your application.

This full-time Senior Practitioner post is based in the Adult Social Care, Conquest Hospital Team, based in Hastings.

The Senior Practitioner position is a really important role in our structure. You will hold a small and complex caseload of clients that may involve safeguarding, court work etc. In addition to this you will supervise a small number of practitioner staff.

You will support the Practice Manager by bringing your experience and knowledge to the team to raise standards and sharing models and social work theory to support staff and benefit the people we serve as part of our critical front-line service. You will have opportunities to facilitate reflective practice sessions and sharing your learning within the service and more widely.

In your role there will be an expectation that you will be part of the decision making for safeguarding triage and supporting staff to set clear terms of reference for enquiries. You will be expected to participate and rota in for safeguarding in your working week. Should you have training needs around safeguarding work, a development plan will be devised to support you to grow your confidence in decision making.

You will need to be an experienced registered Social Worker and ideally, hold a Practice Educator qualification to support Newly Qualified Social Workers in their first year of social work practice as part of their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment Programme (ASYE).

Finally, there are many rewards to working for East Sussex and being part of our service, some of these include:

• Hybrid working
• Access to our training offer which may include financial support for you to work towards being a Best Interest Assessor and/or an Approved Mental Health Professional
• Your annual registration fee with Social Worker England will be reimbursed.
• You will have the opportunity to apply for our lease car scheme subject to qualifying criteria.
• Five training and development days per year to support your continuous professional development.
• Protected time for you to research models, theories, and case law.
• Access to our extensive training offer that has a real focus on wellbeing and wellness.
• More information can be found on our benefits page.

To apply for this role please follow the 'Apply Now' button above. When completing your CV and Cover Letter be sure to address how you meet all the criteria in the person specification drawing on any relevant work/life experience, education or personal interests.

Interviews will take place via MS Team, the date will be confirmed after the shortlisting has taken place.

For an informal discussion, please contact Hannah Woolston - Operations Manager on 01273 482777

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• Job Description and Person Specification [docx]

Additional Information

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process please go to http://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check . Please note that we require evidence of an overseas police check if you have lived or worked abroad.

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency's Points-based Immigration System.

Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.

If you require sponsorship to work in the UK please let the hiring manager know this in your application so we can check eligibility for sponsorship for the role.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.

Reasonable adjustments include things like an offline application form. If you would like to discuss your requirements further, please get in touch.

Equal Opportunities

East Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit.