Senior Practitioner - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool City Council

Description

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Liverpool City Council are to recruit a part time Social Work Senior Practitioner in our hospital team which is across the Adult Social Care service. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to gain experience in a leadership role and be part of an enthusiastic team.

The role will include the line management of social workers and social care assessors, working as part of a team, responsible for promoting the wellbeing of adults with care and support needs, undertaking assessments and support planning and adult safeguarding work, and continuously improving outcomes.

Embedding a strength-based approach to assessment with outcomes where people have wider choice and control over their well-being. Through every interaction, applying the Prevent, Reduce, Delay principles of the Care Act to promote independence and wellbeing.

To provide professional leadership and supervision to social workers and social care practitioners in a designated area with focus on raising the standards of care that delivers improved outcomes for people.

To support the Team Manager in delivering high quality services and support to people, within agreed budgets and performance requirements.

If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role or have an informal discussion, please contact Michael Bebbington on or

Please note as this is a part time role the salary will be reflective of this.

Please note that in accordance with the Council's policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.

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