Advanced Practitioner – Independent Futures

Liquid PersonnelStaffordshire, United Kingdom · Posted 2 months ago

Full-timeEst. 45,000 GBP

Description

Our client, based in Staffordshire, is seeking an experienced Advanced Practitioner to join their Independent Futures Team within Adult Social Care.
This is a key front-door leadership role within a high-demand, fast-paced environment, where you will provide oversight, risk assessment and decision-making on referrals received with often limited information.

In addition to managing complex safeguarding and assessment activity, you will play a crucial role in supporting and supervising a mixed workforce of qualified and unqualified staff, ensuring a timely, proportionate and high-quality front door service.

Key Responsibilities

Core duties include:

Providing professional oversight and triage of incoming referrals, ensuring appropriate thresholds and pathways are applied
Undertaking robust risk assessments based on limited or emerging information, ensuring defensible and proportionate decision-making
Leading on complex cases and escalations, offering guidance and direction to the wider team
Delivering effective supervision and support to both qualified and unqualified staff, promoting best practice and continuous development
Ensuring a timely, responsive front door assessment service, balancing demand and risk effectively
Working collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure co-ordinated and person-centred responses
Supporting the team to apply relevant legislation, including safeguarding and mental capacity frameworks
Promoting strengths-based practice and outcome-focused interventions
Ensuring high standards of record-keeping, decision logs and reporting, in line with statutory and organisational requirements
Contributing to service development and continuous improvement within the Independent Futures Team
Applying professional curiosity and critical thinking to ensure risks are fully explored and managed

Qualifications & Experience

Professional Qualification:

MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work or CQSW

Registration:

Must be registered with Social Work England

Experience:

Minimum 2+ years’ post-qualified experience (including ASYE completion)
Significant experience within Adult Social Care front-door/triage services
Experience managing complex referrals and high-risk cases
Experience providing supervision, mentoring or practice leadership to staff
Strong background in risk assessment and decision-making under pressure
Experience working within a fast-paced, high-demand service environment

Legislation Knowledge:

Strong working knowledge of:

Care Act 2014
Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA)
Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA)
Safeguarding Adults procedures and frameworks

Skills:

Advanced assessment and analytical skills
Strong leadership and supervisory capability
Ability to make sound, defensible decisions in complex situations
Confidence working in a pressurised, high-volume environment
Excellent communication and partnership-working skills
Ability to prioritise and manage competing demands effectively
High standard of written documentation and reporting
Demonstrates professional curiosity, resilience and sound judgement

Other Requirements:

Full UK driving licence and access to a car is desirable

Why Liquid Personnel?

Free DBS and compliance service
Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
“Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
“Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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