Senior Practitioner - Community Mental Health Team

Location
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £34.00 per hour
Reference HQ00116757_1611332910

Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Senior Practitioner to work full-time within a Community Mental Health Team based in Tower Hamlets. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Adults' Services and be registered with Social Work England.

The pay rate for this locum Senior Practitioner job is £34 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 3-month contract.

Summary:

  • The CMHT for Older Adult is a multi-disciplinary team that provides a seamless package of care to adults who live in Tower Hamlets experience severe and/or long-term mental illness including dementia.
  • Be able to undertake the role of a Senior/Care Coordinator.
  • You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that is friendly and supportive and willing to work in creative and innovative ways by providing a sensitive and appropriate service to our service users and their carers.

Requirements of the Senior Practitioner:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within Adults' Services
  • Knowledge of Care Act /CPA and all other relevant legislation
  • Willing to take on the challenges of working in an inner city multi-cultural area with a high level of needs amongst older adults who experience severe and enduring mental illness; including service users with dementia.

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Daily payroll
  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
  • Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place after 100 hours of work has been completed
  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Clinical governance support with a specialist safeguarding team
  • In-house payroll system
  • Free digital copy of the Social Work News Magazine

Contact:

This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Jake Merry; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.