Sanctuary Social Care has locum vacancy for a Senior Practitioner to work full-time based in Eastbourne, within the Mental Health Team. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Adult's Services and be registered with Social Work England.
The pay rate for this locum Senior Practitioner role is £32 - £34 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 3-month contract.
Duties:
- Undertaking a duty role which will include screening and allocating new referrals
- Responding to issues arising from allocated cases when allocated worker is unavailable
- Liaising with clients, care providers, carers and families
- Carrying out light touch telephone assessments if required
- Urgent face to face visits if required
- Monitoring all duty intake, safeguarding, Social Circumstance Reports
- Quality assurance for social care assessments and care plans and supervising 2 -3 Social Workers/Resource Officers.
- To chair multiagency meetings for Safeguarding and other purposes.
Requirements of the Senior Practitioner:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current Social Work England registration
- Significant senior level frontline experience within Adult's services
- Experience of working in Mental Health service would be advantageous but not essential.
Contact:
This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Ashley McSheen; 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.
