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Full-Time Social Work Senior Practitioner, Camden's Adults Learning Disabilities Service
Role Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced and dedicated Social Work Senior Practitioner to join our team. This role is ideal for someone with a passion for complex casework and supervision, particularly in the areas of Continuing Health Care and Forensic Social Work. You will be responsible for managing a small caseload of up to 3 complex cases and supervising two Social Worker practitioners. Your focus will be on delivering high-quality care while navigating a whole systems approach to care planning, managing crisis situations, and working within a legally complex framework.
Key Responsibilities:
Casework Management: Manage a small caseload of up to 3 complex cases, including court work and work with forensic services, under the supervision of a Team Manager.
Supervision:
- Provide professional supervision and support to two Social Worker practitioners, with a focus on Continuing Health Care, ensuring high standards of practice and continuous development.
- Court Work: Extensive experience in court work, including representing the local authority in Court of Protection proceedings.
- Crisis Management & Intervention: Provide expertise in crisis intervention and management, delivering timely and effective solutions to complex situations.
- Systematic Care Planning: Use a whole systems approach to care planning, ensuring that individuals receive holistic and coordinated care that meets their needs.
- Team Contribution: Collaborate effectively within the team, offering guidance, training, and support to more junior staff members.
- Project Management: If applicable, take the lead on managing relevant projects or initiatives within the service, ensuring the achievement of key objectives and outcomes.
- Key Skills and Experience: Post-Qualifying Experience: At least 2 years of post-qualifying experience as a Social Worker, with a proven track record in managing complex cases.
- Forensic Social Work Experience: Experience working within forensic services, dealing with individuals with complex needs in secure settings.
- Court Work Expertise: Extensive experience in handling court cases, particularly within the Court of Protection.
- Desirable Experience: Experience working with people with Learning Disabilities, Mental Health diagnoses, and Looked After Children. Care Planning Expertise: Proven experience in navigating a whole systems approach to care planning.
- Crisis Management: Experience in managing and intervening in crisis situations effectively.
- Legally Literate: Strong understanding of legal frameworks including Mental Health Act, Care Act including safeguarding, mental capacity, and human rights legislation.
- Strong Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with professionals, clients, and their families.
- Flexibility: A flexible approach to working in a dynamic and often high-pressure environment.
- Immediate Availability: Ideally, the successful candidate will be available to start immediately.
- Project Management: Experience in managing projects, with a focus on delivery and meeting targets.
- Understanding of Continuing Health Care: Knowledge and experience of Continuing Health Care processes, funding, and assessments.
Key Personal Qualities:
- Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills and the ability to resolve complex situations with practical solutions.
- Leadership: Ability to provide leadership and guidance to junior staff while fostering a collaborative and supportive environment.
- Commitment to High Standards: A passion for delivering high-quality services to vulnerable individuals and ensuring the best outcomes for those you support.
Why Join Us?
Impactful Work: Make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals with complex needs.
Professional Development: Ongoing support and opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Supportive Environment: Work within a supportive, collaborative. multi-disciplinary, award winning team environment focused on high-quality service delivery.
If you are a passionate and experienced Social Work Senior Practitioner with the skills and experience to thrive in this role, we would love to hear from you
What you need:
- QSW Status - including qualification, Social Work England registration and completed ASYE
- A minimum of 2 years' experience
- Right to work in the UK
Benefits of working with Remedy
- A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
- Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
- Competitive Referral scheme
- Double payrolls each week.
Terms & Conditions apply
You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.
To be considered for this role, please apply with your CV to on the social care team.
Remedy Social Care is a REC Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit
