Job Title: Senior Practitioner – Single Point of Contact Team Location: Gateshead Rate: £202.11 per day An exciting job role has recently become available at the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. They are looking for a new member for their Single Point of Contact team. Your Responsibilities: You will lead, manage, and support a team of social workers and support staff. You will ensure effective supervision, appraisal, and professional development of team members. Additionally, you will oversee the assessment, planning, and delivery of social care services, lead on safeguarding adults by ensuring robust procedures are in place, ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies, and procedures, and develop and maintain effective partnerships with other agencies and stakeholders. Benefits of the Role: Competitive rate of pay. Flexible working arrangements. Regular supervision. Weekly Pay. Qualifications: You must have a degree in Social Work or equivalent and be registered with Social Work England. A management qualification is desirable. Experience: You should have significant experience in adult social care, proven experience in managing and leading a team, and experience in safeguarding adults and working with multi-agency partners. Why Liquid Personnel? New 'Faster Pay' service getting you paid more quickly. Twice weekly payroll. Free DBS and compliance service. 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. How to Apply? If this is a job for you, feel free to click apply below or if you want to learn more about it, please contact 0345 241 9590. BH - 183575 GH - 23984