Senior Practitioner
Permanent
Grade 5 - £40,221 - £48,474 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Golden Hello payment - £1,000 + £5,000 per annum; see below for further details and conditions.
Working 36.5 hours per week
Discharge to Assess Pathways & OPAL Teams - The OPAL Teams consist of Heartlands Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which operate over a 7-day period.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Hospital Sector Discharge to Assess Teams based within various locations. Successful candidates will work across busy Multi-Disciplinary Teams to facilitate social work practices.
As a Senior Practitioner your focus will be to support and coach the Social Care workers within your cluster / team to be the best in class, with a clear focus on culture change, to improve on performance, quality of practice and to deliver improved outcomes within the high support and high challenge environment, whereby enabling the workforce to own and drive their own performance.
Your main responsibility will be to supervise and oversee the management of your cluster, and the overall team delivery to have a One Team approach. You will support your cluster through regular supervision, ensuring the multiple complexities within caseload are managed in a timely manner, efficiently and effectively.In addition, you will undertake casefile audits, promoting a culture of shared learning and improvements with a strong one team ethos that focuses on team performance, community development and partnership working.
You should be eligible to be registered with Social Work England. We’re committed to creating an environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusivity, healthy lifestyle choices, wellbeing, and balance.
We’ll empower you to be the best you can be, with coaching, mentoring, and training programmes that meet your professional and personal development needs at every stage of your career with us.
We’re also proud to offer:
* Family friendly policies
* A range of benefits, including membership of the West Midlands Pension Fund, discounted gym membership and a confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
* 29 days’ annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus the option to purchase additional days (subject to terms and conditions).
* Reimbursement of professional fees (subject to terms and conditions).
* Golden Hello payment - £1,000 (upon external appointment).
* Recruitment & Retention Payment - £5,000 per annum (paid monthly over a 12-month period, pro rota for part time staff).
You must upload a Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification.
We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.
Closing date 5th May 2024 at 23.59.
For any informal enquires please contact:Bornwell Asidi on 07703 373 639 or Odette Dennisur-Smith on 07825 318 297.
Ref: BCC1983
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance withUK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) would be required to hold a relevant Visa fromthe UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).
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