Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Advanced Practitioner within the Emergency Duty Team to work Full Time based in Northamptonshire.
The salary for this Advanced Practitioner job is up to £49,753 per annum.
Main duties:
- To undertake emergency social work including prioritising referrals in consultation with colleagues, and assessing needs, and preparing plans to ensure that appropriate resources and support are in place to ensure the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children and adults.
- To participate in the duty rota within the teams operational hours 128 hours per week, and work additional hours as required over public holidays, and be available within day hours for supervision, team meetings, and meetings relevant to the professional role.
- To receive calls from the public and other agencies, assessing and responding appropriately to referrals in good time, and prioritising actions to ensure the safety of those most in need of assistance.
- To liaise with services, including Police and Health, to ensure effective multi-agency working, and to meet the authority’s obligations within statutory guidance, and all relevant inter-agency policy and procedures.
- To maintain and effectively implement up-to-date knowledge of legislation, procedures and resources required to ensure effective safeguarding of adults, children and young people, and the Local Authority duties relating to the implementation of the Mental Health Act.
- Ensure all information and reports relevant to work carried out is recorded, updated and completed in an efficient and timely manner and according to Directorate/legislative policies and procedures so that decisions made and acted upon are fully evidenced and provide sufficiently for audit, court or any other legitimate purpose.
- Demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and application of the local authority’s duties relating to the Equality Act.
- To supervise all work completed by the Family Support Workers whilst on duty, and provide support through mentoring, supervision, and implementation of the local authorities performance appraisal programme.
- Ensure that reasonable care is taken at all times for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, and to comply with the policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the department.
- Provide direct support to assist the Team Manager in the management of complaints, representations and appeals in line with service area protocols.
- To provide the Team Manager with accurate information and assist the Team Manager with establishing, maintaining and utilising information systems to ensure best practice as part of a robust quality assurance system and to inform performance and budget management of the team and organisation.
Requirements of this Advanced Practitioner job:
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
Contact:
This Advanced Practitioner job is advertised by Alex Moon; 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.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
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. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
