Advanced Practitioner – Independent Futures

Our client, based in Staffordshire, is seeking an experienced Advanced Practitioner to join their Independent Futures Team within Adult Social Care.
This is a key front-door leadership role within a high-demand, fast-paced environment, where you will provide oversight, risk assessment and decision-making on referrals received with often limited information.

In addition to managing complex safeguarding and assessment activity, you will play a crucial role in supporting and supervising a mixed workforce of qualified and unqualified staff, ensuring a timely, proportionate and high-quality front door service.

• →MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work or CQSW

• Must be registered with Social Work England

• Minimum 2+ years’ post-qualified experience (including ASYE completion)
• Significant experience within Adult Social Care front-door/triage services
• Experience managing complex referrals and high-risk cases
• Experience providing supervision, mentoring or practice leadership to staff
• Strong background in risk assessment and decision-making under pressure
• Experience working within a fast-paced, high-demand service environment

• Advanced assessment and analytical skills
• Strong leadership and supervisory capability
• Ability to make sound, defensible decisions in complex situations
• Confidence working in a pressurised, high-volume environment
• Excellent communication and partnership-working skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage competing demands effectively
• High standard of written documentation and reporting
• Demonstrates professional curiosity, resilience and sound judgement

• Full UK driving licence and access to a car is desirable

•  Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• 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.

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.

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