Senior Practitioner - Mental Health

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Senior Practitioner for its client’s Mental Health team in Haringey.
The Senior Practitioner will provide leadership and advanced social work expertise within an integrated Community Mental Health Team. Responsibilities include managing complex cases, supervising and mentoring staff, and contributing to service development, while ensuring compliance with statutory duties under the Care Act, Mental Health Act, and Mental Capacity Act.

What will your responsibilities be?

1. Hold a reduced caseload of complex and high-risk cases, including safeguarding adults, court proceedings, and Mental Health Act assessments.
2. Deputise for the Team Manager and act as Duty Manager when required.
3. Promote best practice and compliance with relevant legislation and professional standards
4. Chair meetings, including safeguarding strategy meetings and multidisciplinary case conferences.
5. Work collaboratively with health professionals, voluntary agencies, and other stakeholders to deliver integrated care.
6. Undertake risk assessments and implement risk management plans for individuals and staff safety.

Benefits:

• Make a Difference: Help change the lives of adults
• Great Team: Work with a supportive and collaborative crew.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Hold a full UK driving licence (Not Mandatory)
• Post-qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Why Liquid Personnel?

• 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.

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.

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