Advanced Practitioner

4 weeks ago


Walsall, United Kingdom Walsall Council Full time

**Advanced Practitioner x2 - Ref: SS01224**

**Adult Safeguarding Team**

**Salary: G10 £42,403 - £47,420**

**Contract: Full time, permanent**

An exciting and unique opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic and forward-thinking Adult Safeguarding Team Hub, as an Advanced Practitioner.

The ideal applicant will have the ability to evidence competence with supporting staff and a commitment to professional development, with a post qualifying award, such as a Best Interests Assessor (BIA), Practice Educator or as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). You must have a passion and commitment to working with staff and other agencies to achieve the best outcomes, relating to the abuse of vulnerable adults that may be at risk.

**Main Responsibilities of role**

To ensure that Adult Safeguarding concerns are screened, risk assessed, and a threshold decision is made and ensuring that the overall principles of the Care Act (2014) are followed.

To effectively liaise with partner agencies, adults and their representatives, to ensure that information is shared and gathered appropriately, including initiating and leading on strategy discussions and initial safeguarding planning as required.

To contribute to the operational functioning of the team, for example monitoring the demand of incoming safeguarding concerns and the priority of work and contributing and striving to improve the overall quality of work produced, including ensuring good levels of professional curiosity and effective social work practice

To support the Team Manager with the day to day running of the team and to improve safeguarding and care support outcomes for Adults in Walsall, whilst ensuring that all staff operate in a manner consistent with the relevant legislation, policies and procedures, and the Social Work England Code of Practice and to facilitate practice improvement and development within the team.

To work within a strength based and risk enabling approach, to achieve good, safe and person-centred outcomes for vulnerable adults with care and support needs, who may be at risk of harm or abuse.

To support professional mentoring, to drive up quality standards through high quality consistent reflective supervision and appraisal for a small group of social workers, who will carry out enquiries into concerns, to assist with the risk assessment of safeguarding referrals

To represent the safeguarding hub at internal and partnership information sharing meetings such as MARAC and MAPPA meetings

You must be a registered social worker with:
A sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation and guidance, including the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and other related legislation.

A good working knowledge of adult social care and adult safeguarding and the role of statutory and non-statutory partners

A passion and commitment to working with colleagues, professionals and other agencies in order to achieve the best possible outcome relating to allegations of adults being at risk or experiencing various forms of abuse.

To ideally have a post qualification award as a BIA, Practice Educator or an AMHP, with previous experience in a similar role.

The ability to demonstrate competence, knowledge and the ability as an advanced practitioner, as outlined in the job description and person specification

**What we offer**

A supportive environment, where every level of the organisation is committed to ongoing practice development.

We are committed to improving outcomes for our vulnerable citizens and for ensuring your continued professional development.

We offer learning and development opportunities, as well as regular supervision in a very supportive and friendly environment

A level of flexibility between office and remote working, in line with the needs of the service

Closing date: 3 rd June 2024

Interviews: Week beginning 17 th June 2024

View: Job Description and Employee Specification

Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children, young people and vulnerable adults entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people and vulnerable adults.

Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers an



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