Senior Practitioner

Derbyshire Dales North Adult Care Prevention and Personalisation Team are looking to recruit to the post of senior practitioner based in County Hall, Matlock

The team is based in the community consisting of a mix of Social Workers, Community Care Workers and Occupational Therapists who work closely with reablement care workers, and other health colleagues in a multi-disciplinary model.

Key responsibilities will be to supervise and support other less experienced Social Workers/community care workers, and providing training and briefing sessions as needed. You will also be expected to lead on providing good quality peer group supervision in conjunction with P&P colleagues. This role also includes pro-actively taking responsibility for improving professional standards and providing an advisory and supportive role to colleagues in other teams.

Support is provided by way of regular team meetings and peer supervision and you will be expected to engage fully in this. You will also be expected to attend meetings with other teams and agencies and represent adult care as necessary. There is also a strong commitment within the team to support social work students and newly qualified social workers and you will be expected to engage in this. You will be expected along with the other senior practitioner in Derbyshire Dales South to be on a DUTY rota, being the person, your colleagues will go to discuss duty cases.

You should have the ability to engage in the on-going change management process and provide effective leadership to others as necessary. There is the expectation also that you will undertake other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grade of this post. Please see the job and person profile for more information.

The work is wide and varied which gives an opportunity to someone who is keen to have a full experience of the role.

As an employee of Derbyshire County Council you will be:

- Eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme where you pay your contributions and we pay too. It's a flexible scheme and an important part of your employment package providing an excellent range of benefits
- Part of a generous annual leave and flexi-time scheme,
- Supported with flexible working and leave arrangements
- Enjoy benefits including our occupational health, physiotherapy and counselling services

Derbyshire is a great place to live and work. It's only a short drive to Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield and Derby but is also home to miles of beautiful countryside and has the Peak District National Park on its doorstep. The county enjoys house prices below the UK average and has great road and rail links.