Senior Practitioner

How you'll make a difference:

As a Senior Practitioner within the adult strategic safeguarding team, you will make a real difference working in partnership with provider organisations to ensure good quality care and support to vulnerable adults within our community.

What you will be doing:

• Under the supervision of a Team Manager, you will take a proactive role in the day-to-day management of the team including providing advice and guidance to service providers, the council's operational, contracts and commissioning teams and external regulatory bodies.
• You will carry out organisational safeguarding enquiries and oversea the implementation of an action plan in order to deliver best outcomes for service users. You will effectively manage your own workload and prioritise work accordingly.
• You will supervise SW's/SCPs in line with the Council's supervision policy.
• Responding to safeguarding concerns and document enquiry decisions, you will effectively maintain and analyse records; this will include use of various data systems.
• Responsible for complex decision making, you will take consider levels of risk associated with safeguarding concerns. This will require a good working knowledge of the legal framework and implementation of multi-agency policies and procedures.

What we need from you:

• It is essential you hold a relevant professional qualification in Social Work or equivalent and be registered with Social Work England (SWE/HCPC).
• We require you to have relevant post qualifying experience in a social care setting and experience of dealing with complex cases.
• You'll be able to provide evidence of on-going continuous professional development, knowledge of current legislation and practice relating to social care with the ability to be able to assess and manage risk.

What you need to know:

• This is a part-time role, your salary is pro-rata to hours worked.
• This role is hybrid, predominantly you will be required to work in the office or within the community, with occasional days working at home.
• You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area so must have a full valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have alternative appropriate means of travel.
• Business insurance will need to be added to your insurance policy.
• You can claim back mileage expenses.
• Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.

Interviews anticipated week commencing the 8th December 2025.

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different:

• What's special here is the strength of the team ethos. We are a relatively small local authority, so managers know staff well. They can plan their services to ensure teams have manageable caseloads and have effective supervision so feel supported to make decisions which are right for the people they work with.
• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We invest in the careers of our people, and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.
• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted, and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life.
• We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We're making a difference, be part of it

To view the full job description, please click this link: Senior Practitioner, Organisational Safeguarding Team - job description .