Location: Pembroke / Pembrokeshire
Contract Type: Full-Time / Permanent (or Locum)
Salary: Highly Competitive (Commensurate with experience)
Step into a crucial leadership role within our Pembroke Locality Team. We are seeking a highly skilled and resilient Senior Social Work Practitioner to manage complex community cases while championing best practices and providing vital mentorship to the wider team.
In this senior position, you will be at the forefront of frontline community social work, balancing a specialized caseload with the responsibility of guiding and supporting junior colleagues. If you are an experienced practitioner ready to take the next step in your career and make a lasting impact on the local community, this is the ideal opportunity.
Key Responsibilities
- Complex Caseload Management: Take the lead on complex, high-risk statutory cases, including intricate safeguarding matters and advanced risk assessments within the locality.
- Mentorship & Leadership: Provide reflective supervision, practice guidance, and mentoring to newly qualified social workers (NQSWs), students, and less experienced team members.
- Statutory Assessments: Conduct comprehensive needs and risk assessments, developing, implementing, and reviewing robust care and support plans.
- Multi-Agency Collaboration: Act as a key liaison across health, education, police, and voluntary sectors to ensure cohesive, multi-disciplinary support for service users.
- Quality Assurance: Drive high standards of clinical practice, ensuring all interventions and case recordings comply with statutory legislation and local authority frameworks.
- Duty & Crisis Response: Participate in the team's duty rota, providing senior oversight and decisive action during crisis interventions.
Essential Requirements
- Qualifications: A recognized Social Work degree (or equivalent) and active registration with Social Care Wales (or relevant regulatory body).
- Experience: Extensive post-qualifying experience in a statutory social work setting, specifically within locality, safeguarding, or community teams.
- Leadership Skills: Proven ability to support, coach, or supervise peers, with a strong commitment to elevating team practice standards.
- Knowledge: Deep understanding of current social care legislation, including the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, and rigorous safeguarding protocols.
- Mobility: A valid driver's license and access to a vehicle to facilitate travel across the Pembrokeshire region.
What We Offer
- Professional Development: Access to advanced training programs and clear pathways for career progression into management.
- Supportive Culture: Regular, high-quality reflective supervision and a highly visible, accessible management team.
- Work-Life Balance: Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working options to support your well-being.
- Benefits Package: Generous annual leave allowance, comprehensive pension scheme, and local authority perks.
How to Apply
To apply for the Senior Social Work Practitioner role in Pembroke, please submit your most recent CV and a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience
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