Suffolk County Council is looking for a Senior Practitioner to join their Mental Health, Learning Disability & Autism Review Team. The role involves working with customers, their families, and service providers to ensure services meet customer needs. The team uses a strengths-based approach and has a strong, cohesive, and supportive management team.
Requirements
- Social Work qualification recognised by Social Work England and Social Work England registration
- Collaborative approach through effective partnership working with people, families, and wider services
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and service developments
- Passion to embrace new/innovative ways of working including digital technology
- Skill in assessing and working with risk, being risk positive where appropriate
- Ability to support others in developing and improving their own practice
Benefits
- Regular supervision
- Annual appraisals with pay progression related to performance
- Supportive network of senior practitioners and managers
- Bi-monthly whole service workshops
- Opportunities for continued professional development
- Up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
- Membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Travel, lifestyle, health, and wellbeing benefits
- Performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
- Training and encouragement to expand knowledge
- Variety of career development opportunities across the organisation
- Diverse and active staff networks
- Flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from the first day
