Senior Practitioner - Mental Health Team 2
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £42,708 to £46,731 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 August 2025 |
| Location: | Warrington, Cheshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Warrington Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | FAW-150-25 |
Summary
About us
An exciting opportunity has come up for the following opportunity in the Specialist Teams Service, Adult Community Social Work.
Senior Practitioners will carry a small complex caseload in addition to assisting the Team Manager with the effective management of the team and support with the following:
Deputising for the Team Manager
Providing management support to duty social workers
Authorisations
Providing case support to the team with an expertise in legal literacy and strengths-based practice
Supervision colleagues
Allocation of cases
Mentoring role
Complex case management
The senior practitioner role is based in the Mental Health 2 Team reporting to the Team manager
The role
Advanced Assessment & Analysis: Skilled in conducting complex assessments, including risk assessments, mental capacity assessments, and safeguarding investigations.
Case Management: Managing high-risk, high-need, or long-term cases with autonomy and accountability.
Safeguarding Expertise: Leading safeguarding enquiries (Section 42), chairing strategy meetings, and supporting multi-agency responses.
Legislative Knowledge: In-depth understanding of legislation such as the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Human Rights Act, and relevant case law.
What's needed?
Please see Person specification
Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:
26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme
Key Dates & Further Information
If you require any further discussion in relation to this post, then please contact Edward MacLeavy (Edward.Macleavy@Warrington.gov.uk)
Interviews are expected to be held w/c 18 August 2025.
The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of?employment. Sponsorship is not available for this role; therefore, you must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for appointment.
DBS clearance is required.
Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer
An exciting opportunity has come up for the following opportunity in the Specialist Teams Service, Adult Community Social Work.
Senior Practitioners will carry a small complex caseload in addition to assisting the Team Manager with the effective management of the team and support with the following:
Deputising for the Team Manager
Providing management support to duty social workers
Authorisations
Providing case support to the team with an expertise in legal literacy and strengths-based practice
Supervision colleagues
Allocation of cases
Mentoring role
Complex case management
The senior practitioner role is based in the Mental Health 2 Team reporting to the Team manager
The role
Advanced Assessment & Analysis: Skilled in conducting complex assessments, including risk assessments, mental capacity assessments, and safeguarding investigations.
Case Management: Managing high-risk, high-need, or long-term cases with autonomy and accountability.
Safeguarding Expertise: Leading safeguarding enquiries (Section 42), chairing strategy meetings, and supporting multi-agency responses.
Legislative Knowledge: In-depth understanding of legislation such as the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Human Rights Act, and relevant case law.
What's needed?
Please see Person specification
Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:
26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme
Key Dates & Further Information
If you require any further discussion in relation to this post, then please contact Edward MacLeavy (Edward.Macleavy@Warrington.gov.uk)
Interviews are expected to be held w/c 18 August 2025.
The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of?employment. Sponsorship is not available for this role; therefore, you must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for appointment.
DBS clearance is required.
Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.