Senior Practitioner
| Posting date: | 19 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £21.75 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 December 2025 |
| Location: | Hereford, Herefordshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Nations Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Job Category: Social Care Qualified
Job location Plough Lane, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR4 0LE,
United Kingdom
Herefordshire Council
Hours per week: 37
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £21.75 per hour
Herefordshire Council Adults & Communities Care Act Assessment Team are currently looking for an experienced Locum Senior Practitioner to carry out short term assessment & support planning with service users throughout Herefordshire who have recently left the hospital via Discharge to Assess and who may require ongoing services, information/advice and signposting. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team, and we are looking for full-time, enthusiastic staff who enjoy fast-paced work to set timescales and are keen to support service users.
We are looking for a forward-thinking Senior Practitioner who is a qualified, experienced social worker, registered with Social Work England and with a good knowledge of case management, excellent organisational skills, and effective decision-making skills, including positive risk-taking and conflict resolution.
You will have a solid knowledge base within adult social work and strong interpersonal and organisational skills with a developed understanding of social care practice and legislation. You will have the ideas, values and knowledge that ensure that our responses are person centered, strength based, safe and effective with a commitment to achieving the best outcomes for the individuals you support. You will work on your own initiative in order to meet the requirements of the assessment process. You will have experience of supporting staff on a day-to-day basis, carrying out formal and informal supervision and have responsibility for overseeing, duty for team, allocations, triaging and sign offs of assessment/workflow. We are interested in staff with experience in hospital discharges, Continuing Health care, Mental Capacity Act (2005) assessments, mental health, learning disability, physical disability and older people. You may also have a small caseload.
You will have the ideas, values and knowledge that ensure that our responses are person-centered, safe and effective with a commitment to achieving the best outcomes for the individuals you support. You will work on your own initiative in order to meet the requirements of the assessment and review process.
We are interested in staff with experience in hospital discharge, mental health, learning disability, physical disability and older adults. You will receive regular supervision from your line manager and we will provide you with opportunities to develop your practice to take you forward in your career. Hereford is a rural county and the ability to travel is integral to the post.
Job location Plough Lane, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR4 0LE,
United Kingdom
Herefordshire Council
Hours per week: 37
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £21.75 per hour
Herefordshire Council Adults & Communities Care Act Assessment Team are currently looking for an experienced Locum Senior Practitioner to carry out short term assessment & support planning with service users throughout Herefordshire who have recently left the hospital via Discharge to Assess and who may require ongoing services, information/advice and signposting. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team, and we are looking for full-time, enthusiastic staff who enjoy fast-paced work to set timescales and are keen to support service users.
We are looking for a forward-thinking Senior Practitioner who is a qualified, experienced social worker, registered with Social Work England and with a good knowledge of case management, excellent organisational skills, and effective decision-making skills, including positive risk-taking and conflict resolution.
You will have a solid knowledge base within adult social work and strong interpersonal and organisational skills with a developed understanding of social care practice and legislation. You will have the ideas, values and knowledge that ensure that our responses are person centered, strength based, safe and effective with a commitment to achieving the best outcomes for the individuals you support. You will work on your own initiative in order to meet the requirements of the assessment process. You will have experience of supporting staff on a day-to-day basis, carrying out formal and informal supervision and have responsibility for overseeing, duty for team, allocations, triaging and sign offs of assessment/workflow. We are interested in staff with experience in hospital discharges, Continuing Health care, Mental Capacity Act (2005) assessments, mental health, learning disability, physical disability and older people. You may also have a small caseload.
You will have the ideas, values and knowledge that ensure that our responses are person-centered, safe and effective with a commitment to achieving the best outcomes for the individuals you support. You will work on your own initiative in order to meet the requirements of the assessment and review process.
We are interested in staff with experience in hospital discharge, mental health, learning disability, physical disability and older adults. You will receive regular supervision from your line manager and we will provide you with opportunities to develop your practice to take you forward in your career. Hereford is a rural county and the ability to travel is integral to the post.