Social Care Practitioner - Safeguarding Team

How you'll make a difference:

As a Social Care Practitioner, you will make a real difference with vulnerable adults in our community by assisting them in their time of need, providing support and promoting their independence.

What you will be doing:

• Working alongside social workers, you will help to build relationships with people who have complex needs and assist with various practical tasks.
• To help safeguard our vulnerable adults, you will be completing Care Act assessments and reviews with the oversight of the Senior Practitioner.
• With the support of the Senior Practitioner, you will be completing S42 enquiries.
• You’ll refer issues if needed in accordance with safeguarding procedures to protect vulnerable people. This will require you to maintain confidential reports to professional and council guidelines.
• You’ll be communicating, providing advice and guidance to service users and partner agencies.

What we need from you:

• We require you to have experience in a relevant area of statuary or voluntary sector work in health and social care.
• You will demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice; processes and procedures; support mechanisms and specialist equipment.
• You will be able to gather information from a variety of sources and follow the assessment process.
• Ideally, you will have relevant qualification e.g. NVQ Level 3 in health or social care field.

• This role is hybrid, with a mixture of working at our office at Badminton Road, Yate, in the community and occasionally from home.
• 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 28 April 2025.

• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
• 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 children and young people they work with.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.
• 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.

• 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: Social Care Practitioner (Social Work) - job description