Senior Practitioner

Senior Practitioner
Westminster
£36/hr
Start date: ASAP
Hybrid working is possible one day a week

AKTON Recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for the Senior Practitioner in the Westminster area. We are looking for a Mental Health Senior Practitioner. 3 - 6 months contract. Hybrid working is possible one day a week.

Key duties

• Line management and supervision of social workers,
• Acting as duty senior on a rota to support the duty social worker, acting as a Safeguarding Adults Manager for incoming safeguarding referrals, managing incoming duty work , prioritising the work and managing risk
• Attendance at team meetings, referrals meetings and allocations meetings
• Attendance at ward rounds and bed management meetings
• Quality assuring statutory work being completed by our staff on MOSAIC

If a practicing Approved Mental Health Professional, undertaking CTO assessments on patients known to the team and attendance on the Central AMHP team rota (desirable to be an AMHP but not essential). Carrying a small number of cases

• Skills Required
• Registered Social Worker with SWE
• Approved Mental Health Professional (desirable but not essential ) Experience of working in a mental health setting and experience of Care Act duties