Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.
Job Introduction
The Safeguarding Adults Service is seeking to recruit an Advanced Practitioner to help lead and deliver frontline practice.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about social work and who holds an unshakeable belief that promoting rights underpins good practice. Suitable candidates will have a keen awareness of the articles under the ECHR and their impact on practice, particularly Articles 2, 5 and 8. Applicants will understand and be able to apply safeguarding principles in their work as well as demonstrate approaches to practice that enable people who are experiencing, or who are at risk of, abuse or neglect to maintain self-determination and direct the safeguarding interventions. A comprehensive understanding and significant experience of applying the Mental Capacity Act 2005 will be essential.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about social work and who holds an unshakeable belief that promoting rights underpins good practice. Suitable candidates will have a keen awareness of the articles under the ECHR and their impact on practice, particularly Articles 2, 5 and 8. Applicants will understand and be able to apply safeguarding principles in their work as well as demonstrate approaches to practice that enable people who are experiencing, or who are at risk of, abuse or neglect to maintain self-determination and direct the safeguarding interventions. A comprehensive understanding and significant experience of applying the Mental Capacity Act 2005 will be essential.
As Advanced Practitioner with the Safeguarding Adults Service you will have, or will be supported to develop, an advanced knowledge of theory, legislation and policy relating to safeguarding adults. You will be operating at the frontline modelling excellent practice and you will be a leading expert resource for Newly Qualified Social Workers, Social Workers and Experienced Social Workers within the Safeguarding Adults Service. You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to build successful working relationships with people who come into contact with the service. In return you will receive regular support and supervision, access to CPD activities, and flexible working conditions to help manage work-life and personal-life commitments.
We welcome applications from people already practicing as an Advanced Practitioner who may be looking to broaden their experience in adult safeguarding, as well as Experienced Social Workers who may be looking to take the next step in their career. All candidates must be registered with Social Work England.
If you would like further information or to chat about this role, please contact Sarah Buckley on 07582107939 or email Sarah.Buckley@bradford.gov.uk
An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.
Equal Opportunities
We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, marital status, gender re-assignment, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, ethnic background, religion or belief nationality or age. And, as an equal opportunities employer, the Council strives to employ the best qualified people from a diverse range of applicants.
The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.
