Senior Practitioner – Front Door Service

Our client based in Bristol is looking for an experienced Senior Practitioner to join their Front Door Service within Adult Social Care. This is a key leadership role focused on supporting decision-making, screening referrals, and ensuring high-quality safeguarding responses at the initial point of contact.

The successful candidate will act as a senior professional within the team, supporting the Team Manager, providing expert guidance to colleagues, and deputising where required. The role requires a confident practitioner with advanced knowledge of legislation, strong leadership capability, and experience managing complex safeguarding and statutory work.

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  • →Expert understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and safeguarding frameworks
  • →Knowledge of Mental Health legislation is desirable

• • Advanced assessment, analytical, and decision-making skills
  • Ability to lead practice, manage risk, and support others in complex scenarios
  • Strong communication and ability to chair meetings effectively

Desirable: Practice Educator, AMHP, or Best Interests Assessor qualification

 
Why Liquid Personnel? 

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies 
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal 
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge 
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK 
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place* 
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us * 

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes. 

Reasonable Adjustments: 

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. 
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List. 
 

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