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Our client Coventry City Council is looking for an Approved Mental Health Professional to join their team. Job Purpose To undertake statutory duties under the relevant mental health legislation (such as the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales), including coordinating Mental Health Act assessments, making independent decisions about compulsory admission where appropriate, and ensuring that the rights, welfare, and least restrictive options for individuals experiencing mental disorder are upheld. Key Responsibilities Undertake assessments under the Mental Health Act and associated legislation. Coordinate Mental Health Act assessments involving medical practitioners and other professionals. Decide whether to make applications for detention under the Mental Health Act, exercising independent professional judgment. Ensure that individuals' human rights and legal safeguards are protected throughout the assessment process. Consider less restrictive alternatives to hospital...

Senior Social Worker | Children in Care (Reunification & Discharge Team) | Staffordshire County Council | £33.30 per hour Sheldon Phillips are working in partnership with Staffordshire County Council to recruit an experienced Senior Social Worker to join their Children in Care Reunification & Discharge Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner who is passionate about achieving permanence and positive outcomes for children by supporting safe reunification with families or progressing alternative permanence plans. This role offers a varied caseload focused on completing high-quality assessments and court work, working closely with children, families, carers and partner agencies to ensure timely, evidence-based decision making. Role Overview As a Senior Social Worker within the Reunification & Discharge Team, you will manage a specialist caseload centred on permanency planning for children in care. Your work will include undertaking...

We are looking to recruit a Youth Justice within the Social Care industry in Medway.   Responsibilities include: The Youth Justice Officer role is to work to prevent children in the Youth Justice System from re-offending and to prevent children from entering the Youth Justice system. The Youth Justice Officer will undertake often complex assessments of the risk of offending, risk of harm and safeguarding concerns of children and young people involved in the Criminal Justice System. To work effectively with children involved in the Youth Justice System and their parents and carers. Liaise with stakeholders in a way that promotes the One Medway Council Plan and embeds our values and behaviours. To supervise a caseload of young people referred by the Court and by the police as Out of Court Resolutions. Undertake holistic assessments of children, young people and their families which identify risk and protective factors and analyse the underlying causes of their offending, ensuring...

We are looking to recruit a Qualified Social Worker – Adults Safeguarding Team team within the UK Social Care industry in Medway.   About the Role: Collaborate with five Senior Social Workers and two Team Managers to provide strong and effective leadership. You will support our Social Workers, Social Care Officers, and Outreach Worker in delivering positive outcomes for the people of Medway through strengths-based practice. Key Responsibilities: Act as a Designated Senior Officer for safeguarding concerns and S.42 enquiries. Ensure timely and robust responses to safeguarding issues, in line with policy, guidance, and legislation. Screen safeguarding referrals, make decisions on case progression, authorise safeguarding plans, ensure agreed actions are undertaken and enter accurate case notes in line with required timescales. Chair a range of safeguarding meetings. Maintain high standards of practice across the team, with a focus on making safeguarding personal. Support the Team...

Our client Leicestershire county council is looking for an Adults Social Worker to join their Duty Team. Ensure high quality outcome-based responses to all citizens eligible for social care services by; Providing appropriate responses or referrals within required timescales, organisational, policy and legislative requirements including the reimbursement legislation and eligibility guidelines providing prompt support to meet immediate risks and needs in crisis situations providing targeted, appropriate support to citizens' self-assessments of their needs, working in partnership with colleagues in health and other partner agencies to contribute to multi-disciplinary assessments as required acting as care co-ordinator for citizens with complex needs, supporting high risk, complex assessments where there are specific concerns requiring a high level of specialist qualification and knowledge and/or where there are difficult life circumstances or serious trauma. ensure that responses...

Some planning roles are buried in process. This one needs someone who can actually move things forward. We’re looking for an experienced Senior Planner to join a busy Development Management service, dealing with a varied caseload where good judgement, clear advice and confident decision-making matter. You’ll be working on planning applications, interpreting plans, applying planning law and policy, negotiating with developers and interested parties, and preparing reports that stand up to scrutiny. There will also be committee involvement, so you’ll need to be comfortable presenting clearly, dealing with challenge, and explaining planning issues in a way that makes sense. This role would suit someone who knows Development Management properly — not just the theory, but the reality of balancing policy, politics, residents, applicants, deadlines and competing interests. What you’ll be doing You’ll be responsible for handling planning matters within a public sector Development...