ASW Senior Practitioner

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO5 (£53,919 – £57,150)
Work location: 48 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TY
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent  
Closing date: Sunday, 18TH October 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 2nd November 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Practitioner to join our Adults Social Care team. In this pivotal role, you will manage a complex caseload while providing expert guidance, professional support and case management oversight to social care colleagues. You will undertake assessments for adults with complex and high-risk needs, lead safeguarding enquiries, chair safeguarding meetings, and support the Team Manager in ensuring high-quality service delivery. The post also includes deputising for the Team Manager when required and contributing to the operational leadership of the team.

About the team

Our Adults Social Care service is committed to supporting residents to maximise their independence, improve wellbeing and achieve positive outcomes. Working within a multidisciplinary environment, you will collaborate with colleagues across adult services, health partners, housing, public health, voluntary sector organisations and other agencies to deliver person-centred and joined-up services. The team is passionate about safeguarding adults at risk and embraces a strengths-based approach that enables individuals and their carers to make informed choices and maintain independence wherever possible

About you

We are looking for a qualified and highly experienced social care professional who is passionate about safeguarding and achieving positive outcomes for adults and their carers. To be successful, you must have substantial post-qualification experience within a statutory health or social care setting, ideally within a multidisciplinary environment, and a detailed understanding of the legislative and policy framework underpinning adult social care and safeguarding. You will have proven experience of managing and developing staff, identifying and managing risk and working in partnership with a range of agencies to deliver effective interventions. You must be able to communicate clearly and confidently, produce high-quality reports, manage competing priorities and use performance information to drive service improvements. Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or the relevant professional body is essential

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk