Advanced Practitioner

Are you a dedicated and experienced Social Worker eager to make a difference? Join our Integrated Hospital Discharge Service, where you'll take on a vital leadership role, supporting safe and timely discharges for adults from both Acute and Community hospitals.

As an Advanced Practitioner, you'll provide practice and professional leadership, guiding Social Workers and social care staff to deliver exceptional outcomes. In this role, you will provide statutory support in acute and community hospitals, to adults with care and support needs, as well as their carers and families. You will act as a lead for adult social care about the hospital discharge process, working as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team ensuring seamless transitions of care while acting as a crucial link between health partners, community teams, and social care services.

Working in partnership with primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare, as well as voluntary sector organisations, you'll be responsible for the effective triage and coordination of hospital referrals alongside health partners within multi-disciplinary Care Transfer Hubs. Additionally, you will promote safeguarding, advocate for our customers, and provide strategic input to help shape the future of social care in the Wiltshire area.

Wiltshire offers a supportive and inclusive work environment with a focus on ongoing professional development. You'll work alongside a passionate multidisciplinary team with the opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

If you're a qualified Social Worker with experience in adult care, strong leadership skills, and expert knowledge of social care legislation, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

Why us?

Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That's why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right. Explore more benefits here!

This position comes with a 7.5% market supplement payment. All market supplement payments are subject to review on an annual basis.

To change everything around you, change where you work

Whether your aspirations lie in children's services or adult care, you can build a life that has real balance at Wiltshire Council. We are a positive and innovative place to work and bring a genuine can-do approach to everything we do. We have simplified our structures to ensure that our decisions are focused on our communities. Protecting the vulnerable is one of our key priorities - help us achieve this.

Our promise to you

We are innovating to create strong communities - we will empower you to share your ideas, to make suggestions and to help us find new solutions to old problems, whilst supporting you with the latest technology and encouraging collaboration with our communities, partners and colleagues.

We don't focus on limitations; we focus on opportunities and possibilities. In doing so, we're perfectly placed to help you achieve your potential and enjoy a truly fulfilling career. And this means you'll be able to empower our communities too, working collaboratively to help our residents live happier, healthier lives.

Our focus is on creating strong communities and we need aspirational, committed social workers. Learn about our approach to social care, our new social care academy and browse our vacancies.

We give our staff the opportunity to learn, develop, and grow. Our induction process for new starters is excellent, and you will receive regular supervision and training, access to memberships and subscriptions such as Research in Practice and Social Care Information and Learning Services (SCILS), team meetings, peer groups, journal clubs - the list goes on!