Senior Practitioner Safeguarding

This role will involve supporting ongoing learning and supporting the learning needs of others within the Adult Safeguarding Service and Across Adult Social Care. You will use your extensive experience in statutory social work, the Care Act in particular section 42, Safeguarding enquiries to provide leadership and demonstrate professional knowledge and good practice in situations of high complexity, especially where an adult has been identified as being harmed due to abuse or neglect. You will work to shape and develop the service and deputise for the manager when this is required.

• Are you an experienced Social Worker, passionate about safeguarding adults at risk?
• Are you interested in working in partnership with adults to manage risk and develop protection plans to prevent harm occurring as a result of abuse or neglect. Keeping the person at the center of all decisions?
• Do you have an enquiring mind and an ability to link information and understand patterns of behavior to inform your practice and understanding of abuse in all its forms?
  
  At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions., Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce. We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.