# Practitioner Manager

**Company**: Lambeth Council
**Location**: Lambeth
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £56,154 pa rising in annual increments to £59,394 pa inc LW
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Practitioner Manager for our Mental Health of Older Adults Social Work team (MHOA). As a Practitioner Manager, you will be responsible for managing the daytime social care service, ensuring a quality, responsive, safe, and person-centred service that promotes the well-being of Lambeth residents.

The successful candidate will supervise up to 8 social care staff in the team, ensure statutory assessments are completed in a timely manner, and support social workers through case management and complex cases.

The role requires a qualified social worker with significant post-qualifying experience, excellent organisational and communication skills, and experience working within mental health services.

Key responsibilities:

- Manage the daytime social care service

- Supervise up to 8 social care staff

- Ensure statutory assessments are completed in a timely manner

- Support social workers through case management and complex cases

- Develop and implement service improvements

Benefits:

- Competitive salary: £56,154 pa rising to £59,394 pa

- Generous annual leave entitlement

- Membership in the Local Government Pension Scheme

- Hybrid working

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Discounts at local restaurants and gyms

- Learning and Development opportunities

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Secure Bike Storage facilities

## Skills

### Required
- social work
- mental health
- Care Act
- Mental Capacity Act
- Mental Health Act

### Nice to have
- management experience
- experience in mental health services

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