Job Description
All potential candidates should read through the following details of this job with care before making an application.
Our client, Brent Council, is seeking an interim Advanced Practitioner to be based within the Residential and Nursing Commissioning Team, specifically focused on the Step-Down Service.
This post will last until March 2027.
Paid at £36 per hour (umbrella).
The role will involve the following:
- Advanced Practitioner required to support system throughput and flow, based within the Residential and Nursing Commissioning Team, specifically focused on the Step-Down Service.
- The Step-Down provision consists of 16 commissioned beds that facilitate timely hospital discharge, support recovery and assessment, and enable safe transitions back into the community.
- These beds are a critical component in reducing discharge delays, alleviating acute hospital pressures, and preventing avoidable long-term care admissions.
- This role will provide dedicated pathway oversight, coordination, and intervention for individuals within the step-down beds.
- Delivering proactive case management, timely statutory interventions, and early identification of risks that may lead to long-term residential or nursing placements.
- A caseload of 16 aligns directly with the number of commissioned beds, ensuring full pathway coverage.
- The Advanced Practitioner level is required due to the complexity of cases (including safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act work, housing instability, and NRPF), enabling autonomous decision-making and reducing escalation delays.
- The role will sit within the Residential and Nursing Commissioning Team to ensure alignment with bed management and discharge coordination.
- This avoids dilution of focus that would occur within traditional operational teams.
Please let me know if you are interested? Or can you refer a friend for £300 if placed?
Requirements of the role:
- Qualified Social Worker
- Fully Social Work England registered
- Must have significant post-qualified experience in adult social care
- Must have demonstrable experience of complex social work including safeguarding, MCA work, housing instability etc.
- Must have knowledge and experience of Step-Down provisions, hospital discharge etc.
Please contact me asap to discuss in more detail. We are offering £250 joining bonus for new starters with Reed. xwzovoh Alternatively, we are offering £300 if you refer a friend or colleague and they are placed successfully into this or any other QSW role.