Social Care Practitioner

Human Resources & Development - Form 35a Version 16 - Issued February 2026 JOB DESCRIPTION AND PARTICULARS OF APPOINTMENT ▪ Job Title: Social Care Practitioner ▪ Post Number: P27944 ▪ Grade and SCP: Grade 7 SCP 12 -17 ▪ Directorate: Care and Wellbeing. Where your role fits at Shropshire Council At Shropshire our priority is to be a 'best value' authority that delivers, enables, and influences for Shropshire and its residents by:  • Being financially stable and sustainable  • Having clear priorities and purpose  • Supporting and enabling our workforce to excel  Recognising the challenge across local government today.  This starts with our Improvement Plan to address immediate challenges, while ensuring a focus on the future and how the Council will need to look, feel, and operate to best serve the needs of the county and its residents, and being aware of changes in national policy.     Our Shropshire values: PROUD  • Partnerships   • Respect   • Opportunities   • Understanding   • can Do   Aim to unify the workforce, support transformation, improve trust, and build a modern, sustainable Council. As a member of the Preparing for Adulthood Team within Care and Wellbeing directorate, you will support the achievement of these key priorities, making a real difference to the lives of people in Shropshire. Overview of your role This is an opportunity to join the Preparing for Adulthood Team. You will be working alongside colleagues including Social Workers, Social Care Practitioners, Occupational Therapists and Health Colleagues. You will be undertaking assessments and Care Act responsibilities within a county wide team, working with young adults in transition and their parent carers. Each member of staff will receive an induction to provide basic knowledge of the job. Ongoing training will be offered through in house training pathways or attendance at external courses as individual needs are identified. Who will your manager be and what will you be responsible for? You will be: ▪ reporting to the Team Manager and the Senior Practitioner, who is in turn responsible for your health and safety, training and development. ▪ Responsible for completing within expected timescales all mandatory corporate and role specific training. Training requirements will be detailed in your corporate induction and Personal Development Plan (PDP). Courses are accessed via the council Learning Management System via the Intranet. What will you be doing? ▪ You will be part of a team who provide a service to young people as they transition into adulthood. ▪ You will use a strength-based model in practice and performance. ▪ You will actively promote the engagement and development of customer interaction, encouraging and values contribution to practice. ▪ You will work in line with legislation, council policies and procedures. ▪ In collaboration with other professionals, you will assess individual need and implement and monitor the agreed care plan, as appropriate. ▪ You will contribute to the development of all aspects of the services. ▪ You will co-ordinate the use of all resources - fieldwork, residential and day care - towards the development of a preventative service. ▪ You will maintain records and statistics in accordance with departmental policies and procedures. ▪ You will attend meetings and act as a representative of the Department, as required. ▪ You will attend training sessions and contribute to team training sessions, as appropriate. ▪ You will take part in rota systems for example, same day responses, emergencies etc. as required. ▪ You will liaise with other statutory and voluntary agencies, as appropriate. ▪ You will comply with safe systems of work in accordance with the Department's Health and Safety and Welfare policies and procedures. ▪ You will develop an understanding and awareness of issues related to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice and to demonstrate this in carrying out your duties. ▪ You and for promoting professional/vocational development of self through staff development processes. responsible continuing personal will be ▪ You may be required from time to time to undertake other duties, not specifically mentioned in this Job Description. The above duties are an illustrative outline and are not an exhaustive list. You will be expected to become involved in a range of work to enable the service to respond effectively to the changing requirements of the Council and changes affecting the workforce. What we expect of you You will: ▪ adopt a customer focused approach when delivering your service, ensuring engagement with service users and maintenance of an appropriate personal profile, ▪ act as an advocate for your service and work collaboratively with colleagues across the whole Council to meet the needs of the people of Shropshire, ▪ meet individual, service and personal development targets agreed through the Personal Development Review Process, learn from experience and are committed to continuous improvement individually and as an employee of the Council, ▪ work with colleagues to meet your team's key performance indicators, support a culture of team working and ensure the team functions successfully in support of the Council's corporate and service objectives. ▪ meet the behaviours and competencies adopted by the Council in the way in which they achieve their objectives and carry out their work. ▪ A priority for the Council is the protection of vulnerable people, ensuring they are able to live as independently as possible. The post-holder will promote and engage with Council's responsibility to safeguard the welfare of children, young people and adults, and protect their right to be safe from harm. What are your conditions of Service The conditions of service are those laid down by Shropshire Council, which have been adopted and amended as necessary from those laid down by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services. Your primary work base will be at The Lantern, Shrewsbury with the requirement to regularly work from home. Your post is subject to the following: ▪ The post is Fixed Term Contract, for 37 hours per week, ▪ Normal office hours are Monday - Thursday 08:45 - 17:00. Friday 08:45 - 16:00 ▪ The post is subject to the Council's annualised hours scheme as implemented within the specific work area. This post carries eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme. Information about this will be sent with any formal offer of appointment. Annual leave entitlement is a pro rata flat rate scheme of 207 hours (28 days) annual leave plus bank holidays, with five days extra awarded to those staff with five years local government service giving an entitlement of 244 hours (33 days). Two days of an employee's allowance (pro rota for part time staff) must be taken at Christmas for any potential Christmas closures. Employees who work in a building/service which is required to open over the Christmas period, the two days leave (pro rota) can be carried over into your next leave year but must be used by the end of March. The appointment is subject to one months' notice in writing on either side. The appointment is subject to six months' satisfactory probationary service during which time the notice period will be one week on either side. Smoking is not allowed in Council buildings, in Council vehicles or in any Council place of work. It is a condition of your appointment that you provide a suitable vehicle for the performance of your duties and that this is readily available for use during normal working hours. You are entitled to claim for reimbursement of the costs of travel on council business at the rate of 55 pence per mile. What pre-employment checks will we undertake? The appointment is subject to receipt of the following pre-employment checks; 1. Satisfactory employment references, 2. Medical report, 3. Evidence of the qualifications required for the post/listed on your application form, This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such all applicants who are appointed to this post will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed. This check will include details of cautions, reprimands or warnings as well as convictions and non-conviction information. Once appointed, the successful applicant(s) will also be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure at pre-determined intervals during the course of their employment whilst in this post.