Senior Practitioner – Continuing Health Care

Job description

Contract Terms

Starting salary: PO5 (£52,194 – £55,323)
Work location: 48 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TY
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 5th July 2026
Expected interview date: Week commencing 13th July 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly formed, specialist Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Team as a CHC Senior Practitioner, where you will play a key role in ensuring delivery of high-quality assessments and support for individuals with complex health and care needs.

In this role, you will:
•    Lead and contribute to CHC assessments, reviews, and Decision Support Tool (DST) processes
•    Work collaboratively with colleagues, NHS partners, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), providers, and families to deliver person-centred outcomes
•    Provide professional advice and guidance on CHC processes and the National Framework
•    Ensure accurate, timely recording and robust decision-making in line with best practice and statutory requirements
•    Support effective case management, including identifying and managing risk
•    Contribute to service development, quality assurance, and continuous improvement activity
•    Represent the local authority at multi-agency meetings, panels, and where required, within dispute resolution processes
•    Identify safeguarding concerns and escalate appropriately, ensuring the wellbeing of vulnerable adults

About the Team

Haringey’s Continuing Health Care Team is a newly established, specialist service within Adult Social Care, created to strengthen and embed high quality CHC practice across the borough. The team is made up of skilled practitioners who work at the interface of health and social care, supporting residents with complex, long term health needs.  We work in close collaboration with NHS partners, providers and internal services to deliver consistent, transparent and person centred CHC processes. 

About You

We are looking for a qualified and SWE-registered Social Worker with strong post-qualification experience and a proven commitment to strengths-based practice. You will bring a solid understanding of the legislative and policy frameworks underpinning Adult Social Care, alongside experience of working within multi-agency environments to support individuals with complex needs.

We are looking for a motivated and knowledgeable practitioner who:
•    Has experience supporting adults with complex, long-term, or unpredictable health and care needs
•    Demonstrates a strong understanding of the CHC National Framework and multi-agency working
•    Is confident managing and contributing to complex assessments and decision-making processes
•    Experienced in supporting others in improving social care practice. 
•    Builds positive, professional relationships with a range of stakeholders
•    Has strong analytical skills and the ability to assess and manage risk effectively
•    Communicates clearly and confidently, with good negotiation and influencing skills
•    Is well organised, able to manage competing priorities, and work both independently and as part of a team
•    Is committed to delivering high-quality, equitable services and continuous improvement

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk