Req ID: 6421
Directorate: Adults and Public Health
Categories: Learning Disabilities & Mental Health
Locations: Harrow, United Kingdom
Position Type: ['Permanent']
Full/Part-time: Full Time
Hours per week: ['36']
Closing Date: 09/10/2026
London Borough of Harrow is looking for a Senior Practitioner to join our Transition /Young Adulthood team.
The post holder will provide advice and support to social workers and care managers in the team on casework, in addition to the social worker on duty, so that incoming concerns are acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner.
You will also support the Team Manager by acting as the Safeguarding Adults Manager (formal SAM role under the multi-agency London procedures) as required and act as Duty Manager when needed.
Furthermore, you will undertake some complex enquiries, liaising with both internal and external colleagues as appropriate, and be required to record actions and decisions in a clear and robust way on the Mosaic database.
The successful candidate will have:
This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
For more information, please refer to the Role Profile/Selection Criteria
We are the London Borough of Harrow.
Rich in culture, heritage and an entrepreneurial hotspot, we pride ourselves as one of London’s most diverse boroughs.
We want Harrow to be a great place to live, work and visit, a place where people are proud to call home, feel safe and supported and where communities flourish.
Putting residents first is at the heart of everything we do. Within this lies a commitment to deliver services and experiences where the wellbeing and needs of our residents are met and are of a high standard.
With a workforce of more than 3000 employees, we want to be a council that staff are proud to work for, where everyone feels empowered to excel and is given the opportunity to thrive – all while serving our 250,000+ residents.
We want our staff to share the same level of ambition and drive to delivering our plans within the business and wider community. These are centred around three core priorities:
- A council that puts residents first
- A borough that is clean and safe
- A place where those in need are supported
We deliver our services and achieve our goals through our core values: to Be Courageous, to Do It Together and to Make It Happen. These are the main drivers to delivering our priorities and achieving our goals.
Our vision is to work together to continue to make a difference for Harrow, where people choose to do business, to live, work and visit.
