Senior Practitioner - PACT Team, Adult Social Care in Wokingham

We have an excellent opportunity available for a Senior Practitioner to join our PACT Team in the Adult Social Care Team on a full-time, permanent basis.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist, relationship‑based support to people who have Care Act eligible needs or who are at risk of entering Care Act arrangements, including those at risk of exploitation, and transitional safeguarding cohorts.
• Deliver sustained, strengths‑based and trauma‑informed work with individuals who experience barriers to engagement, recognising coercion, control, exploitation, and contextual risks, prioritising trust, safety and long‑term change.
• Carry out complex Care Act assessments, reviews, and support plans in a clear and balanced way. Take a whole-person, trauma‑informed approach to support wellbeing, independence, choice, and safety, helping people build everyday skills and confidence.
• Work closely with different teams and organisations to provide flexible, person-centred support and improve access to services for people who find them hard to use.
• Act as Safeguarding Adults Manager where required, providing clear decision making and reflective oversight to ensure work is timely, well‑evidenced and focused on what matters to the person.
• Lead preventative work within the PACT model to reduce escalating risk and the need for formal safeguarding, providing early, proportionate and relationship‑based support in line with Pan Berkshire processes.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and supportive supervision to less experienced colleagues to help them build confidence when working with complex situations.

Candidate criteria

• A Social Work or Occupational Therapy qualification, with current professional registration.
• Minimum of 3 years (including ASYE) post qualification experience in Adult Social Care.
• A full UK driving licence with access to a car daily.
• Experience supporting young people in transitional safeguarding, including those at risk of exploitation or with complex trauma.
• Strong relationship skills, able to build trust with people who find services hard to access or stay engaged with.
• Experience working with hoarding or self‑neglect cases and supporting individuals with complex trauma.
• Knowledge of the legal and policy framework in relation to the role.
• Commitment to trauma‑informed, strengths‑based work, with a creative approach.
• Able to understand complex and sensitive information and use it to plan safe, practical, and person‑centred support.

Our area

Wokingham Borough is set in the heart of Berkshire with transport links to Reading and central London. The area includes a vibrant market town, villages, and countryside, with a strong local economy and high quality of life.

Staff benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days (rising by 5 days after 5 years of continued local government service), plus bank holidays.
• Local Government Pension Scheme (contribution details to follow).
• GP helpline seven days a week.
• Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7 Your Care confidential helpline.
• Free eye tests and flu vaccines.
• Free onsite gym (located at Shute End, Wokingham).
• Salary sacrifice schemes – including car and cycle to work.
• Local and lifestyle discounts.
• Move through menopause course.
• Sports and social group activities.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Employee networks.

How to apply

Please apply online via the link provided. CVs submitted without a fully completed online application form will not be considered. For further information on this vacancy, see the Job Description links.

Closing date: Sunday 19 July 2026, 23:00

Interview date: To be confirmed

Equal opportunity and safeguarding

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.