Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the 0-25 Together Service (CWD) Team to work Full Time based in Hertfordshire.
The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £52,802 per annum.
Main duties:
- To care manage the most complex cases in the care group.
- Plan, carry out review and evaluate social work practice.
- To assume responsibility within the care group for research and development, including keeping the team updated, and contributing to the development of service provision/organisation.
- Involve children (age appropriate in a child centred way), young people, families, carers, groups and partner agencies in all meetings, which may affect them and listen actively to what they have to say.
- Give children (age appropriate in a child centred way), young people, families, carers, groups and partner agencies sufficient time to work with the plan properly.
- Continually reassess cases in relation to risk and refer to the Team Manager for direction.
- Respect confidentiality and explain when there is a need to share information with others.
- Recognise the expertise of individuals, children, families, carers, groups, individuals and partner agencies about their own circumstances, position and have regard for their wishes and feelings.
- Be accountable to children (age appropriate in a child centred way), young people, families, carers, groups, individuals and partner agencies for their practice.
- To manage and be accountable with supervision and support for your own social work practice.
- To mentor, coach and support other staff, including taking responsibility for induction programmes and initial training.
- Supervise and Performance Manage Children’s Practitioners in the care group.
- Keep children (age appropriate in a child centred way), young people, families, carers, groups, individuals and partner agencies about updated about what steps you are going to take.
- Build honest relationships based on clear communication and make sure all involved understand what will happen with the information children, young people, families, carers, groups and partner agencies give to a social worker.
- Keep ICS case records accurate and up to date, provide reports and carry out other assessments as required
- Work effectively with others, understand what information other parties can offer and share, to improve services offered to children, young people, families, carers, groups and partner agencies
- Work closely with other agencies within the community, both statutory and voluntary in support of preventative strategies.
Requirements of this Senior Practitioner role:
- A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Registered or eligible for registration.
- Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.
Contact:
This Senior Practitioner role is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
