Senior Practitioner - Assessment Team

Location Waltham Forest
Job type Permanent
Salary £43,815 - 46,857 per year
Reference 188011

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Assessment Team to work full time based in Waltham Forest.

The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £46,857per annum.

Main duties:

  • Conduct statutory and/or complex specialist assessments of the more vulnerable children and young people and to determine intervention/referral to the appropriate service.
  • Plan, deliver and oversee interventions for a complex caseload and where appropriate review cases.
  • Provide professional expert advice and guidance to colleagues and partner agencies in supporting children and young people.
  • Liaise internally and externally and work with colleagues from other agencies to ensure children and young people’s interests are supported.
  • Maintain properly documented case files, records and information. Prepare standard reports as required.
  • Mentor and support others in their development.
  • Carry out all duties with an awareness and understanding of the Safeguarding Requirements within are of responsibility.
  • Proactively develop professional knowledge, skills and behaviour’s.
  • Act in accordance with all policies and procedures which apply to the job and understand the reasons for this.
  • Contribute to the Strategic Development of the Service/Undertake service planning and service review activities.
  • Represent the service at departmental/other agency working parties.

Requirements of this Senior Practitioner Job.

  • Degree or equivalent in Social Work.
  • Current Social Work England Registration.
  • Experience within Children’s/Adults Services.
  • Full Drivers Licence and have use of a vehicle.

      

Contact:
This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; 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.