Consultant Practitioner

Location Swindon
Job type Permanent
Salary £39768.00 - £41493.00 per annum
Reference HQ00105591_1590915606

Sanctuary Social Care has permanent vacancy for a Consultant Practitioner to work full-time based in Swindon. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in Children's Services and be registered with Social Work England.

The salary for this permanent Consultant Practitioner role is £39,768 to £41,493 per annum.

Duties of the Consultant Practitioner:

  • Responsibility for the development, supervision and mentoring of newly qualified social workers, working closely with the Social Work Practice Development Officer to ensure that the development of NQSW's is undertaken in line with national guidance.
  • Be instrumental in creating a learning environment for the team making best use of research and development opportunities.
  • Manage the caseloads of newly qualified social workers, prioritising, allocating and reviewing tasks and responsibilities accordingly to ensure effective service delivery
  • Lead, guide and direct newly qualified social workers to ensure work plans are in place and accountability taken by each worker for the cases held
  • To be fully accountable for all work undertaken for children allocated to both the postholder and newly qualified social workers for which the postholder is responsible.
  • To actively work with other Consultant Social Workers to maximise the positive impact on development of newly qualified staff.
  • Provide focused and purposeful social work interventions with explicit aims and objectives about desired outcomes within the policies and procedures
  • Hold case management responsibility for a caseload, develop appropriate packages or programmes of care, devise written plans for intervention and/or care for children and their families including child protection plans in line with child protection procedures
  • Refer and provide information to senior managers as necessary
  • Keep up to date and use research knowledge and findings of social learning theory and systematic approaches and statutory guidance to inform social work practice
  • Promote constructive challenge, facilitate change and innovation to introduce new ways of working that enhance both your own and the practice of others.

Requirements of the Consultant Practitioner:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
  • Must understand psychological, social, cultural, spiritual and physical influences on people; human development throughout the life span and the legal framework for practice.
  • Proven knowledge and understanding of child development, parenting capacity, environmental factors, risk and protective factors.
  • Significant previous experience of assessing complex situations and providing sound professional advice.

Contact:

This Consultant Practitioner job is advertised by Jenifer Watts; 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.