Senior Practitioner - Assessment

Location Stevenage
Job type Contract
Salary £34788.00 - £38813.00 per annum
Reference HQ00100046_1574868860

Sanctuary Social Care has permanent vacancy for a Senior Practitioner to work full-time based in Stevenage, within the Assessment Team. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in children's services and be registered with the HCPC.

The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner role is £34,788 - £38,813 per annum.

The Assessment Teams undertake single child and family assessments for those circumstances where our Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub has identified the need for a social work assessment.

Requirements of the Senior Practitioner:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current HCPC registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
  • Have highly developed specialist knowledge of Social Work practice
  • Strong written and verbal skills as you will need to prepare and deliver care proceedings to conferences and court hearings
  • Have significant senior level frontline experience in a safeguarding team
  • Recent experience of case work in Assessments, Child Protection, Children Looked After and Care Proceedings
  • You will have in depth knowledge of relevant childcare legislation

Benefits:

  • Relocation Expenses of up to £6000 for those candidates that need to relocate for the role
  • Car lease scheme
  • Free parking at all of our sites
  • Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • Up to 33 days annual leave entitlement
  • Staff discounts in gyms, travel agents, car sales, restaurants and days out

Contact:

This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Amanda Hubert; 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.