Senior Practitioner - Assessment Team

Location Durham
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £31.93 per hour
Reference HQ00102098_1584377387

Sanctuary Social Care has locum vacancy for a Senior Practitioner to work full-time based in Stockton, 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 Social Work England.

The pay rate for this locum Senior Practitioner role is £31.93 per hour (Assignment rate) and is a 3-month contract.

Duties of the Senior Practitioner:

  • Carrying out Initial Assessments
  • Initiating Care Proceedings
  • Taking cases to initial case conference
  • Carrying out assessments under the single assessment framework
  • Care Planning and signposting
  • Completing risk assessments
  • Writing reports for initial child protection case conferences
  • Attending case conferences
  • Completing Section 17 reports for family courts
  • Writing initial court statements
  • Applying for emergency care orders
  • Attending court
  • Carrying out home visits for monitoring purposes and to safeguard Children
  • Chairing meetings

Requirements of the Senior Practitioner:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services

Contact:

This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Liam Burgess; 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.