Senior Practitioner - EDT

Location Redbridge
Job type Permanent
Salary £46000.00 - £49952.40 per annum
Consultant Stefan Garrett
Call +44 7400 310920
Reference HQ00109426_1596641570

Sanctuary Social Care has permanent vacancy for a Senior Practitioner to work full-time based in Redbridge, within the EDT (Emergency Duty Team). The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in adults' services and be registered with the Social Work England.

The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner role is £46,000 - £49,952.40 per annum.

Duties:

  • To undertake assessment and care management responsibilities for children out of hours, ensuring the
  • safety and welfare of the child is paramount.
  • To support the EDT team in delivering Children's EDT services as set out in the service specification agreed
  • To deputise for the EDT Team Manager as required
  • To assess all emergency children's safeguarding referrals received whilst on duty (if necessary, in conjunction with agencies such as the police and other emergency services)
  • To check the appropriate borough's database to identify whether the child referred is already known to children's service.
  • To safeguard the welfare of children referred to the out of hours EDT service where there is a risk of significant harm
  • To assess children in need and their families and arrange interim support services to safeguard and
  • promote the welfare of children, and/or take action to ensure the safety of the child
  • To deal with referrals in order of priority and about the possible consequences of delay
  • To refer to the EDT Team Manager if multiple urgent referrals are received
  • To record any concerns about children or children's safeguarding received whilst on EDT duty on the appropriate borough's database
  • To maintain a clear record of the referral and the actions taken (or not taken) out of hours
  • To record all case details and decision making on the appropriate borough's database and ensure that this is completed within the agreed timescales
  • To ensure that individual care plans are responsive to all needs, including ethic, religious, cultural, linguistic and disability needs
  • To attend multi-disciplinary case conferences, meeting and reviews, as appropriate, identifying the individual needs of children and their families, recommending appropriate packages of care, and ensuring that service users and carers are supported in making a full contribution to meetings.
  • To liaise and consult with users, carers, colleagues and with a range of statutory and voluntary agencies in compiling information to provide the basis of an assessment of client need

Requirements of the Senior Practitioner:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work
  • Current Social Work England registration
  • Significant senior level frontline experience within adults' services
  • Proven post-qualifying social work experience in a Children and Families setting
  • Experience of undertaking complex casework within a statutory child' setting
  • Experience of service delivery which is culturally sensitive and responsive to the needs of a multi-cultural community
  • Experience of prioritisation, care planning and service delivery
  • Experience of having to interpret, understand and make judgments on the complete interactions between the risk and protective factors in any given
  • situation when arriving at a decision about whether the child or young person is likely to suffer significant harm

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.