Sanctuary Social Care currently has a permanent vacancy based in Surrey for a Senior Practitioner to work within a Referral and 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.
As the post holder of this role, you will receive a competitive salary of £39,774 - £42,684 per annum.
Main purpose and responsibilities:
- The post holder will have a major contribution to make to the delivery of our vision and strategic priorities set out in the Children and Young People's Plan, by delivering all aspects of high quality social work provision to children and their families.
- Undertake cases independently and demonstrate an ability to adapt the approach from first principles to deal with more complex or unusual cases, assessing and managing risks appropriately.
- The Senior Practitioner in the Referral and Assessment Team will have proven and extensive experience post in order to respond to all children's social care referrals received by the Single Point of Access team.
- Holds caseload of more complex cases: provides formal and informal advice and support to other Social Workers in relation to their cases.
- May be asked to provide casework consultation to other Social Workers in the team. May also supervise students, trainees, less experienced professional team members, support ASYE or volunteers.
- To Investigate complaints of alleged neglect, abuse or ill-treatment of children; undertake assessments and, where appropriate, arrange accommodation for children, young people; maintaining appropriate personal/professional boundaries;
- Work to a range of legal options to support investigation and protection.
- Contribute to planning/reviewing the cases of children in care; supervise fostering /adoption arrangements.
- Undertake preventative work with families in order to reduce the need for care or accommodation.
- Work with children and young people, families, carers and communities to help them make informed decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning.
Requirements of the Senior Practitioner:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Current HCPC registration
- Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
Apply today:
This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Jamie Bartlett; 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.
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.
