Sanctuary Social Care is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Senior Practitioner to work full-time within a Safeguarding Team based in London. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice in children's services.
The pay rate for this locum Senior Practitioner job is £32 - £34 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 3-month contract.
Main Duties:
- Undertake assessments, plan appropriate interventions and work creatively with children and families who are in care proceedings.
- Have a good understanding of safeguarding thresholds and ability to assess and analyse risk; good knowledge of child development, attachment and permanency needs of children of all ages.
- Be able to effectively undertake direct work with children and to have the child at the centre of all care work planning.
- Hold a limited caseload to ensure that you implement the highest standards of practice.
- Work in partnership with colleagues, across teams and specialisms and partner agencies to ensure that there is effective and timely assessments undertaken of the holistic needs of children and their families. This will include working in partnership with solicitors and Guardians within the court arena.
- Undertake assessments and risk analysis based on informed professional judgement and use of primary evidence to evaluate how well the parent has made changes or not to safely care for the child to majority or whether alternative plans should be implemented.
Requirements of the Senior Practitioner:
- Degree or equivalent in social work
- Significant senior level frontline experience within children's services
- Current Social Worker England registration
Contact:
This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Megan Roberts; 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.
