Social Work Senior Practitioner - Family Safeguarding Team

Location
Job type Permanent
Salary £41,745- £45,880 per annum
Consultant Lucy Pearson
Call +44 7480 629932
Reference HQ00118213

Sanctuary Personnel, a leading and award winning recruitment agency is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Social Work Senior Practitioner to work full-time based in Hatfield, within the Family Safeguarding Team.

The salary for this permanent Social Work Senior Practitioner role is £41,745- £45,880 per annum.

Duties:

  • Shared responsibility for leading and managing less experienced staff

  • Researching and sharing up to date social work practice

  • Creating a clear vision for the future and ensuring the best outcomes for children and their families are realised

  • Prepare and deliver care proceedings to conferences and court hearings

  • Undertake single child and family assessments for those circumstances where our Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub has identified the need for a social work assessment

  • Providing high quality support and planning for children and young people who are in long term foster care, residential care and semi-independent care up until the age of 18

Requirements of the Social Work Senior Practitioner:

  • Degree or equivalent in social work

  • Current Social Work England registration

  • Significant senior level frontline experience in a safeguarding team

  • Highly developed specialist knowledge of Social Work practice

  • Strong written and verbal skills

  • Focused on helping children and families to change their lives for the better

  • Recent experience of case work in Assessments, Child Protection, Children Looked After and Care Proceedings

  • In depth knowledge of relevant childcare legislation

Benefits:

  • Excellent learning and development opportunities

  • Regular supervision meetings

  • An approachable and supportive management team

  • Competitive salary up to £43,813 pa depending on experience (includes Market Forces payment of up to £5000)

  • Welcome payment of £1000 for all external appointments

  • Relocation Expenses of up to £6000 for those candidate 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)

  • Childcare Vouchers

  • Up to 33 days annual leave entitlement

  • Staff discounts in gyms, travel agents, car sales, restaurants and days out

Contact:

This Social Work Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; 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.