Senior Practitioner

Senior Practitioner

Posted 3 weeks ago

Description

Your role:

  • To provide a lead role in improving the quality of professional social work practice across the breadth of the case work cycle to children, young people and their families.
  • To undertake complex casework arising within the children and families service.
  • To provide a needs-led, professional social work service to children, young people and their families, complying with legislative requirements and in accordance with established best practice.
  • To be responsible for allocated cases including a complex caseload.
  • To provide technical/professional expertise to less experienced social workers.
  • To share/communicate a thorough working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, guidance, research, departmental policy and procedures.
  • To provide quality assurance and coaching/mentoring to work colleagues.
  • To take a ‘joined-up’ approach to ensuring the effectiveness of case working, actively promoting/encouraging effective partnership working with service users and other teams/agencies/organisations.
  •  Participates in the regular collection, collation and reporting of appropriate performance management information in accordance with statutory and organisational requirements.
  • Actively participates in training and development activities.
  • Represents the Department in meetings etc as required.
  • Actively supports the Team Manager by undertaking any other duties commensurate with the job or needs of the service.

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:

  • A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
  • An easy registration process (all done online)
  • Referral schemes and incentives
  • Ongoing compliance managed for you
  • Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more

If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact Sana.Shah@pprsocialcare.co.uk or 07471306880.