Senior Practitioner 4yrs
Senior Practitioner 4yrs
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Job Description
Scope and Purpose of 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
General Duties and Responsibilities
- To provide a needsled 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 joinedup 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.
Supervision Received
- Supervising Officer Job Title
Team Manager
- Level of Supervision
Left to work within established guidelines subject to scrutiny by supervisor.
Supervision Given (excludes those who are indirectly supervised i.e. through others).
TBC
Special Conditions
- This vacancy is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
- A Disclosure and Barring Services/ISA checks will be undertaken
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment
Employment Type
Full Time
