Senior Practitioner – Children with Disabilities Team – Bedfordshire£38,296 - £41,496 a year plus £5,500 market supplementAbout t.....
Senior Practitioner – Children with Disabilities Team – Bedfordshire
£38,296 - £41,496 a year plus £5,500 market supplement
About the job:
Are you a dedicated and experienced Social Work professional with a passion for helping children with disabilities thrive? 3D Recruit is looking for a Senior Social Work Practitioner to join a Local Authority based in Bedfordshire on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children with diverse needs and contribute to their well-being and development.
The pay rate is £38,296 - £41,496 a year plus £5,500 market supplement and £963 essential car user allowance (subject to criteria)!
There is also a position available on a permanent basis in the Children with Disabilities SIT (Specialist Intervention Team) Team on the same pay rate.
As a Senior Social Work Practitioner in this team, your duties will be:
• To be responsible for a complex caseload including those children at risk and subject to care proceedings and child protection plans to make a positive difference for children, young people and families in the town, by driving up the quality of practice and partnerships across the town and its services, whilst ensuring legislative requirements are met.
• Act in a consultative and mentoring role to less experienced social workers to ensure reflective practice in all single or multi-agency assessments, including the development of outcome-focused plans. This will include supporting less experienced staff with court proceedings and chairing core group and multi-agency meetings
• Support Team Managers to promote excellence within the team, i.e. providing peer supervision, mentoring and deputising in the absence of Managers
• Attend training and develop specialism and champion good practice in these areas
• To gather information, to complete clear, accurate and holistic professional assessments of need and risk in respect of children and families. Critically analyse all relevant information and take the lead role to co-ordinate the multi-agency approach to promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of child/young people
• Undertake statutory duties under The Children Act 1989 and other legislation and guidance relating to children and families e.g. care proceedings, arrangements for adoption/permanency, risk assessments and investigations in relation to the protection of children. Including arrangements for obtaining and carrying out Court Orders, attending court as the Council’s representative and providing instruction to our legal counsel
• Creating effective SMART plans referring to the Practice Framework, implement, monitor and review using the appropriate available resources ensuring needs are met through negotiation and consultation with professional colleagues and service users. Promote anti-discriminatory practice and the empowerment of children and families
Requirements:
• Experience as a Senior Social Work Practitioner in Children’s Services
• DBS on the Update Service or happy to apply for one
• 5 years of satisfactory references
• Driving License with access to a vehicle
• SWE Registered
How to apply
If you are interested in the role or other vacancies, you can easily submit your CV via the advert. If you are not ready to apply now, do contact us through our website.
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