Practice Lead - Social Work Child Protection

Location Cardiff
Salary £38 - £40 per hour
Discipline
The successful candidate will take the role of Practice Leader, working with the Team Manager , supporting and encouraging the culture within the services as well as leading, teaching and modelling the Signs of Safety approach. You will work alongside the Team Manager to help in managing the performance and development of Social Workers as well as contributing to the development and maintenance of effective systems to ensure quality services to children in need and their families.
The successful candidates must have robust safeguarding experience and experience of working with Children looked after and be confident with court proceedings. As a child protection social worker, you must be flexible and able to work under pressure. Due to the nature of the role candidates must have front line post qualifying experience in child protection services.
We require a competent Principal Social with experience in the below:
Candidate must have experience in working in Childrens services.
Candidate must have at least 5 years’ post qualifying experience.
Candidate must have worked in LAC before.
Candidate must have experience in Court work – CP