Senior Practitioner Children in need

Location Southwark
Salary £25.88 - £30.00 per hour
Discipline
To be responsible for providing a comprehensive and effective social work service through undertaking assessments to identify the needs of children and their families who have more complex needs.  To be responsible for a specialist role that supports specifically identified priorities linked to service development within the Referral and Assessment Service.

Busy SG and connected persons team.
This role involves allocation of x2 complex assessments, alongside being the lead for post order SG work and supporting families via signposting, referrals to Kinship and making of Adoption Support Fund.
This is a busy team.

Job Summary:
To be responsible for providing a comprehensive and effective social work service through undertaking assessments to identify the needs of children and their families who have more complex needs. To be responsible for a specialist role that supports specifically identified priorities linked to service development within the Referral and Assessment Service.

Candidate Profile:
• To hold a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with the General Social Care Council
• To have significant experience of utilising a range of social work skills and interventions at post-qualifying level in a Referral and Assessment Service setting
• Experience of holding a complex assessment caseload, which included Mental Health, Domestic Violence, Pre-birth assessments and substance misuse.
• Experience of preparing quality reports and presenting these in a formal setting e.g. Initial Child Protection Conferences, Care Proceedings etc
• An understanding of the importance of financial controls, tracking of packages of support and of the families right to self determination
• Experience of understanding and applying management information to improve performance.
• Experience of determining priorities in the implementation of a social work service
• Experience of being able to evidence the principles of equality and diversity in providing a Social Work Service
• Being able to evidence through social work practice a consistent understanding of