Senior Practitioner Children's Services.

Location Southwark, Greater London, England
Salary £27 - £29.88 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.
 

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 thresholds of risk in assessment work