Senior Practitioner - Safeguarding and Support

Location Dudley
Salary £26.00 - £27.00 per hour
Discipline
The primary purpose of the role is to:
• Contribute to the delivery of an effective children’s social care service as part of a social
work team, improving outcomes for children and young people.
• Manage caseloads dependent upon experience, grade of post and complexity of cases,
utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs assessments, care
planning, and child protection investigations.
• Carry out high quality assessments, using child-centred, community focused, and
multiagency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective
relationships, and to secure the best outcomes for children and young people.
• Ensure children and young people are adequately protected in line with Dudley LSCB,
departmental policy and procedures, and relevant legislation.