Senior Practitioner

Kent County Council; Margate; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent County Council is seeking a Senior Practitioner to support its children's social work service in East Kent. This role involves managing complex cases, providing guidance to colleagues, and contributing to the delivery of integrated children's services. Candidates must be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England, focused on improving the lives of children and families.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex cases involving assessment and planning.
• Ability to support and guide less experienced staff.
• Registered with Social Work England.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of complex cases for Children in Need.
• Support social work team and contribute to professional standards.
• Lead delivery on the Change for Kent Programme.

Skills

Social Work

Case Management

Advisory Skills

Motivational Skills

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Job description

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An opportunity has arisen in the East Kent District of Thanet. We are looking for a Senior Practitioner to join and guide a superb team of social workers in our childrens social work service.

The successful applicant will be supporting a team of Social Workers providing high quality social work in the service to Children in Need and Children subject to Child Protection plans.

Your role as a Senior Practitioner requires you to be an experienced Social Worker who is able to manage a caseload of complex cases involving assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of appropriate actions. Ensuring resources are utilised effectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and their families.

You will also be required to contribute to raising and maintaining standards of professional social work within a social work team, develop areas of specialist practice, offer expert advice to less experienced staff, and act as a Practice Assessor for students and ASYE. You will be well motivated to support and understudy for your Team Manager in order to sustain and improve our performance.

Above all, youll be focused on helping children and families to change their lives for the better. You will be required to understand and help lead the delivery on the Change for Kent Programme in the Ramsgate Service, working closely with Early Help and Open Access services to deliver and shape Integrated Childrens Services.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Interviews are scheduled for Monday 4 August.