Senior Practitioner - Child Protection & Assessment Team - Redbridge - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Practitioner to join the Child Protection & Assessment team in Redbridge. The ideal candidate will manage complex cases and support children and families. Responsibilities include providing professional supervision, conducting assessments, and ensuring safety against risks. A social work qualification and registration are mandatory. The position offers a salary of up to £55,427 per annum.

Qualifications

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent is mandatory.
• Understanding of relevant legislation is required.
• Must be Social Work England registered.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload including individuals, children, and families.
• Lead in managing positive interventions to safeguard individuals.
• Provide professional reflective supervision for less experienced staff.

Skills

Judgment about risk and accountability

Assessment procedures

Intervention strategies

Supervision and mentoring

Data protection compliance

Education

Social Work Qualification or equivalent

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Child Protection & Assessment team (CPAT) to work full-time based in Redbridge.

The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £55,427 per annum.

Responsibilities:

• Take professional responsibility for managing a complex caseload which will include individuals, children, carers, and families who require support and guidance.
• Demonstrate confident and effective judgement about risk and accountability in decision-making and be able to sustain engagement with fluctuating circumstances and capacities, including where there is hostility and risk.
• Use assessment procedures discerningly in response to the presenting needs and to ensure that a proportionate assessment is completed in a way that enables maximum participation.
• Use professional judgement, employing a range of interventions: promoting independence, providing support and protection, taking preventative action, and ensuring safety whilst balancing rights and risks.
• Take the lead in managing positive interventions that prevent deterioration in health and wellbeing whilst safeguarding people at risk of abuse or neglect.
• Undertake assessment and planning for safeguarding in more complex cases, and support colleagues by utilising safeguarding skills, in line with current policies and procedures.
• Play a leading role in practice development, help promote and sustain a learning culture, and mentor less experienced staff.
• Deliver formal professional reflective supervision and provide guidance and advice regarding casework to less experienced qualified staff.
• Where required, take the role of practice educator (or train as a practice educator) for students and the role of ASYE assessor and supervisor for newly qualified social workers in the team.
• As part of the supervision and appraisal process, provide support with personal and professional development.
• Take professional and personal responsibility for clear recording of analysis and judgements, maintaining up-to-date case work records on the database as required by the council.
• Take responsibility for working within the Directorate’s data protection policies.

Requirements:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact and Application:

This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position, please apply through the provided channels.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and is committed to building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity.