Senior Practitioner |Children's Services| Stoke on Trent| £33.30 per hour

Tripod Partners; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in children's services is seeking a Senior Practitioner to enhance the well-being of children and families in Stoke-on-Trent. The role involves mentoring newly qualified social workers, managing complex cases, and ensuring adherence to practice standards, making it vital for improving lives.

Benefits

Dedicated specialist consultant

Access to various jobs across 150 authorities and private organizations

Prompt and reliable payroll

Free DBS and compliance service

£500 referral fee

Responsibilities

• Ensure children and families are involved in assessment and care planning.
• Undertake complex casework with children, young people, and families.
• Safeguard the health and well-being of children and young people.

Skills

Assessment

Mentoring

Safeguarding

Time Management

Job description

Senior Practitioner- Children's Services – Stoke-on-Trent Council - £33.30 ph

Job Title: Senior Practitioner
Salary: £33.30 per hour
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Contract: Full-Time, Temporary

About the Role:

To ensure that eligible children receive assessments, plans and service packages appropriate to meet their needs and improve their life chances. To support peers by sharing knowledge and experience that can enhance their learning. To support, assess and mentor Newly Qualified Social Workers and Social Work Students as directed by the Principal Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• To ensure that children, young people and their families are fully involved in the process of assessment and care planning.
• Work to the agreed practice standards for the service
• Help families to keep their children safe and where this is not possible, take appropriate action to safeguard them.
• To safeguard and promote the health and well-being of children and young people and support families and carers across Stoke-on-Trent by working with children and young people and their families appropriate to their experience, skills and knowledge.
• Ensure that the department’s and authority’s resources are deployed efficiently and effectively at all times. To undertake more complex casework with Children, Young People and their Families and Carers.
• To be responsible for effective time management and responding flexibly to the needs of the service. To ensure that departmental health and safety procedures and standards are followed in the performance of all duties.
• Ensure that the welfare of the child or young person is paramount at all times.
• Your own dedicated specialist consultant
• Access to the widest variety of jobs across 150 authorities and private organizations throughout the UK
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• 500 referral fees

For more information, please contact Dylan at Tripod Partners on 07919 026892or [e-mail]