Senior Practitioner - Emergency Duty Team

Sanctuary Personnel; Ilford; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanctuary Personnel is seeking a dedicated Senior Practitioner for its Emergency Duty Team in Ilford. This full-time permanent role involves safeguarding vulnerable children and working collaboratively with other agencies. The successful candidate will lead assessments and provide essential support, ensuring the welfare of children in emergency situations. A competitive salary up to £49,890 is offered, with an emphasis on equality and diversity in the recruitment process.

Qualifications

• Registered or eligible for registration with Social Care England.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Assess emergency safeguarding referrals and act on significant harm.
• Liaise with agencies for child welfare.
• Maintain accurate records of referrals and actions.

Skills

Assessment

Child safeguarding

Liaison

Education

Social Work Qualification

Job description

Senior Practitioner - Emergency Duty Team

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Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Emergency Duty Service to work full time based in Redbridge.

The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £49,890 per annum.

* To assess all emergency children's safeguarding referrals received whilst in duty (if necessary, in conjunction with agencies such as the police and other emergency services).

* To check the appropriate borough's database to identify whether the child referred is already known to children's service.

* To safeguard the welfare of children referred to the out of hours EDT service where there is a risk of significant harm.

* To assess children in need and their families arrange interim support services to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, and/or take action to ensure the safety of the child.

* To deal with referrals in order of priority and with regard to the possible consequences of delay.

* To refer to the EDT Team Manager if multiple urgent referrals are received.

* To record any concerns about children or children's safeguarding received whilst on EDT duty on the appropriate borough's database.

* To maintain a clear record of the referral and the actions taken (or not taken) out of hours.

* To record all case details and decision making on the appropriate borough's database and ensure that this is complete within the agreed timescales.

* To ensure that individual care plans are responsive to all needs, including ethic, religious, cultural, linguistic and disability needs.

* To attend multi-disciplinary case conferences, meeting and reviews, as appropriate, identifying the individual needs of children and their families, recommending appropriate packages of care, and ensuring that service users and carers are supported in making a full contribution to meetings.

* To liaise and consult with users, carers, colleagues and with a range of statutory and voluntary agencies in compiling information to provide the basis of an assessment of client need.

* To undertake joint work with other agencies, including joint investigative child protection work with the police.

* To perform any other duties appropriate to this area of work and consistent with the level of the post, as may from time to time be required.

* To attend and participate positively in team meetings as required with a view to promoting the development of an integrated response to clients needs.

* To keep up to date with local policies and procedures and to follow them accurately at all times.

* By personal example, commitment and clear action, value and celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, ensuring equality of access and treatment in employment and service delivery.

Requirements of this role:

* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.

* Understanding of relevant legislation.

* Registered or eligible for registration.

* This post requires registration with the relevant health professional council/governing body (Social Care England).

Contact:

This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning 'Best Candidate Care' at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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