Senior Practitioner - Family Safeguarding Team - Hertford - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; Hertford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and social care recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Practitioner for the Family Safeguarding Team in Hertfordshire. This full-time role offers a salary of up to £51,802 per annum. Key responsibilities include providing practice development, managing risk, and delivering specialist support to residents. Applicants should have a professional Social Work qualification and be registered or eligible for registration.

Qualifications

• Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Responsibilities

• Provide practice development opportunities for own team and partner organisation.
• Responsible for making professional risk-informed complex decisions.
• Manage an allocated caseload to deliver specialist support and services.

Skills

Understanding of relevant legislation

Professional Social Work qualification

Risk management

Education

Professional Social Work qualification or equivalent

Job description

Senior Practitioner – Family Safeguarding Team

Sanctuary Personnel has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Family Safeguarding Team to work full time based in Hertfordshire. The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £51,802 per annum.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide practice development opportunities for own team and partner organisation.
• Responsible for making professional risk-informed complex decisions.
• Provide statutory support to residents, including the provision of information, advice, assessment, support planning and safeguarding in line with statutory guidance and council policy and procedures.
• Work in partnership with voluntary sector organisations, partners and others to provide integrated and coordinated support to residents and families in the community.
• Manage an allocated caseload to deliver specialist support and services to residents and the community within defined standards.
• Make recommendations on procedural, process and service improvements to enhance overall team and service performance.
• Recognise and monitor risk, escalating issues to more senior colleagues when necessary to ensure that situations are addressed at the earliest possible time.
• Operate effectively within and contribute to the development of organisations and services, including multi-agency and inter-professional settings.
• Control team activities to meet performance targets and schedules.
• Prioritise work and resolves day-to-day operating resources issues.
• May support the control of budgets to deliver service priorities and to ensure appropriate resources are available.
• May provide specialist development or support to core/standard professionals.

Requirements of this Senior Practitioner role:

• A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from diverse backgrounds. 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.

Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and is committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).