Senior Practitioner (Team/Case Manager) - Birmingham

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Family Assessment Centre in Birmingham is seeking a qualified Social Worker to join their Senior Management Team. The role involves delivering robust assessments and supervising a dedicated team, all while ensuring compliance with safeguarding guidelines. The organisation emphasizes inclusion and a compassionate approach to their work.

Qualifications

• Experience working with vulnerable children and families.
• Ability to apply the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need.
• Experience supervising and overseeing teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments with vulnerable children and families.
• Supervise and oversee a team of Family Assessment Workers.
• Ensure high-quality service aligned with organisational values.

Education

Social Work Qualification

Job description

Are you Social Work Qualified? We are looking for a Social Worker to join our stable, committed, and experienced Senior Management Team to help deliver fair, robust, and evidence-based assessments. Look no further and apply today to join our friendly team at Dudley Lodge!

Our Commitment Statement

Our expectation of all staff is to demonstrate kindness, empathy, and fairness to all.

Dudley Lodge strives to provide an inclusive working environment where employees can bring their best, authentic selves to work. We recognize, respect, value, and celebrate differences.

Our approach to inclusion and diversity is rooted in listening, learning, and acting. This includes ongoing listening forums, implementation of inclusion & diversity groups, workshops, training, good quality supervision, surveys, and collaborative working parties. Our core aim is to receive honest feedback, reflect, and continuously improve.

Purpose of Job

To be part of the Senior Management Team responsible for undertaking comprehensive assessments with vulnerable children and their families in a residential setting, applying the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families (2000) and adhering to Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023).

Additionally, to supervise and oversee a team of Family Assessment Workers, providing support, advice, supervision, performance reviews, and ensuring a high-quality, dependable service aligned with our organisation’s values and standards.

Background

Dudley Lodge is a UK-registered non-profit organisation established in 1895, and one of the leading Family Assessment Centres in England and Wales. Our primary focus is safeguarding children.

We have been conducting quality Family Assessments for over 30 years across two sites: Coventry and Birmingham.

Our purpose is to provide the Courts and relevant parties with high-quality, independent assessments, interventions, and services regarding parents'/carers’ abilities to keep children safe, and to assess their capacity and potential to promote children’s ongoing wellbeing.

Please refer to JD/PS for details of the job.