Senior Practitioner

CRA GROUP RECRUITMENT AND PAYROLL LTD

Job Location:

Birmingham - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

2-3 month contract with a local authority

Summary

This is a 2-3 month contract with a local authority focusing on enhancing the quality of professional social work practice throughout the case work cycle for children young people and their families. The role is crucial in ensuring that social work services are delivered effectively and in compliance with legislative and best practice standards.

Responsibilities

Deliver a needs-led professional social work service to children young people and their families ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and best practices.
Manage allocated cases including complex caseloads.
Provide technical and professional expertise to less experienced social workers.
Share and communicate a thorough understanding of relevant legislation national standards guidance research departmental policy and procedures.
Offer quality assurance and coaching/mentoring to colleagues.
Adopt a collaborative approach to ensure effective case working promoting partnership working with service users and other teams/agencies/organizations.
Participate in the regular collection collation and reporting of performance management information as per statutory and organizational requirements.

Experience

Proven experience in handling complex casework within the children and families service.

Qualification

Relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience.
Social Work England (SWE) Number is essential.

Additional Information

Working hours: 36.50 hours per week
DBS Check is required for the role.
The role closes soon apply ASAP.

Required Skills:

To provide a lead role in improving the quality of professional social work practice across the breadth of the case work cycle to children young people and their families

Required Education:

To provide a lead role in improving the quality of professional social work practice across the breadth of the case work cycle to children young people and their families

2-3 month contract with a local authoritySummaryThis is a 2-3 month contract with a local authority focusing on enhancing the quality of professional social work practice throughout the case work cycle for children young people and their families. The role is crucial in ensuring that social work ser...