Job Description

Our client Walsall council is looking for a Senior Practitioner to join their Duty and Assessment team.

Main purpose of the job role:

• To provide effective help and protection to children, young people, families and carers, and help them to achieve positive outcomes.
• To undertake effective assessment, planning and direct work to safeguard children and young people and to meet their needs, and the needs of families and carers.
• To be responsible for working with complicated and challenging circumstances, and to practice social work in a transparent, accountable and safe way in accordance with professional standards and ethics.
• To develop areas of expertise, specialism and practice leadership that support the development of social work practice

Role specific duties and accountabilities:

• Practice within the prevailing legislative framework and council policies and procedures, under the supervision of the Team Manager.
• Ensure that work is completed within the stated timescales in accordance with both national and local policy.
• Manage a mixed and complicated workload, including working with vulnerable children, young people, families and carers who experience a variety of challenges.
• To ensure needs are met and risks are managed to achieve best outcomes for children and young people in often complicated and varied situations.
• To co-work with colleagues to support their professional development and learning.
• Advocate for children and young people and ensure their voices are heard and they are supported to participate in a variety of ways and forums as is appropriate to their needs, age and development.
• Provide high quality and timely assessments and reports in the agreed format for Child Protection Case Conferences, Statutory Child in Care Reviews and any other forum as directed.
• To be able to undertake Care Proceedings and court work of a consistently high standard
• Work collaboratively with and develop good working relationships with individual children and young people, families, carers, colleagues and other agencies.
• Maintain records in relation to recording information about children and families in line with Council policy and procedure.
• Actively participate in regular supervision and consultation with the Team Manager ensuring they are always made aware of significant issues in respect of children and families.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to £250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.