Senior Practitioner / Deputy Team Manager – Localities Team – West Midlands

Salary £45,403 – £52,493 plus attractive retention bonus. 37 hours a week

A very well-known local authority based in the West Midland area are looking for an experienced Senior Practitioner to join their Localities Team. You will be joining a organisation with around 5,100 staff members coming from a range of different backgrounds, they believe in pushing the boundaries in developing children’s services and have a clear career progression for staff. If you are looking for the next step up into Deputy Team Manager or wanting a new challenge this could be the role for you!

Benefits of the role:

• Competitive salary DOE
• Flexible working arrangements
• Pay progression scheme
• Retention bonus paid after 12 months
• Privilege card discounts
• Workplace parking
• Cyle to work scheme
• Interest free travel loans
• Access to their award-winning health team
• Generous pension scheme

About the role, you will be:

• Supervising less experienced social workers to help achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
• Lead on complex cases and chair meetings.
• Managing case reviews and core group meetings, collect and analyse information to report back to the Team Manager.
• Model and uphold good practice across the team.
• Hold a small but complex caseload.
• Assist the Team Manager when needed.

About you:

As a Senior practitioner you will need to have significant experience working within children and family services . Ideally you will have:

• Experience of working within a variety of teams within children’s services
• Proven track record of statutory social work experience
• Sound and robust legal framework knowledge
• SWE registered.
• Full UK drivers license
• Right to work in the UK

If this sounds like the right role for you then give me a call on 020 3949 8689 and we can discuss this further or drop me an email at Georgia.wilson@liquidpersonnel.com

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