Senior Practitioner – Dudley – Safeguarding and Support Team
Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting a Senior Practitioner to join the busy team at a Dudley based Safeguarding and Support Team.
The primary purpose of the role is to contribute to the delivery of an effective children’s social care service as part of a social work team, improving outcomes for children and young people. You will also manage caseloads dependent upon experience, grade of post and complexity of cases utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs assessments, care planning, and child protection investigations.
What will it give you as a Senior Practitioner?
- Hybrid options.
- Manageable caseload
- Excellent flexible work opportunities
- Excellent salary of up to £36 per hour
Primary Responsibilities as a Senior Practitioner:
- Holds and manages a varied caseload reflecting the function of the team in accordance with relevant policies, procedures and legislation.
- Identifies and assesses levels of risk and need, and delivers protective or supportive services for children at risk, in need and/or looked after.
- Maintains an up-to-date assessment, care plan and reviews for all cases.
- Assesses and analyses need, contributing to and implementing plans and reviewing progress against identified outcomes ensuring that the child’s welfare is paramount throughout.
- Ensures that reports are up to date, of a high quality and submitted according to appropriate timescales.
Further Information:
You will carry out high quality assessments, using child-centred, community focused, and multiagency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships, and to secure the best outcomes for children and young people. You will also ensure children and young people are adequately protected in line with our departmental policy and procedures, and relevant legislation.
What we are looking for in a Senior Practitioner:
- Social Work England registration
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Hold a full UK license
- Post-qualified experience
- Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Why Liquid Personnel?
• New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
• Twice weekly payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
“Refer a Friend” bonus – get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
“Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us*
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes*
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