Senior Practitioner - Emergency Duty Team

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Emergency Duty Team to work full time based in Hillingdon. The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £54,903.00 per annum.

Main duties

• With appropriate supervision, assess for and provide services to children and families in need within the framework of the appropriate legislation, regulations, departmental procedures and child care policy. This will include responsibility for children and families where needs are particularly complex and problematic.
• To ensure that services are efficiently and effectively provided, liaising as necessary with other divisions, Council Departments, N.H.S trusts, schools, carers, voluntary and independent sector providers.
• To maintain high standards of professional practice within their own workload and to promote and enhance such practice within the team and division.
• Senior Practitioners may be responsible for supervision of some staff (up to a level III Social Workers) in the service and share the operational management of the service.
• All postholders are expected to maintain professional standards of practice and to work in accordance with the Departmental vision, values, procedures and managerial guidance.
• To manage a caseload of children and families, making comprehensive assessments of need, in partnership with the child, parents, other family members and professionals as appropriate in accordance with the National Assessment Framework.
• Planning, implementing and terminating interventions.
• Making referrals to the Community Mental Health Team where adults have particularly complex or problematic needs and maintaining liaison with psychiatric services in order to promote timely and effective management of mental health problems.
• Formulating and updating child protection plans, with appropriate guidance from the Group Manager.
• To make recommendations to the Group Manager (or other budget holder as appropriate) regarding financial expenditure entailed in care plans and to undertake delegated financial responsibilities.
• To take responsibility within the team for the development of practice, and contribute to training, and to have liaison responsibilities and to represent the team on working parties and other bodies as required.
• To undertake any other duties as may be required commensurate with the grading of the post in order to meet the changing needs of the service.

Requirements

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.