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JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Referral &amp; Assessment Team to work full time based in Luton. The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £46,034 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To be responsible for a complex caseload including those children at risk and subject to care proceedings and child protection plans to make a positive difference for children, young people and families in the town, by driving up the quality of practice and partnerships across the town and its services, whilst ensuring legislative requirements are met.</li><li>Support Team Managers to promote excellence within the team, i.e. providing peer supervision, mentoring and deputising in the absence of Managers.</li><li>To gather information, to complete clear, accurate and holistic professional assessment of need and risk in respect of children and families. Critically analyse all relevant information and take the lead role to co-ordinate the multi-agency approach to promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of child/young people.</li><li>Creating effective SMART plans referring to the Practice Framework, implement, monitor and review using the appropriate available resources ensuring needs are met through negotiation and consultation with professional colleagues and services users.</li><li>Liaise and work with other professionals and agencies to achieve optimal outcomes for children and young people. Build [positive relationships with children and their families through promoting participation and undertaking direct work to ensure that their voices, wishes and feelings are heard.</li><li>Update and maintain high quality case files in the council’s management information system, Liquid Logic, ensuring that all key information about the child’s circumstances and plans are recorded within timescales and comply with General Data Protection Regulations.</li><li>To take personal responsibility for own professional development and reflective practice and keep up to date with changes to legislation, court rules, policies, procedures and best practice development i.e. for your Continued Professional Development and progression through regular check-ins and supervisions. Attending training through the Social Work Academy and Research in Practice.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Senior Practitioner job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
Contact: This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 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.

Sanctuary Personnel

Senior Practitioner - Referral & Assessment Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2


Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Parenting Assessment Team to work full time based in Redbridge. 
 
 The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £47,661 per annum. 
 
 Main duties:

<ul>
<li>To be responsible for complex cases and detailed assessments including, where appropriate, Child Protection Assessments.</li>

<li>To assist the Manager, as required in aspects of the Team's work including the allocation of work; maintaining, developing and encouraging high professional standards; and supporting the supervision and development of individual staff.</li>

<li>To keep up to date with good practice guidance, current legislation, Government initiatives and local polices and procedures with a view to playing a lead role in disseminating these within the team.</li>

<li>To provide consultation, advice and guidance to Team members on professional issues.</li>

<li>To assist the Head of Service in developing and maintaining projects within agreed timetables.</li>

<li>To represent the Manager or Head of Service at internal and external meetings where appropriate, and to act as Deputy to the Manager.</li>

<li>To wrote complex reports and briefing papers on policy and operational issues for the Team Manager, Head of Service, Chief Officer of Children and Families and to participate in a range of meetings, case conferences or task forces, service and project management groups.</li>

<li>To assist in ensuring that team members fulfil expectations in relation to the Council's statutory responsibilities, policies and standards and that the practice is anti-discriminatory.</li>

<li>To assist the Manager, when required, in the performance management for all staff.</li>

<li>To assist in ensuring individual training needs are identified and appropriate training plans are developed for the team.</li>

<li>To actively participate in the overall management and development of the service through Team Meetings and Service wide meetings; attend and participate positively in Team and other meetings as required with a view to promoting the development of an integrated response to clients needs, concentrating on the delivery of an efficient and effective service.</li>

<li>To maintain management information systems and provide regular reports identifying trends and proposing solutions where problems are identified.</li>

<li>To provide cover for the work of other Senior Practitioners and Team Managers as required and arrange cover for other Team members across the section and Children &amp; Families where necessary.</li>

<li>To participate fully in the development and maintenance of effective liaison and co-operation with the local community, community groups, other Authorities, agencies and non-statutory organisations.</li>

<li>To provide management, consultation, professional support, advice and guidance to the immediate team and others across Children &amp; Families.</li>

<li>Any other duties appropriate to this area of work and consistent with the level of the post, as may from time to time are required.</li>
</ul>

Requirements of this Experienced Senior Practitioner job:

<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li>

<li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li>

<li>Continual professional development.</li>

<li>Social Work England registered.</li>

<li>Experience within Adult Social Work.</li>
</ul>

Contact: 
 This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. 
 
 Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. 
 
 As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning 'Best Candidate Care' at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. 
 
 Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). 
 
 With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 
 
 Reasonable Adjustments: 
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Senior Practitioner - Parenting Assessment Service

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Fostering Team to work Full Time for based in Medway.The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £52,934 per annum. Main duties: <ul>
<li>Function as a highly-skilled and experienced practitioner within the Fostering Team, providing day-to-day support and advice to social care staff within the team to ensure that high quality services are delivered.</li><li>You will be required to enable and support the delivery of these services in an efficient and effective manner, and to work in accordance with departmental policies and procedures. You will assist the Team Manager in service development, Safeguarding procedures, professional supervision and in certain aspects of management.</li><li>Responsible and accountable for the practice of student social workers on placement, providing expert guidance, assessing practice in accordance with University guidance, and actively participating in the Student’s Unit.</li><li>Lead on training and development for Foster Carers and to facilitate and attend support groups.</li><li>Model good practice that reflects a value based approach to working with children and their families that is child-centred.</li><li>Take responsibility for a caseload of complex cases. As well as setting the standard for colleagues to follow, you will supervise the work of other members of the team and actively coach, mentor and develop them.</li><li>Ensure that resources are utilised effectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and their families.</li><li>Keep up to date with research findings, theoretical models and innovative practice within the social work field.</li><li>Maintain accurate and up to date records in line with Data Protection legislation and use the Children’s Recording System to promote effective case management.</li><li>Available for supervision, as required and to prepare for supervisory sessions, as required by the Team Manager.</li><li>To be competent in all areas of the Professional Capabilities framework for Social Workers.</li><li>At the discretion of the Head of Service, such other activities as may from time to time may be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Senior Practitioner role:<ul>
<li>A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li><li>Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.</li></ul>
Contact: This Senior Practitioner role is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 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.

Senior Practitioner - Fostering Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Looked After Children Team to work full time based in Bexley. The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £43,842 per annumMain duties:<ul>
<li>Provide leadership and professional support to colleagues and other professionals in situations of high complexity.</li><li>Apply extensive knowledge of practice, theory and legislation to enhance practice, procedures and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working from recognised sites of excellence.</li><li>Make use of sophisticated, critical reasoning and both model and facilitate reflective and evidence-informed practice.</li><li>Support and encourage professional decision-making in others, to enable assessment procedures to be used discerningly in response to the presenting needs.</li><li>Maintain and provide expertise in specialist assessment and intervention and support others develop these skills.</li><li>Model the effective assessment and management of risk in complex situations, across a range of situations, including positive risk taking situations.</li><li>Provide professional leadership on safeguarding issues in collaboration with other senior members of the team.</li><li>Provide support to resolve concerns about practice.</li><li>Manage a defined team or area providing clear organisation, direction and development.</li><li>Provide professional support, advice and/or supervision.</li><li>Monitor and support the performance management and development of team members using a coaching approach, to support individual development and ensure that individual contributions are maximised.</li><li>Manage complaints where required, and verify assessments and authorise when appropriate.</li><li>Promote positive working relationships in and across teams and with partners in statutory, voluntary and third sector organisations, using strategies for collaboration and arbitration.</li><li>Contribute to and provide professional leadership of organisational change and development and address performance management issues that arise.</li><li>Ensure that all staff in the team are adhering to the requirments of data quality legislation.</li><li>When required, monitor, analyse and manage delegated budgets, funding and resources in accordance with council policies and procedures, or have indirect influence on wider service budget.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Senior Practitioner job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
Contact:This Senior Practitioner is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 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.

Senior Practitioner - Looked After Children

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000+ reviews has an exciting Permanent opportunity available for an experienced Social Work PAMS Senior Practitioner to join a well-established Children’s service based in&nbsp;Strood.Team/Specialism:&nbsp;Parenting AssessmentSalary:&nbsp;£50,661 per annumContract:&nbsp;PermanentHours:&nbsp;Full-timeDuties:<ul>
<li>Safeguard and promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people through the provision of high quality social work practice, supporting them to achieve their full potential, living within their family if safe to do so</li><li>Participate in effective partnership working and engagement and to work collaboratively with a range of organisations, statutory and voluntary in delivering services to children and young people</li><li>Comply with legislation, statutory guidance and local policies and procedures</li><li>Manage a complex caseload within a framework of appropriate reflective supervision, undertaking focused, analytical assessments, SMART plans and reviews that have clear objectives and outcome measures in order to ensure that all vulnerable children receive a service that reflects the Council’s commitment to achieving positive outcomes for our looked after children</li><li>Work with children and families in a variety of diverse and complex contexts, such as mental ill health, disability, substance misuse, domestic abuse, sexual and criminal exploitation, radicalisation, poverty, discrimination, and immigration</li><li>Provide expert advice and support to less experienced staff on aspects of casework ensuring a high level of practice is demonstrated</li></ul>
Requirements of the PAMS Senior Practitioner:<ul>
<li>Degree or equivalent in social work</li><li>Current Social Work England registration</li><li>Significant frontline experience in Children’s Services</li><li>Be competent in all areas of the PCF at Experienced Social Worker level and The Knowledge and Skills Statement (KSS) for approved child and family practitioners</li><li>Demonstrate expert and effective practice in complex situations that reflects a commitment to relationship and strengths based practice, assessing and managing higher levels of risk and working collaboratively with children, young people and their families</li></ul>
Contact:This PAMS Senior Practitioner job is advertised by&nbsp;Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.We welcome applications from any experienced Social Work candidate with experience as a Newly Qualified, Social Worker, Practitioner, Assistant Team Manager, Team Manager, Head of Service or Director.Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work applicants who meet these requirements for this Permanent Social Work role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.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.

Social Work PAMS Senior Practitioner

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Children’s Social Work Team to work full time based in Medway. The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is packaged up to £51,375 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Provide leadership and professional support to colleagues and other professionals in situations of high complexity.</li><li>Apply extensive knowledge of practice, theory and legislation to enhance practice, procedures and policies, promote innovation, and introduce new ways of working from recognised sites of excellence.</li><li>Make use of sophisticated, critical reasoning and both model and facilitate reflective and evidence-informed practice.</li><li>Support and encourage professional decision-making in others, to enable assessment procedures to be used discerningly in response to the presenting needs.</li><li>Maintain and provide expertise in specialist assessment and intervention and support others to develop these skills.</li><li>Model the effective assessment and management of risk in complex situations, across a range of situations, including positive risk taking situations.</li><li>Provide professional leadership on safeguarding issues in collaboration with other senior members of the team.</li><li>Provide support to resolve concerns about practice.</li><li>Manage a defined team or area providing clear organisation, direction and development.</li><li>Provide professional support, advice and/or supervision.</li><li>Monitor and support the performance management and development of team members using a coaching approach, to support individual development and ensure that individual contributions are maximised.</li><li>Manage complaints where required, and verify assessments and authorise when appropriate.</li><li>Promote positive working relationships in and across teams and with partners in statutory, voluntary and third sector organisations, using strategy for collaboration and arbitration.</li><li>Contribute to and provide professional leadership of organisational change and development and address performance management issues that arise.</li><li>Ensure that all staff in the team are adhering to the requirments of data quality legislation.</li><li>When required, monitor, analyse and manage delegated budgets, funding and resources in accordance with council policies and procedures, or have indirect influence on wider service budget.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Senior Practitioner job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li></ul>
Contact: This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 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.

Senior Practitioner - Children's Social Work 

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an experienced Senior Practitioner within the Child protection and Assessment Team (CPAT) to work full time based in Ilford. The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £49,839 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To be responsible for complex cases and detailed assessments including, where appropriate, Child Protection Assessments.</li><li>To assist the Manager, as required in aspects of the Team’s work including the allocation of work; maintaining, developing, and encouraging high professional standards; and supporting the supervision and development of individual staff.</li><li>To keep up to date with good practice guidance, current legislation, Government initiatives and local polices and procedures with a view to playing a lead role in disseminating these within the team.</li><li>To provide consolation, advice, and guidance to Team members on professional issues.</li><li>To assist the Head of Service in developing and maintaining projects within agreed timetables.</li><li>To represent the Manager or Head of Service at internal and external meetings where appropriate, and to act as Deputy to the Manager.</li><li>To write complex reports and briefing papers on policy and operational issues for the Team Manager, Head of Service, Managing Director of the Children’s Trust and to participate in a range of meetings, case conferences or task forces, service, and project management groups.</li><li>To offer professional advice and support to team members in carrying out their duties as enshrined in the Children Act 1989.</li><li>To assist in ensuring that team members fulfil expectations in relation to the council’s statutory responsibilities, polices and standards and that the practice is anti-discriminatory.</li><li>To assist in ensuring individual training needs are identified and appropriate training plans are developed for the team.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Experienced Senior Practitioner job:<ul>
<li>A social Work Qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Continual professional development.</li><li>Social Work England registered.</li><li>Proof of past experience.</li></ul>
Contact: This Experienced Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 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.&nbsp;

Senior Practitioner - Child Protection & Assessment

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Adoption Support Team to work full time based in Bexley. The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner &nbsp;job is up to £52,698 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>Support the team to work within legislative and policy frameworks, ensuring that all social work interventions are based on a clear care and support plan. Advise staff on relevant legislative and policy frameworks within care and support planning and applications of social work interventions.</li><li>Oversee proportionate and holistic assessments, ensuring the strengths, capabilities and support available from the person’s wider network are maximised. Identify and advise on barriers to change and how needs impact on family members or others in a client’s support network.</li><li>Lead and oversee the progression of complex and difficult social work cases within the parameters of agreed policies, procedures and framework for delivering Social Work, including timely intervention, resolution and case closure or transfer.</li><li>Maintain clear and systematic oversight of social work cases within the team, promote social work best practice and disseminate policy or legislative updates. Provide professional advice, guidance and expertise e.g. via individual and group supervision, to staff in the team, other internal colleagues and professionals from agencies.</li><li>&nbsp;Promote social work and contribute to a range of service related projects as they arise, including the development of new initiatives through representation on working/multi-agency groups.</li><li>Oversee application of social work values and ethics with staff working with clients and families to make the most of their emotional and practical assets as well as accessing the care and support they need. Provide professional advice and guidance to the team and other workers where required. Challenge systems and decisions that are oppressive or discriminatory and promote a person’s human rights as enshrined in law.</li><li>Be accountable for own performance and monitor the performance of a designated group of professional staff within the team taking appropriate action to maintain high practice standards. Enable continued development of professional skills and social work practice to meet service requirements, ensuring staff adhere to policies, procedures and capability frameworks.</li><li>Support the Team Manager in the recruitment and induction of new staff and in managing the development of the team’s knowledge base and expertise as well as supporting the day-to-day management of the team to ensure services are delivered and meet the standards required.</li></ul>
Requirements of this role:<ul>
<li>Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.</li><li>Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.</li><li>Experience of community and/or group work.</li><li>Knowledge of children’s health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.</li></ul>
Contact: This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 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.

Senior Practitioner - Adoption Support 

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Multi-Disciplinary Team to work full time based in Medway. The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £58,934 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To ensure the provision of an efficient service to children and young people in need of protection and children and young people looked after by Medway Council.</li><li>To ensure efficient and effective inter-agency working in respect of the child protection system and of services to children looked after.</li><li>To constructively challenge actions and interventions that are not delivering the required outcomes for the children and young people.</li><li>To comply with statutory guidance by providing independent reviews of looked after children.</li><li>To contribute to quality assurance measures and performance management systems to maintain and promote high practice standards.</li><li>To chair complex case conferences/review meetings effectively, facilitating the full participation of professionals, parents and children and young people, and ensuring the views of children and young people are heard and given due attention.</li><li>To actively promote work life balance and flexible working in order to achieve high quality service delivery.</li><li>To actively promote the Council’s Fair Access, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and observe the standard of conduct which prevents discrimination taking place.</li><li>To ensure full compliance with the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, the Council’s Health and Safety Policy and all locally agreed safe methods of work.</li><li>To fully understand and be aware of the commitment to Section 17 of the duty of Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to prevent crime and disorder.</li><li>At the discretion of the Head of Service, such other activities as may from time to time may be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Senior Practitioner role:<ul>
<li>A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li><li>Substantial experience in health or social care.</li></ul>
Contact: This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 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.

Senior Practitioner - Multi-Disciplinary Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Children’s Social Work Team to work full time based in Medway.The salary for this permanent Senior Pracititoner job is up to £58,934 per annum. Main duties: <ul>
<li>Manage a reduced caseload within the appropriate statutory framework to a high standard. Your casework will consist of complex and joint casework with less experienced members in the team, where your role will be to oversee practice and support the development of your team.</li><li>Demonstrate expert and effective practice in complex situations that reflects a commitment to relationship and strengths-based practice, assessing and managing higher levels of risk and working collaboratively with children, young people and their families and carers.</li><li>Contribute to the learning and development of others in your team, including providing advice and support to less experienced staff on aspects of casework ensuring a high level of practice is demonstrated.</li><li>Supervise staff within your team including Student Social Workers, Newly Qualified Social Workers, Family Support Workers and/or Personal Advisors. The Team Manager will retain overall responsibility for the team.</li><li>Lead on an area of practice that is relevant to your service and be an expert in this area, within your service, providing training opportunities, consultation and sharing resources. Where available you should be part of a Medway Safeguarding Children’s Partnership (MSCP) Champions group for your area of specialism.</li><li>Champion Medway’s practice model, Signs and Safety, through leading group supervision for your team, providing one to one support to members of your team as well as remaining up to date with training and research in this area.</li><li>Consistently demonstrate a high level of practice in relation to your casework and support with the team, ensuring your written work ‘brings the child to life’ and demonstrates a high quality of analysis and reflection.</li><li>Work within statutory timescales and participate in regular supervision to review case work and critically reflect on the work being undertaken. Keep up to date with research findings, theoretical models, and innovative practice within the social work field to promote evidence informed practice and maintain the highest professional standards.</li><li>Maintain accurate and up to date records in line with Data Protection legislation (GDPR) and use Medway Council specific recording system’s to promote effective case management.</li></ul>
Requirements of this Senior Pracititoner role:<ul>
<li>A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.</li><li>Understanding of relevant legislation.</li><li>Registered or eligible for registration.</li><li>Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.</li></ul>
Contact: This Senior Practitioner role is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 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.

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