Sanctuary 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 Luton.
The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £46,034 per annum.
Main duties:
* Provide reflective supervision to explore the NQSWs practice and factors influencing their practice responses (including emotions, assumptions, power relations and the wider social context). Develop a shared understanding of the knowledge base informing their analysis and the limitations of their thinking, and use this understanding to inform next steps. Guide the NQSWs with problem solving and assist them with planning and decision making.
* For new starters, reflective supervision will be provided weekly for the first six weeks and fortnightly until the NQSWs six month review and a minimum of bi-monthly thereafter.
* Promote resilience and empower NQSWs to advocate for themselves and the children and families they work with. This includes professional challenge with managers and colleagues.
* Co-work complex cases and use advanced professional knowledge, skills, experience and initiative to support the NQSWs to develop assessment skills to identify and analyse risk to children and develop safety and supportive plans. Co-work cases in crisis with the NQSWs, directing the social workers and influencing decision making on the case. Support NQSWs practice development towards excellence.
* Support and mentor the practice development of our NQSWs by reading through work before it is submitted to the Team Manager for authorizing and informally quality assuring their case files against ‘what good looks like’.
* Support the NQSWs to gather and analyse sensitive and confidential information on families and record on LCS, collating key information relating to children’s safeguarding and protection.
* Contribute to the NQSW assessment reviews at three, six, and twelve months of their assessed year of employment.
Requirements of this Senior Practitioner job:
* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Continual professional development.
* Social Work England registered.
Contact:
This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; 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.
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