Role: Senior Practitioner (SP) 4yrs Experience Social Care Qualified Children services safeguarding Hourly rates: £25.77 per hour £33.30 ltd umbrella Contract: 36.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Primary purpose of the job: To provide a lead role in improving the quality of professional social work practice across the breadth of the case work cycle to children, young people, and their families. To undertake complex casework arising within the children and family services. Essential To provide a needs-led, professional social work service to children, young people, and their families, complying with legislative requirements and in accordance with established best practice. To be responsible for allocated cases including a complex caseload. To provide technical/professional expertise to less experienced social workers. To share/communicate a thorough working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, guidance, research, departmental policy, and procedures. To provide quality assurance and coaching/mentoring to work colleagues. To take a ‘joined-up’ approach to ensuring the effectiveness of case working, actively promoting/encouraging effective partnership working with service users and other teams/agencies/organisations. Participates in the regular collection, collation and reporting of appropriate performance management information in accordance with statutory and organisational requirements. Actively participates in training and development activities. Actively supports the Team Manager by undertaking any other duties commensurate with the job or needs of the service. Desirable Ability to collaborate effectively and work in partnership with parents and professionals. Demonstrated knowledge of child development. Sound knowledge of signs and symptoms of Child Protection issues. Experience of delivering practical parenting strategies. Candidates must hold a full UK licence and have access to a car and laptop. If you're ready to be part of a dynamic team dedicated to creating positive change in social care, I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out for more details or to apply. Contact: (url removed) Why work with We do Social Work? New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly Twice weekly payroll Free DBS and compliance service Your own dedicated friendly consultant with extensive social work knowledge Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK Refer a friend. “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 We Do Social Work is an equal opportunities employer and is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes