Social Work Consultant Practitioner

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social WorkConsultant Practitionerto join a well-established Children’s service based in Croydon.

Team/Specialism: Family Assessment

Pay Rate: £40.50 per hour (assignment rate)

Contract: Locum, 3-Months

Hours: Full-time. 36 hours per week.

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• Professional Development: Working as a locum in Social Work provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.

Duties:

• Directly deliver, and contributeto the delivery of, positive safety and well-being outcomes for children in need and their families, including those in need of protection and those looked after
• Developing the practice skills and efficacy of social workers through expert reflective supervision, coaching and joint working – individually and in groups
• Driving and continually developing the implementation into practice of Systemic Family Therapy and other theoretical frameworks and practice methodologies
• Managing a caseload of high complexity / high risk cases
• Engagement and relationship building / maintaining
• Analytical and continuous assessment
• Making professional judgments and recommendations based on assessment and review
• Development, co-ordination, implementation, and review of evidence-based plans
• The co-ordination of multi- professional / agency input to assessment, planning and help
• The application of theory and theoretical frameworks to all aspects of practice
• Communication and presentation of professional analysis, judgments and plans verbally and in writing in a range of settings

Requirements of the Consultant Practitioner:

• Degree or equivalent in social work
• Current Social Work England registration
• Substantial experience in statutory social work practice with evidenced expertise in the area of focus for the Consultant Practitioner role
• Foundation level systemic practice qualification (desirable)
• Practice Educator or Practice Teacher qualification ( desirable)
• Advanced training in evidenced based approaches to assessment & intervention
• Experience of delivering evidenced based interventions with children and families improving outcomes
• Knowledge of national policy and developments regarding children’s social care, and policy areas that impact on children’s social care
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, statutory guidance, standards, and procedures
• Knowledge of relevant theoretical frameworks, practice models, research findings and psychological / human development theory
• Knowledge of “outcomes” concepts, how people learn and methods for developing practice skills
• Ability to engage, develop and sustain effective professional relationships with children and families in the context of statutory social work
• Be able to engage and develop effective professional relationships with other professionals and organisations for the benefit of individual children and families in assessment, care planning and delivery
• Make sound professional judgments (in cases of high risk / complexity)
• Communicate to a high standard verbally and in writing, and to produce and present high quality reports
• Able to maintain records that evidence our engagement with children and families, informs the quality assurance framework e.g., quantitative, qualitative and outcome information for the children and families, the views and experiences of children and families
• Able to contribute to quality assurance exercises and activity as part of the service’s quality assurance framework
• Able to hold accountability for practice with children and families and its impact on the lives of Croydon’s children
• Able to demonstrate professional and personal integrity and resilience through a problem-solving and constructive approach
• Able to use and apply data and management information to achieve continuous service improvement
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to build influential and productive relationships within the service and with partners
• Able to be analytical, view complex issues with clarity and make management decisions that are objective, impartial and evidence based
• Able to support, manage and motivate others through difficult and sensitive issues
• Able to work autonomously and be able to make evidenced- based decisions which effectively manage risks to children
• Computer literacy skills necessary to work with information management systems and produce good quality data in a variety of formats
• Experience of working in a statutory setting with children and making professional judgments in high risk / high complexity cases around specialism
• Experience of building effective relationships with children, families, and other professionals
• Experience of completing effective, highly analytical assessments and outcomes-focussed care plans that are effective in achieving good outcomes in complex / high risk cases
• Experience of undertaking direct work with children and families that delivers improved outcomes for them
• Experience of applying theoretical models and research findings to good effect and helping others to do so
• Experience of contributing to the development of other staff using a variety of methods
• Experience of completing analytical reports and presenting in a range of forums
• Able to work outside of normal office hours when required

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We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this 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.