Senior Practitioner

Senior Practitioner - Support and Safeguarding
Windsor & Maidenhead
£42.00/hr
Full time position: 37.00/hrs a week
Start date: ASAP
About the role
The Senior Practitioner - Pods main responsibility is to safeguard and promote the welfare of young people, giving due consideration to their race, culture, religion and linguistic background.
They will manage an agreed caseload of children and young people in compliance with casework objectives, statutory and departmental policy and procedural requirements, consistently maintaining the highest level of professional standards, including the most complex cases.
The Senior Practitioner will undertake direct social work responsibilities as an allocated worker to the children and young people assigned, investigating concerns regarding a child or young person's safety or wellbeing, make an assessment of the risk and protective factors in the family and decide on the most appropriate course of action. They will complete longer-term work with families in order to meet identified needs and improve outcomes for children.
Qualifications
Educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification in social work.
Active Social Work England registration and proven evidence of continuing professional development.
Skills and experience
Experience in leading a team, undertaking line management, performance management and change management.
Knowledge of relevant theory that informs practice delivery.
Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families. Advocating the voices of those we are working with.
Proven ability to effectively use data, intelligence and evidence to create meaningful insight and to inform own decision making.
Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and producing accurate reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include families, children or young people)

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