Senior Practitioner
5 days ago
**Please note this role is part time 3 days per week Wednesday to Friday**
The Children and Families Hub is the single point of access for Children's Social Care. Its primary purpose is to ensure that children and young people and their families receive early help, advice and support to assist in protecting them from significantharm and promoting their development and wellbeing. The Children and Families Hub does this by identifying the lowest appropriate level of support needed to bring about change, support good parenting and boundaries and promote children's emotional wellbeing.The Children and Families Hub plays a critical role in engaging parents and professionals in interventions that can bring about change in families and we aspire to deliver an outstanding service to children and families in Essex.
The Senior Practitioner role provides leadership in the team, providing supervision, support and mentoring to qualified social workers and alternatively qualified staff. They will oversee the triage process and have responsibility for threshold recommendationsin line with the Essex Effective Support Document. The role offers a unique opportunity for development as a Senior Practitioner in helping to develop the team and service delivery, including quality assurance activities, practice lead and group supervision.There is an ethos of openness to the development of new ideas, particularly to reinforce our relationship-based focus, both with our service users and within the staff group.
**Skills and Knowledge**
- A diploma in Social Work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent and registration with Social Work England as a registered Social Worker.
- Evidence of continuing professional development and good IT skills.
- Evidence of recent practice at an experienced social worker level, supported by comprehensive working knowledge and experience within the field of practice in Children Services.
- Preferably with experience of Child Protection work including section 47 investigations and assessments since the implementation of the Children's Act 1989.Considerable, recent experience of communicating with children of all ages and working in partnershipwith parents and/or carers.
- Experience in planning activities and programmes for children, young people and parents.
- Experience of Court work in relation to Child Care matters and have an understanding of the legal process.
- Detailed knowledge of current legislation pertinent to Child Protection (e.g. CA1989, CJA1991), Guidance and Regulations.**Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
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