Senior Practitioner Assessment Service
2 weeks ago
A part time opportunity has arisen for Senior Practitioner or a Social Worker who is looking for promotion, within the Assessment service for Peterborough City Council, The post offers the chance to contribute to high quality service delivery, further develop strong partnership/cross service working and in collaboration with social workers innovate and build on the good practice that is already in place.
In addition, we can offer you:
- A competitive* salary plus generous retention payments
- A relocation package up to £8,000 (T&Cs apply)
- Excellent pension scheme
- Agile working
- Superb career progression opportunities
- A wide range of training and CDP
- Flexible Working Arrangements inc 9 day working fortnight
- Generous Annual Leave
The Assessment Service in Peterborough is made up of three teams. They are provided with their work by an integrated front door (which includes a MASH and contact centre). The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is the first point of contact for all professionals in Peterborough to report their concerns over a child’s welfare, whether they are in education, the police, healthcare, charity or are a member of the public.
Each assessment team is on duty one week in three, during their duty week they respond to all contacts received for the Peterborough area, and then have two weeks off duty to progress their visits and assessments.
Being a Senior Practitioner entails having a reduced caseload, deputising for the team manager, and providing supervision to non-qualified practitioners and Newly Qualified Social Workers.
- A degree in social care with significant demonstrable post qualification experience and current SWE registration.
- An understanding of the legislative and regulatory regime of multi-agency statutory children’s services.
- Knowledge of how to recognise political context of social care and respond appropriately at supervisory level.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Leadership and supervisor experience within a relevant service context.
- Experience of leading change within an organisation.
- High motivation, energy, and personal drive. Resilient and demonstrating highly developed emotional intelligence and self-awareness.
- The ability to work to a budget successfully in a demanding public arena
This role is part time, 18.5 hours.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Peterborough and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation, and the communities we serve.
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