Senior Practitioner – Children in Care & Leaving Care Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Children in Care & Leaving Care Team to work full time based in Guernsey.

The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £60,267 per annum.

Main duties:

• To have case management responsibility for a number of young people who are in care and in some cases are preparing to transition into adulthood.
• To ensure children in care and those subject to care requirements have clear plans which are progressed within agreed timescales.
• To develop care plans and pathway plans, carrying out statutory duties with children and young people to ensure their needs are being identified and suitable plans are put in place.
• To ensure risk is assessed in accordance with multi-agency child protection guidelines and procedures when rehabilitating children to their families.
• To work collaboratively alongside key partner agencies to support young people to prepare for independent living.
• To make a positive contribution to the planning and development of leaving care services.
• To work in partnership with key agencies, including the third sector to ensure the key developmental planning is done on a multi-agency basis.
• To ensure that appropriate information is shared with young people and to promote their involvement in the assessment process.
• To advocate on behalf of children in care and care leavers and ensure the voice of the young person is evident in all decision making and planning processes.
• To actively participate in reflective supervision in accordance with the children and family community services supervision policy.
• To contribute to a positive culture within the team which promotes mutual respect and good professional standards.
• To organise and attend meetings as appropriate. Knowledge of the benefits of a team around the family approach for children in care and care leavers.

Requirements of this role:

• Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.
• Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.
• Experience of community and/or group work.
• Knowledge of children’s health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.

Contact:
This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Keir Turnbull; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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.