Senior Practitioner – Assessment Team – Apsley

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Assessment Team to work full time based in Apsley, Hertfordshire.

The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to £48,587 per annum.

Main duties:

• To care manage the most complex cases in the care group.
• Plan, carry out review and evaluate social work practice.
• To assume responsibility within the care group for research and development, including keeping the team updated, and contributing to the development of service provision/organisation.
• Involve children (age appropriate in a child centred way), young people, families, carers and partner agencies in all meetings, which may affect them and listen actively to what they have to say. Signposting for advocacy support if needed or wanted.
• Respect confidentiality and explain when there is a need to share information with others.
• Recognise the expertise of individuals, children, families, carers and partner agencies about their own circumstances, position and have regard for their wishes and feelings.
• To manage and be accountable with supervision and support for your own social work practice.
• To mentor, coach and support other staff, including taking responsibility for induction programmes and initial training.
• To work independently, e.g. to attend case conferences and court without line management presence, or providing consultation in specific areas.
• Build honest relationships based on clear communication and make sure all involved understand what will happen with the information children, young people, families, carers and partner agencies give to a social worker.
• To play an active role with colleagues in peer group supervision and tole development sessions.
• Be able to represent children, young people, families carers, individuals and partner agencies to access services.
• Work effectively with other, understand what information other parties can offer and share, to improve services offered to children, young people, families, carers, groups and partner agencies.
• Work closely with other agencies within the community, both statutory and voluntary in support of preventative strategies.

Requirements of this Senior Practitioner job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Lucy Pearson; 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.