Childrens Senior Practitioner - Alnwick, United Kingdom - One Way or Another Ltd

One Way or Another Ltd

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Alnwick, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

To carry a workload requiring exemplary practice in situations of high complexity within the area of children's safeguarding, exercising a degree of autonomy.

Regular supervision will be in accordance with the departmental supervision policy.

If required, to provide direct supervision to staff as directed by the Team Manager. To coach/mentor less experienced team members.

To work within relevant current legislation and the procedural framework of Northumberland County Council.

To work collaboratively with service users and their families to assess their needs and plan and deliver services in accordance with the social work locality team's service area.

Post holders will be required to act as a Practice Educator and be expected to supervise student placements. If required, to chair meetings under Signs of Safety framework, e.g CIN Reviews and Initial Core Groups.

Duties and key result areas:

To work with the Team Manager in ensuring that adequate safeguarding arrangements are in place to promote the welfare, health and development of children and young people.

Within the teams use their extensive knowledge and expertise to provide coaching and mentoring to a group of identified social work staff, including experienced social workers and newly qualified social workers and support staff.

To carry an appropriate and often complex caseload, dealing with those most vulnerable children and their families in need of social work intervention appropriate to the qualification and experience of the post holder.

In allocated cases, carry out a range of assessments, including child protection investigations and parenting assessments, undertaking child welfare concern risk assessments, drawing up case and care plan, implementing plans, coordinating and reviewing plans as the lead professional, within the framework of The Children Act and Northumberland County Councils agreed standards and priorities.

To participate in the duty system taking a lead with less experienced workers to manage crisis situations. To set the highest standards of practice and intervention, role modelling to other social workers.

To attend multi agency child protection conferences (for their own cases as well as supporting new staff with their cases) to present reports and assessments for those children deemed to be at risk of significant harm.

To chair CIN Reviews and/or Initial Core Groups care team meetings where there are child welfare concerns, making recommendations for actions and interventions to safeguard children.

Contribute to the support and development of the team and promote effective multi agency service delivery with partner agencies.

To work in conjunction with the Team Manager in utilising the skills within the team to develop and implement programmes of activity, prevention and early intervention in order to support children, young people and families in the community.

This will entail fostering effective links with those early intervention agencies within the community, including Children's Centres, health workers and schools.

When required provide informal supervision to members of the social work team and develop a professional skills base through the provision of training and development as appropriate.

To act as a mentor for newly appointed staff within the social work teams as well as providing group supervision and workshops to develop staff's knowledge.

In conjunction with the Team Manager to implement and maintain agency records in line with legal obligations and parent agency policy.

To ensure the team work towards achieving key service delivery objectives within the planning processes. In addition, develop and implement systems to ensure satisfactory team performance against key performance indicators/meaningful measures.

Ensure that the objectives set out in the Service Plan are reflected in the Social Work Team Plan.

That these identified objectives are implemented within the team and that service delivery at a local level is aligned with Health, Children's Centre and Extended Schools Strategies.

Supported by senior managers work with the Team Manager in setting up robust systems and processes to ensure the Social Work Team interfaces effectively with other professional groups (i.e. Health, Children's Centre and Extended Schools staff) and facilitate staff work within other teams to promote and deliver effective multi agency services.

Supported by the management team, assist the Team Manager in ensuring that specific areas of service delivery are developed and delivered to meet the needs of children, young people and families.

To ensure the maintenance of record keeping in accordance with statutory requirements and Council policy and procedures.

To participate with the Team Manager in the recruitment, selection, training and development of staff in accordance with the Council's recruitment and selection policies and procedures.

To deputise for the Team Manager at meetings, as app