Senior Practitioner - Whitstable, Kent, United Kingdom - Kent County Council

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Senior Practitioner - East Kent Children in Care Service

We have a number of opportunities for Senior Practitioners to join our dynamic teams in the beautiful East coast area of Kent.

The openings are based in Whitstable which encompasses the City of Canterbury, the coastal and rural areas of Herne Bay and Whitstable.

The successful applicants will be supporting a team of Social Workers providing high quality social work in the East Kent Children in Care Service primarily to Children in Care and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking children from age The service is delivered from St Peter's House in Broadstairs and Brook House in Whitstable You will be joining a management team that is committed to providing high quality social work services to children, young people, and their families, working closely with our multi agency partners.

You will work with your colleagues to assess need, plan, and deliver focused intervention to safeguard children and promote positive outcomes.

Work directly with children and provide a clear and accurate assessment of the needs of the child and their family in each case
Conduct interviews, develop observations and gather information from children, families and other agencies
Devise, implement and Child in Care plans and pathway plans.
Ensure all statutory responsibilities are well managed, including visiting children, arranging reviews and reporting to the court.

Acting as a role model and mentor to less experienced colleagues, you will contribute to training initiatives and proactively maintaining your awareness of changes in child development theories, legislation, policies, and practices.

Good leadership skills and a proven track record for delivering good outcomes for children and young people is required.
We work with a range of agencies including the Courts to plan and implement permanence plans for children prebirth - 18 and their families as well as unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

As well as working for an Outstanding rated authority Kent offers an attractive benefits package and a commitment to ensuring that you are achieving flexible working arrangements and an emphasis on health and wellbeing.

Kent also offers a range of professional development opportunities including the Social Care Academy other routes for progression.

The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.

For more information about the role, please contact Anne Nerva, Service Manager, East Kent Children in Care Service by email:
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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.