Advanced Practitioner - Children's Assessment

Posted 06 January 2022
Salary £40 - £42 per hour
Job type Contract
Discipline Social Care
ReferenceBen - AP_1641484651
Contact NameBen Holden

Job description

We are looking for 2 x Advanced Practitioners to support in the Assessment Team:- The primary purpose of the role is to: * Directly manage and supervise a small number of qualified and non-social work staff. * Manage a caseload of complex and challenging cases. * Support team manager in maintaining and developing high professional standards across the team. * Have specialist knowledge of an area of social work practice with children and families that can be used across the service. To represent the service in developing key service provision or local strategic initiatives. * Take responsibility for developing skills, expertise and knowledge for a wide range of practice issues and to provide consultation, coaching and mentoring within the team, including effective case management, purposeful evidence-based interventions, analytical assessments and high quality written work. * Support team development and recruitment process.

The primary purpose of the role is to:

  • Directly manage and supervise a small number of qualified and non-social work staff.
  • Manage a caseload of complex and challenging cases.
  • Support team manager in maintaining and developing high professional standards across the team.
  • Have specialist knowledge of an area of social work practice with children and families that can be used across the service. To represent the service in developing key service provision or local strategic initiatives.
  • Take responsibility for developing skills, expertise and knowledge for a wide range of practice issues and to provide consultation, coaching and mentoring within the team, including effective case management, purposeful evidence-based interventions, analytical assessments and high quality written work.
  • Support team development and recruitment process.