Senior Practitioner - Child Protection Wesminster

Job description

Purpose Of Job:

The purpose of this post is to manage a caseload of complex cases, requiring high level technical expertise (e.g. managing court cases), support the Service Manager and Deputy Service Manager and act as a mentor to other social workers or specialist workers. In some teams the Senior Practitioner will manage or lead on a specific service area and supervise staff. The Senior Practitioner will be expected to operate with a high degree of professional autonomy and authority and deliver good outcomes for children.

Main Responsibilities:

To manage a caseload of complex and challenging cases to a high standard. This includes children and young people exhibiting serious risk factors or convicted of serious offences.
To carry a large caseload of complex cases - typically
Up to 4 sets of care proceedings in a Family Support team plus a small number of other cases
12-14 LAC cases (including some in proceedings) in LAC team
or similar level of complexity/intensity in other teams
To maintain accurate and timely recording of cases and provide reports to court, conferences, reviews and meetings using electronic recording facilities.
To keep abreast of relevant research, knowledge and best practice in the fields of child care practice and youth justice , legislation and government guidance.
To participate in training as required in the interests of the service and of his/her own career development and to maintain GSCC registration
To participate in supervision.
To participate in and contribute to team meetings
To participate in the team's duty rota.

To undertake student supervision both within the department and in partner agencies when required and take on mentoring or coaching role with some staff or supervise some junior staff
To be lead worker on joint worked cases

To champion the lead professional role
To ensure the Council's equal opportunities policy is fully implemented in professional practice and service delivery.
To undertake service development tasks as required by the team manager