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Job Purpose:To undertake a range of statutory duties in accordance with the Children Act 1989,focussing on children in need of support and protection.Working as a Senior Practitioner you will provide supervision, guidance andchallenge to less experienced workers, promoting good practice, good performanceand a shared responsibility for the wider safeguarding agenda through the provisionof high quality social work interventions and effective liaison with local partners.Main duties and responsibilities:* You will be a DIPSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent Social Work graduate withSocial Work England registration.* You will deputise for the Team Manager and / or represent the AdolescentService at key partnership forums.* You will carry a number of complex cases, completing assessments of need,planning appropriate resources and monitoring and reviewing plans in linewith the policy framework.* You will work closely with 16/17yr old young people who present ashomeless and rapidly respond to ensure early and effective intervention toprevent homelessness.* You will be responsible for chairing Child In Need meetings, Co-ordinatingmulti agency risk meetings, completing Joint Housing Assessments withDistrict Councils, and supporting social workers to provide effectiveinterventions for young people. You may also need to support young peopleas they become Looked After, attending Looked After Child reviews,completing Care Plans and Pathway Plans.* You will provide informal and supervisory support to less experienced andqualified workers in the team and to contribute to the development of the team(eg chairing case mapping meetings, complex case discussions etc)* Via direct work with families, mentoring and coaching other, less experiencedstaff, you will promote a practice philosophy which seeks to empower serviceusers, build on individual strengths, and develop strategies which supportthem to understand, manage and respond to risk and to ensure assessmentsand plans reflect this.* You will shape and develop practice standards within the service, bycontributing to the development of new initiatives through attendance orleadership on working groups, multi agency forums, training courses etc andacting as lead for identified service initiatives, to develop current and newways of working that meet service requirements.* You will work collaboratively with a range of services and partners such asHealth, Education, YOT, Police, Housing, and Local Housing Providers toreduce the likelihood of harm and promote life outcomes.* You will promote and actively utilise holistic and whole family approaches toachieve best social work practice, using evidence based practice to exemplifythis standard.* You will maintain awareness of changes in legislation and related policies andpractices and ensure all social work staff are also informed of these changesto enable consistent and timely implementation.* You will have a clear understanding of functional constraints, and theimportance to continue to deliver high quality services to young peoplethrough times of austerity.
Connect2Staff/Connect2Kent, part of Commercial Services Trading/Kent Ltd, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
