Qualified Social Worker Senior Practitioner RA Team

Exciting permanent opportunity available to join this North West London Borough in their Referral and Assessment team.

They current have a vacancy for a Social Worker and also a Senior Practitioner

Social Worker duties :

• Manage a wider, increasingly complex social work caseload including safeguarding, with more autonomy.
• Demonstrate expertise in one or more areas of social work practice.
• Use range of frameworks for assessment and intervention.
• Provide support for trainees and other employees, including acting as a 'buddy' for inductees.
• Take responsibility for obtaining regular, effective supervision from appropriate Social Worker to ensure effective practice, critical reflection and career development.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding and use of knowledge related to area of practice, including critical awareness of current issues and new evidence-based practice research.
• Recognise discriminatory practices and appropriately challenge service users, colleagues and senior staff.
• Be responsible for proactive measures in response to emergency safety and liberty issues.
• Demonstrate cost-consciousness in the application of available resources.
• Maintain knowledge of current team plan and of own contribution in delivering this.
• Demonstrate awareness and compliance with required Standards including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework (Social Work level).
• Use a wide range of evidence sources to inform decision-making.
• Clearly report and record judgements, decisions and analysis using the appropriate system (Protocol / AIS).

Senior Social Workers

In addition to the typical activities of a Social Worker a Senior Social Worker will;

• Manage social work caseload of more complex nature and with high levels of autonomy.
• Provide expert professional and technical advice to other Social Workers, managers, colleagues and partners.
• Provide professional supervision of other Social Workers (circa 3-6), supporting caseload management and promoting reflective practice and continuous professional development.
• Demonstrate skilled use of range of frameworks for assessment and intervention.
• Model and help others develop social work professionalism and effective caseload management.
• Establish network of internal and external colleagues to support effective practice.
• Prepare court proceeding reports acting as expert testimony in Care or Private Order proceedings.
• Participate in Panel processes.
• Chair professional meetings with inter-agency partners and clients.
• To produce management information and analysis.
• Participate in team planning and contribute to the delivery of team and service plans.
• Demonstrate awareness and compliance with required Standards including the Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework (Experienced Social Worker level).

Don't forget...Eden Brown Synergy offers a £250 referral bonus for Social Workers. If this role isn't for you but you know someone suitable, ask them to get in touch. £250 could be on it's way to you! Your expert recruitment consultant is Rebecca Knight, call today on or email Eden Brown Synergy is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Eden Brown Synergy is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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