Senior Practitioner - Children&Young People Disability Team, Rochester

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Practitioner within the Children&Young People Disability Team to work Full Time based in Medway.

The salary for this permanent Senior Practitioner job is up to£60,130 per annum

Main duties:

• Manage and hold a caseload of complex cases within our 0-25's disability service ensuring that our children and young adults with disabilities are safeguarded and supported to achieve their full potential.
• To work closely with multi-agency partners such as Health and Education, to ensure children and young adults with disabilities receive the services they require to allow them to thrive and have a voice as valued members of our community.
• Manage a caseload of complex cases, undertaking focused, analytical assessments, plans and reviews that have clear objectives and outcome measures in order to ensure that all children and young adults with disabilities receive a service that reflects the Council's commitment to child and adult safeguarding and meaningful transition into young adulthood.
• Demonstrate and model a high standard of practice that reflects a value based and child-centred approach to working with disabled children, young adults and their families, in recognition of the Children Act 1989, Children&Families Act 2014, and Care Act 2014.
• To work directly with disabled children and disabled young adults to establish their wishes and feelings, using a variety of techniques, as required.
• To be a Signs of Safety Champion and consistently use the Signs of Safety practice model to improve the outcomes and safety of children.
• Provide expert advice and support to less experienced staff on aspects of casework and where appropriate act as a Practice Assessor for students on placement, ensuring a high-level of practice is demonstrated.
• Prepare clear, structured and concise reports for meetings, i.e. Child Protection Conferences, Children&Adult strategy meetings, Adult Safeguarding Meetings, Adult Best Interest Meetings, Looked After Children Reviews, Children in Need meetings, and court proceedings as necessary, to the required standard and within the prescribed timescales.
• Participate in regular supervision to review casework and critically reflect on the work being undertaken.
• Keep up to date with research findings, theoretical models and innovative practice within the social work field in order to maintain the highest professional standards.
• To maintain accurate and up to date records in line with Data Protection legislation (GDPR) and use Medway Council specific recording systems to promote effective case management.
• To participate in one-to-ne Performance Development Reviews and contribute to the identification of own and team development needs.
• At the discretion of the Hea of Service, such other activities as may from time to time be agreed consistent with the nature of the job described above.

Requirements for this Senior Practitioner role:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.
• At Least 3 Years Post Qualifying Experience.
• Must Have a Valid UK Driving License.

Contact:

This Senior Practitioner job is advertised by Charlie Reeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients'requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning'Best Candidate Care'at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement