Job Description

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews has an exciting Locum opportunity available for an experienced Social Work Consultant Practitioner to join a well-established Children\xe2\x80\x99s service based in Croydon.Team/Specialism: Family AssessmentPay Rate: NegotiableContract: Locum, 3-MonthsHours: Full-time. 36 hours per week. The post holder may, from time to time, be required to work outside of regular office hours including weekends and evenings to attend meetings, work with families when they are available and community events.Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

• Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
• Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
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• Professional Development: Working as a locum in Social Work provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.

Duties:

• Reaching evidence-based professional judgments, recommendations and plans in situations of need and risk
• Making professional decisions that impact on the safety and well-being of children and young people
• Making decisions that ensure compliance with statutory requirements and Croydon practice standards in respect of the protection and well-being of children in need and looked after children
• Making professional judgments on the quality of social work practice and the practice development plans required for social workers, individually and as a team
• Ensuring practice standards are consistently met in the specialist area of practice
• Developing and maintaining effective partnerships with key agencies to deliver multi-agency input for families

Requirements of the Consultant Practitioner:

• Degree or equivalent in social work
• Current Social Work England registration
• Enhanced DBS and childrens and adults barred list
• Substantial experience in statutory social work practice with evidenced expertise in the area of focus for the Consultant Practitioner role
• Foundation level systemic practice qualification (desirable)
• Practice Educator or Practice Teacher qualification ( desirable)
• Advanced training in evidenced based approaches to assessment & intervention
• Experience of delivering evidenced based interventions with children and families improving outcomes
• Knowledge of national policy and developments regarding children\xe2\x80\x99s social care, and policy areas that impact on children\xe2\x80\x99s social care
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, statutory guidance, standards, and procedures
• Knowledge of relevant theoretical frameworks, practice models, research findings and psychological / human development theory
• Knowledge of \xe2\x80\x9coutcomes\xe2\x80\x9d concepts, how people learn and methods for developing practice skills
• Ability to engage, develop and sustain effective professional relationships with children and families in the context of statutory social work
• Be able to engage and develop effective professional relationships with other professionals and organisations for the benefit of individual children and families in assessment, care planning and delivery
• Communicate to a high standard verbally and in writing, and to produce and present high quality reports
• Able to maintain records that evidence our engagement with children and families, informs the quality assurance framework e.g., quantitative, qualitative and outcome information for the children and families, the views and experiences of children and families
• Able to contribute to quality assurance exercises and activity as part of the service\xe2\x80\x99s quality assurance framework
• Able to hold accountability for practice with children and families and its impact on the lives of Croydon\xe2\x80\x99s children
• Able to demonstrate professional and personal integrity and resilience through a problem-solving and constructive approach
• Able to use and apply data and management information to achieve continuous service improvement
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to build influential and productive relationships within the service and with partners
• Able to be analytical, view complex issues with clarity and make management decisions that are objective, impartial and evidence based
• Able to support, manage and motivate others through difficult and sensitive issues
• Able to work autonomously and be able to make evidenced- based decisions which effectively manage risks to children
• Computer literacy skills necessary to work with information management systems and produce good quality data in a variety of formats
• Experience of working in a statutory setting with children and making professional judgments in high risk / high complexity cases around specialism
• Experience of building effective relationships with children, families, and other professionals
• Experience of completing effective, highly analytical assessments and outcomes-focussed care plans that are effective in achieving good outcomes in complex / high risk cases
• Experience of undertaking direct work with children and families that delivers improved outcomes for them
• Experience of applying theoretical models and research findings to good effect and helping others to do so
• Experience of contributing to the development of other staff using a variety of methods
• Experience of completing analytical reports and presenting in a range of forums
• Able to work outside of normal office hours when required

Contact:This Consultant Practitioner job is advertised by Michael Bowen; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.We welcome applications from Social Workers who meet the above requirements.Regretfully we are only able to respond to experienced Social Work candidates who meet these requirements for this Social Work role as we need to meet our clients\xe2\x80\x99 requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.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.

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