Senior Social worker - Children's services - Barnet

Connect2socialwork are urgently looking for a Senior Practitioners to join Barnet's childrens services!

The benefits of this role:

• Hybrid working
• Great teams to work in
• Laptop and training provided
• Low case load

Purpose of role:

• To work within a Resilience framework, to provide a comprehensive and effective integrated social work service, which responds at a higher level in complex situations to the needs of children and their families in a timely manner, within statutory guidelines and the statutory obligations of the council.
• The post holder will have the skills and ability to practice at a higher level which includes deputising for the line manager in circumstances where the line manager is not available or they are delegate to act in a line management position by the designated Head of Service.
• To take a lead role in a specialist area of work as directed by the departmental policies and procedures.
• The post holder will require substantial post qualifying experience in a statutory Children Social Care setting. It will be desirable for the post holders to have a Practice Educators Award and if not, there will be an expectation that this award is achieved within first year of employment.
• These post holders are experienced social workers who will be more autonomous in their job. They will demonstrate expert and effective practice in complex situations; and be able to assess and manage higher levels of risk in their own and that of other less experienced social workers.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate safeguarding and permanence measures at a high level of complexity within their own cases and support and mentor less experienced social workers; to ensure all children are given the opportunity to reach their full potential.
• These post holders should be active participants of the Workforce Development Programme; they will be Practice Educators and assessors to trainee Practice Educators. They will support less experienced social workers and be assessors for NQSWs in the teams in their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment.
• These post holders will work to a structured time management practice; submitting reports, assessments and plans within regulated timescales.
• These post holders will be competent in all areas of the Knowledge and Skills Statements for Chid and Family social workers in addition they will be have Competency in the Knowledge and Skills Statement: Achieving Permanence.

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.