Senior Practitioner
Salary up to £37,000 + benefits
By investing in social work we’re giving social workers the support they need to put children at the heart of our social care agenda and to focus on their job – being a social worker.
You’ll enjoy working in a structure that’s designed to give you all the professional support you need as you work on a variety of highly sensitive cases within a manageable caseload. You’ll enjoy the scope to use your outstanding skills and knowledge to handle cases, give colleagues specialist advice and develop standards. In return, you’ll enjoy a career path that enables you to remain in frontline practice and be rewarded without having to progress into management, with access to continuous professional development.
You'll need to be a GSCC registered social worker with a DIPSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent and a PQSW, relevant degree or equivalent. Ideally you’ll also have extensive child protection experience including section 47 investigations and assessments, and experience of child care court work with a detailed knowledge of current Child Protection legislation.
We're looking for highly experienced senior practitioners to join a number of teams across Essex in these areas:
- Assessment and Child Protection
- Permanency
- Leaving and After Care
- Fostering
- Adoption
- Residential
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