Children’s Senior Practioner

CRG Resourcing are currently looking for a Senior Social Worker to join a busy team within Children’s Services for our client based in Berkshire.
The job purpose is to be part of a specialist service to assess referred clients and complete carer’s assessments, produce and implement care plans using social work or occupational therapy skills, monitor, review and evaluate care plans. In some settings, additionally design and manage a programme of care and training. To provide/deliver, in response to assessed needs a direct specialist professional service working with individuals their carers and families.
Candidate specification;
•Professional Social Work Qualification
•3 years + post qualification experience
•Good knowledge of the statutory framework of the relevant care group and of an appropriate range of professional interventions.
•Excellent skills of intervention and assessment
•Capacity to problem solve
•Good interpersonal and communication skills
•Effective IT skills
•Ability to deal with sensitive issues, manage conflicting views and expectations and cope with unpredictable issues and behaviour
•Demonstrate a commitment to protecting Children and young people. Valuing diversity and respect for others language, religion and culture.
•Ability to manage and prioritise competing demands.
•capacity to undertake risk assessments and to share outcomes with line management
•Abilities in working with, and in resolution of, both conflict and change.

Personal Qualities
•Passionate Commitment to improving the lives of Children and young people
•Empathy
•Resilience
•Positive Outlook
•Solution focussed
•Personal integrity and commitment to excellent performance

Main duties include but are not limited to;
•To investigate under section 47 of the 1989 Children Act any child or circumstances in which a child is thought to be at risk of significant harm and decide, with regard to the level of risk, how to meet the identified needs within agreed procedures.
•Participate in other activities which would benefit from the application of professional skills, e.g. working parties, special service developments, commissioning, policy formulation, group work, community development work.
•Act as a resource in maintaining standards of practice training and development. This could include supervision and appraisal of social work assistants and students, acting as a mentor and contribution towards professional developments commissioning, policy formulation, group work, community development work, multi-agency integration of services.

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE TO SHORT-LISTED APPLICANTS.
CRG is unable to contact unsuccessful applicants.