Senior Practitioner - Assessment Team - Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Permanent QSW childrens services, Adoption and fostering, Children and families, Young people and leaving care, CAMHS, Children and disabilities, Probation and youth offending
Senior Practitioner - Assessment Team
Cambridgeshire County Council
£46,956 - £50,157 per annum
Permanent | Full Time, 37 hours
Hybrid working | Cambridge
Caritas Recruitment is working with Cambridgeshire County Council to recruit an experienced Senior Practitioner to join their Children's Assessment Team on a permanent basis.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Children's Social Worker ready to take on greater responsibility, managing complex cases while providing practice support, mentoring and guidance to colleagues. The role involves highly complex casework, professional leadership, risk management and supporting the Team Manager when required.
The Role
The Assessment Team is the first point of contact for statutory intervention, working in a fast-paced environment to deliver timely and proportionate responses for children and families.
As Senior Practitioner, you will:
- Manage a complex and varied children's social work caseload.
- Lead statutory assessments, strategy discussions and Section 47 enquiries.
- Undertake complex safeguarding, risk assessment and court work.
- Produce high-quality analytical reports, including work for court.
- Support, coach and mentor colleagues, modelling strong social work practice.
- Provide professional leadership around complex cases and risk management.
- Support the Team Manager with workload planning, allocation, supervision and the development of the team.
What We're Looking For
You'll need to be an experienced Children's Social Worker with:
- A recognised Social Work qualification.
- Current Social Work England registration.
- Extensive experience working with children, young people and families.
- Strong experience of complex case management, safeguarding, child protection investigations and court work.
- The ability to assess and manage complex risk and make sound professional decisions.
- Experience supporting colleagues through coaching, mentoring or practice leadership.
- A full UK driving licence and the ability to travel across the county.
Salary & Benefits
£46,956 - £50,157, dependent on complex case experience.
There is also an additional retention payment scheme:
- After 1 year: £1,174
- After 2 years: £3,522
- After 3 years: £4,696
- After 4 years: £1,500 each year thereafter
A relocation package is available, along with a sponsorship swap option.
Location
Hybrid working with a mix of home and office working, currently requiring 3-4 days in the office. The stated base is Fawcett House, Trumpington, Cambridge, although this may change as part of the Council's Asset Review.
Interested?
If you're an experienced Children's Social Worker looking to step into or continue at Senior Practitioner level, I'd love to hear from you.
Lisa Hallinan
Principal Consultant | Caritas Recruitment
[email protected]
07469 676076
Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Senior Practitioner - Assessment Team - Cambridgeshire
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