Senior Practitioner Social Work Academy

Role: Senior Practitioner

Team: Social Work Academy

Contract: Temp

Grade: M2

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Senior Practitioner on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their Children and Learning department.

About the Role

To support practice development of our ASYE's through the Social Work Academy. To continue to promote the academy and career pathways and Luton as an employer. To respond to service demand by holding a small caseload to support our NQSW's.

As aSenior Practitioner, you will be responsible to:

• Work closely with the NQSW's to deal effectively with all enquiries from a variety of sources (including members of the public, service users, internal departments, and professionals from other agencies) to provide specialist advice and guidance on safeguarding matters and the appropriate signposting of incoming work to relevant professionals as required, acting as a filter to ensure inappropriate contacts and queries do not progress to the social work teams.
• Manage a minimal caseload to support our NQSW's -processing them efficiently and safely to the relevant service or more appropriate resource to meet needs.
• Use advanced professional knowledge, skills, experience, and initiative to demonstrate a clear understanding of safeguarding in accordance with the Local Safeguarding Children's Board threshold document and an initial view of risk, obtain comprehensive information from referrers, pursuing lines of enquiry at the earliest point of contact and advising referrers appropriately as to the best course of action to enable children and young people to remain safe.
• Alongside the NQSW effectively and comprehensively gather record and analyse sensitive and confidential data on the relevant database, collating key information relating to children's safeguarding and protection, maintaining accurate and up to date records in accordance with the Data Protection Act, and to enable the production of statistical and management reports as required.

Skills and Experience

• In - depth ability to demonstrate a high level of competence in the practice of child and family social work.
• Demonstrable aptitude towards delivery of the highest possible standards of professional practice by all NQSW's, achieved through effective co working and provision of guidance, challenge, advice, and assistance.
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of competence in the area of social work practice which is directly related to the Team's role and function.
• Demonstrable ability to organise and prioritise work, planning tasks and working well to competing deadlines and meeting agreed targets
• In-depth ability to negotiate with and influence a range of audiences including service users and other professionals.
• Relevant professional qualification, e.g.: Dip SW, CQSW,
• Registered with the Social work regulator.

About Us

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton, part of Luton Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.