Senior Practitioner Social Work (Children)

Neway is looking for a Senior Practitioner to join our client based with Birmingham Children's Trust.

1. Scope and Purpose of Role
2. 1 To provide a lead role in improving the quality of professional social work practice across the breadth of the case work cycle to children, young people and their families.
3. 2 To undertake complex casework arising within the children and families service.
4. General Duties and Responsibilities
5. 1 To provide a needs-led, professional social work service to children, young people and their families, complying with legislative requirements and in accordance with established best practice.
6. 2 To be responsible for allocated cases including a complex caseload.
7. 3 To provide technical/professional expertise to less experienced social workers.
8. 4 To share/communicate a thorough working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, guidance, research, departmental policy and procedures.
9. 5 To provide quality assurance and coaching/mentoring to work colleagues.
10. 6 To take a ‘joined-up’ approach to ensuring the effectiveness of case working, actively promoting/encouraging effective partnership working with service users and other teams/agencies/organisations.
11. 7 Participates in the regular collection, collation and reporting of appropriate performance management information in accordance with statutory and organisational requirements.
12. 8 Actively participates in training and development activities.