About the Role:
Stoke on Trent City Council are looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join the Early Intervention Team.
This jobs purpose is to ensure that eligible children receive assessments, plans and service packages appropriate to meet their needs and improve their life chances.
Contracted Hours: 37 hours per week (Full-Time)
Key Responsibilities:
- To ensure that children, young people and their families are fully involved in the process of assessment and care planning.
- Work to the agreed practice standards for the service
- Meet Social Work England registration and re-registration requirements and professional practice standards
- Help families to keep their children safe and where this is not possible, take appropriate action to safeguard them.
- To safeguard and promote the health and well-being of children and young people and support families and carers across Stoke-on-Trent by working with children and young people and their families appropriate to their experience, skills and knowledge.
- Ensure that the department’s and authority’s resources are deployed efficiently and effectively at all times.
- To undertake more complex casework with Children, Young People and their Families and Carers.
- To be responsible for effective time management and responding flexibly to the needs of the service.
- To ensure that departmental health and safety procedures and standards are followed in the performance of all duties.
- Ensure that the welfare of the child or young person is paramount at all times.
- To provide support and cover to the Principal Manager.
Requirements:
- Qualified Social Worker
- Registered with Social Work England
- Eligible to work in the UK
Interested?
For more information on this role or to apply, get in touch with our vendor department who will arrange for a specialist consultant to get in contact with you:
0203 906 8670