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Children's Social Care - Senior Practitioner

Randstad Care
Posted 6 days ago, valid for 10 days
Location

Darlington, Durham DL3 9SD

Contract type

Part Time

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  • Darlington Borough Council is seeking an experienced Agency Senior Practitioner for their Assessment and Safeguarding Service, offering a rewarding career with a great work-life balance.
  • The position requires significant experience as a qualified social worker or senior practitioner, particularly in a child protection setting.
  • This role involves managing a caseload effectively while working collaboratively with other professionals on various child and family assessments.
  • The job offers a competitive salary, a hybrid working model, and additional benefits such as provided equipment and access to training programs.
  • Candidates must possess strong assessment and communication skills and hold a valid driving license.

Headline: Agency Senior Practitioner - Assessment & Safeguarding - Achieve a Great Work-Life BalanceBody:> Seeking a rewarding career with excellent work-life balance? Darlington Borough Council's Assessment and Safeguarding Service offers a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Agency Senior Practitioner to join our locality-based team. We offer a hybrid working model, combining office-based work with the flexibility of working from home, supported by a provided laptop, mobile phone, and personal safety device.> Responsibilities:> * Work with children and families from referral to court proceedings, covering Child & Family Assessments, Child in Need, Child Protection, and Looked After Children plans.> * Apply relational and restorative practice models.> * Manage a caseload effectively, meeting deadlines and targets.> * Work collaboratively with other professionals.> * Contribute to the development and improvement of services.> Benefits:> * Competitive salary> * Hybrid working model (office and home-based work).> * Provided laptop, mobile phone, and personal safety device.> * Access to council workforce training program.> * Regular reflective supervision.> * Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) for overtime.> * Supportive and collaborative team environment.> Requirements:> * Significant experience as a qualified social worker (SW) or senior practitioner (SP).> * Experience working within a child protection setting.> * Strong assessment, planning, and communication skills.> * Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.> * Valid driving license.> Apply Now: [Link to Application]

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.