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RT Social Care
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London, Greater London
Senior Practitioner- Children's Social Services
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Contract Type: Contract |
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Overview
Role Purpose: Supervise and co-ordinate the work of a social work pod within the Children in Need Service. Making appropriate use of resources to ensure the provision of a high quality, comprehensive and effective service to children and families arising out of the Council's duties and powers under legislation and regulations, Council and Departmental policies and procedures. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of providing supervision or other relevant management experience. You will take on the responsibility of ensuring the team is appropriately resourced, managed and supported. You will have a high level of knowledge, skill and expertise in care proceedings, child protection and child in need work. Key aspects of the role: Manage the provision of a social work pod allocating monitoring and supervising the work of a social work team using agreed workload management systems, in order to ensure staff resources are deployed effectively and professional/performance standards are maintained. Manage, motivate and develop staff, identifying individual and collective training needs and setting training objectives in conjunction with learning and development colleagues to co-ordinate the overall development of the team. Ensure the maintenance of confidential and accurate records, making use of management information systems in the recording, retrieval and analysis of information as required by the department in order to ensure statutory and practice requirements are met. Provide professional supervision and support to social workers to ensure the appropriate management of statutory work and development of high quality standards and practice. If would like more details not hesitate to contact Alice at Rt Social Care for more information.