MASH Senior Practitioner

Seven Social Care is working with Dudley Council to recruit a Senior Practitioner for their MASH Team.

Agency role – possibility of going permanent in future

£33.30 per hour

Office full-time

Enhanced and Clear DBS

SWE Registered

ASYE Completed

At least 2 years’ Qualified Experience

Job Purpose:

Contribute to the delivery of an effective children’s social care service as part of a social work team, improving outcomes for children and young people.

– Manage caseloads dependent upon experience, grade of post and complexity of cases, utilising specialist knowledge for appropriate interventions, needs assessments, care planning, and child protection investigations.

– Carry out high quality assessments, using child-centred, community focused, and multiagency interventions to bring about positive change through developing effective relationships, and to secure the best outcomes for children and young people.

– Ensure children and young people are adequately protected in line with Dudley LSCB, departmental policy and procedures, and relevant legislation.

Duties:

Holds and manages a varied caseload reflecting the function of the team in accordance with relevant policies, procedures and legislation.

– Cases are effectively managed.

– Outcomes for children and young people are improved.

Identifies and assesses levels of risk and need, and delivers protective or

supportive services for children at risk, in need and/or looked after.

– Demonstrates professional judgement in managing and assessing risk to children.

– Maintains children in their families where it is safe to do so and delivers preventative interventions.

– Improves outcomes for children.

Maintains an up-to-date assessment, care plan and reviews for all cases.

– Assessments care plans and reviews are of a high

standard and up-to-date.

Assesses and analyses need, contributing to and implementing plans and reviewing progress against identified outcomes ensuring that the

child’s welfare is paramount throughout.

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