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Are you passionate about making a difference in a child’s life?

Newcastle City Council are seeking to recruit an agency Children’s Senior Practitioner Social Worker to assist the Team Manager to deliver services in accordance with agreed objectives, financial targets, quality and performance standards which will improve the outcomes for individuals and families. To mentor and support trainee and unprogressed social workers and other social care support staff.

Responsibilities

  • To undertake complex case work and take primary responsibility for specific areas of work including project work ensuring that families or individuals receive appropriate support to the highest standards.
  • To prepare and present reports for meetings, conferences and courts, etc., to agreed standards.
  • To promote high standards of professional practice through monitoring, reviewing and evaluation of interventions that will improve the quality of the outcomes for service users.
  • To assist the Team Manager in contributing to the formal supervision of team members.
  • To mentor staff through formal and informal development sessions in line with professional standards and Directorate policy to gain post qualifying awards.

    • This could be the perfect opportunity in which to realise your career goals!

    Benefits of Randstad

    £300 worth of vouchers for anyone who refers a social worker over to us https://www.randstad.co.uk/refer-a-friend/

    Access to over 30 courses – free of charge- keep your CPD up to date every year

    Access to Happi App – where you get access to discounts to shops

    A committed & dedicated consultant

    If you wish to apply for this role or would like to discuss other opportunities within social care please contact Bethany McCluskey.

    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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    Are you passionate about making a difference in a child’s life?

    Newcastle City Council are seeking to recruit an agency Children’s Senior Practitioner Social Worker to assist the Team Manager to deliver services in accordance with agreed objectives, financial targets, quality and performance standards which will improve the outcomes for individuals and families. To mentor and support trainee and unprogressed social workers and other social care support staff.

    Responsibilities

  • To undertake complex case work and take primary responsibility for specific areas of work including project work ensuring that families or individuals receive appropriate support to the highest standards.
  • To prepare and present reports for meetings, conferences and courts, etc., to agreed standards.
  • To promote high standards of professional practice through monitoring, reviewing and evaluation of interventions that will improve the quality of the outcomes for service users.
  • To assist the Team Manager in contributing to the formal supervision of team members.
  • To mentor staff through formal and informal development sessions in line with professional standards and Directorate policy to gain post qualifying awards.

    • This could be the perfect opportunity in which to realise your career goals!

    Benefits of Randstad

    £300 worth of vouchers for anyone who refers a social worker over to us https://www.randstad.co.uk/refer-a-friend/

    Access to over 30 courses – free of charge- keep your CPD up to date every year

    Access to Happi App – where you get access to discounts to shops

    A committed & dedicated consultant

    If you wish to apply for this role or would like to discuss other opportunities within social care please contact Bethany McCluskey.

    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.

  • experience

    Children services

  • skills

    be able to manage challenging situations,be person centred,can work as an individual or part of a team,caring,competent at dealing with all stakeholders,critical thinking,emotional intelligence,empathy,handling medication,non-judgemental,oral communication,organisational,passionate,patience,report writing (incident logs and daily plans etc),resilient,show initiative,time management,tolerance,understanding,work well under pressure,written communication

  • qualifications

    university

  • education

    BA in social work