Advanced Practitioner (Dorchester)

Job Title: Advanced Practitioner, safeguarding.

Location: Dorchester

Contract Type: Temporary (possibility of permanent)

Salary: £42.00 per hour

About the role:

The team based in Wareham is formed of approximately 30 individuals including 14 Social Workers, who take new safeguarding referrals. The team takes calls from professionals and others where there are safeguarding concerns in respect of children. They progress referrals with multi-agency partners - including information sharing - and recommending next actions, including immediate safeguarding actions where necessary. They attend multi-agency meetings on a regular basis, being a point of contact for the out of hours service, including for children who have extensive social care involvement. Using a social care database to log all conversations and decisions.

You will typically work a 4-day week over a 14 week rota including some overnight on-call and weekend working.

Requirements

• 3 years post qualifying social work experience.
• BA (or equivalent), DipSW.
• Experience of working in an assessment and/or MASH Team.
• Ability to work in office (Wareham) at least 2 days per week.
• Considerable experience of multi-agency working and decision making.
• Working as part of a team.
• Analytical and reflective skills.
• Confidence in working autonomously.
• Experience of MOSAIC database/system.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
• Knowledge of consultation based social work practice.
• Experience of out of hours social work.

Please Apply below or call us for assistance with this job (Between 09:00-17:00).