Advanced Practitioner, safeguarding (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.

• The team take 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

Essential:

• 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.

Desirable:

• 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 on 0121 270 8878. (Between 09:00-17:00)

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