Senior Practitioner - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sanctuary Personnel

Description

Mainduties:

• Todeliver effective social work assessment, care planning andinterventions in the most demanding, sensitive and complex cases toimprove the safety, development and wellbeing of childreninvolved.
• To supervise the case work of socialworkers, social work assistants, students and child careprofessionals receive appropriate supervision anddirection.
• Support the personal developmentopportunities for social workers, social work assistants, studentsand child care professionals, acting as a coach andmentor.
• Complex and contentious case managementissues are resolved so that positive and timely action can be takento address risks and meet demands, in conjunction with Deputy/TeamManager.
• Lead responsibility for an area ofchildren's service development and contribute topartnership working across CYPS and partners, whereappropriate.
• To assist the team/deputy teammanager in building a strong and cohesiveteam.
• Participate in quality audit of theteam's and other teams work, whererelevant.
• Assist in the allocation,prioritisation and planning of caseloads, in conjunction withDeputy/Team Manager.
• Responsibility forchairing professionals and strategic meetings and acting on behalfof the Deputy/Team Manager as appropriate for theteam.
  
  

Requirements of thisSenior Practitioner job:

• A social Work Qualification orequivalent.
• Understanding of relevantlegislation.
• Continual professionaldevelopment.
• Social Work Englandregistered.