Senior Practitioner - Family Adolescent Team

Job description

JOB-20240819-db742659
Senior Practitioner - Family Adolescent Team

Job title: Senior Practitioner - Family Adolescent Team
Specialism: Social Worker - Children's Services
Location: Dudley, UK
Pay rate: £41.00 per hour
Contract type: Ongoing
Working pattern: Part time / Full time
Role overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Practitioner to join the Family Adolescent Team in Dudley on an ongoing basis. This role is ideal for a skilled practitioner with a strong background in adolescent safeguarding, contextual safeguarding, and complex risk management. Offering flexible working arrangements and a competitive hourly rate of £41.00, this post provides both professional challenge and work-life balance.
Perks and benefits

• Flexible working: Choose part time or full time hours to suit your lifestyle and commitments.
• Competitive hourly pay: £41.00 per hour, recognising your expertise and leadership contribution.
• Professional development: Ongoing training and learning opportunities to support advanced and specialist practice.
• Supportive team culture: Work within a collaborative environment that values reflective practice and shared learning.
• Meaningful impact: Engage in complex, rewarding work that makes a real difference to adolescents and families.

Role purpose

To provide high-quality, child-centred social work practice and professional leadership within the Family Adolescent Team. You will support adolescents and their families where young people are at risk of significant harm, lead on complex cases, embed contextual safeguarding approaches, and support the development of social workers to improve outcomes for adolescents.
What you will do

• Manage a complex caseload of adolescents and families, addressing risks such as exploitation, serious youth violence, and missing-from-home episodes.
• Lead on complex assessments, risk analysis, and intervention planning using a contextual safeguarding framework.
• Provide practice guidance, mentoring, and case consultation to support and develop social workers within the team.
• Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners including police, youth justice, education, and health services to ensure coordinated responses to adolescent risk.
• Contribute to Public Law Outline (PLO) processes and care proceedings, supporting legal planning and court preparation.
• Assist the Team Manager with staff induction, learning, and development initiatives to maintain high standards of practice and performance.
• Ensure high-quality, timely case recording in line with statutory requirements and local policies.

Why Dudley

Dudley offers a welcoming and community-focused environment with excellent transport links, green spaces, and a strong local identity. Its supportive working culture and commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people make it a great place to develop your career while enjoying a strong quality of life.
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