Senior Practitioner (Children in Care)

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade: PO5
Salary: £50,574 – £53,607 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 12th January 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 20th January 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Practitioner who is deeply committed to long-term work with children and young people in our care. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional skills in developing and maintaining strong relationships to support and advocate for the well-being of these individuals. Your primary goal will be to drive positive change in their lives, improving their outcomes through compassionate and consistent engagement. This role requires collaboration with families, statutory agencies, and third-sector organizations to deliver a high-quality social work service that prioritizes the stability, safety, and permanent care arrangements for children and young people.

As a Senior Practitioner, you will be responsible for undertaking Corporate Parent Responsibility, ensuring the robust implementation of care plans that meet the holistic needs of those in your care. You will be actively involved in child protection and safeguarding inquiries, conducting thorough assessments, and progressing permanency plans through adoption, special guardianship, or long-term foster care. Additionally, this role involves court work, including the preparation of quality statements, and active participation in team meetings and service-related activities to contribute to the overall success of our programs.

About You

The Senior Practitioner will conduct timely assessments to manage risk and need, delivering protective services for children in care. They will collaborate with families and agencies to create and implement care plans, produce court statements, and provide evidence on behalf of the Local Authority. The role includes promoting child welfare, preparing reports, maintaining current knowledge of legislation, and managing an individual caseload effectively. They will also maintain accurate records, monitor case expenditures, participate in supervision, and contribute to service development, while adhering to health and safety policies and reporting any concerns of malpractice. Duties may vary as needed.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.
Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.