Job Description
2-month contract role with a local authority
Summary
* This is a 2-month contract role with a local authority, aimed at leveraging professional expertise in collaboration with other practitioners, children, young people, and their families. The position involves utilising a common assessment to identify needs and, when necessary, serving as the lead practitioner to coordinate a multi-agency intervention plan.
Responsibilities
* Provide timely responses to the identified needs of children and young people in line with policies and procedures.
* Serve as the lead professional for an assigned caseload of children and families.
* Promote and implement a common assessment to identify needs and lead the development of an effective multi-agency support plan under the guidance of a Practice Supervisor/Team Manager.
* Maintain a high standard of case recording that is current, including the use of a common database.
* Participate in and deliver training and initiatives in a specialist/champion area, ensuring both personal and team knowledge is up to date.
Qualification
* Educated to GCSE standard and hold an NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in a related field.
Experience
* Experience in delivering evidence-based interventions with children, young people, and their families.
* Experience in completing assessments of a child's needs that identify needs and inform intervention.
* Experience working in partnership with key statutory and non-statutory stakeholders.
* Proven track record in working with children, young people, and families in a professional capacity.
* Demonstrated ability to manage a caseload and coordinate multi-agency plans effectively.
Additional Information
* Working hours: 36.50 hours per week.
* The role requires a DBS.
* The application deadline is approaching, so apply as soon as possible.
Requirements
Using professional knowledge and skills to work in partnership with other practitioner/professionals, children, young people and their families; using a common assessment to identify and where appropriate be the lead practitioner to coordinate the implementation of a multi-agency plan of intervention.