Job title: Advanced Practitioner - Duty and Assessment Team
Specialism: Social Worker - Children's Services
Location: Dudley, UK
Pay rate: £41.00 per hour
Contract type: Ongoing locum
Working pattern: Part time / Full time
An exciting locum opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Practitioner to join the Duty and Assessment Team in Dudley. This ongoing role offers both part-time and full-time flexibility and places you at the forefront of safeguarding practice, delivering high-quality assessments and professional leadership within a fast-paced frontline service. You will play a key role in ensuring timely and effective responses to referrals, promoting positive outcomes for children and families.
Part time / Full time flexibility: Choose a working pattern that fits around your lifestyle and commitments.
Competitive hourly rate: £41.00 per hour, reflecting your advanced skills and experience.
Varied and complex caseload: Engage with diverse safeguarding cases that enhance professional growth.
Professional development: Access training, mentoring, and opportunities to strengthen leadership skills.
Work-life balance: Flexible working arrangements support a healthy balance between work and personal life.
To deliver advanced social work practice and professional leadership within the Duty and Assessment Team, ensuring timely, high-quality responses to safeguarding concerns, referrals, and assessments in line with statutory requirements, local thresholds, and best practice guidance.
Lead and undertake complex statutory assessments, including Child in Need (CIN) and Child Protection (CP) cases.
Provide expert analysis and decision-making to ensure appropriate thresholds and timely interventions.
Support the screening, triage, and prioritisation of referrals received through MASH and Duty services.
Offer professional consultation, mentoring, and guidance to social workers and less experienced staff.
Take responsibility for high-risk cases, ensuring risks are clearly identified, assessed, and managed.