Pay: £35.00-£38.00 per hour Job description: Connect2Socialwork are supporting a vacancy based within Kent County Council. This is for a social worker opportunity based in the adolescent support team, Ashford. This is a great new opportunity paying up to £38 per hour for the right candidate Job Purpose: To undertake a range of statutory duties in accordance with the Children Act 1989, focussing on children in need of support and protection. Working as a Senior Practitioner you will provide supervision, guidance and challenge to less experienced workers, promoting good practice, good performance and a shared responsibility for the wider safeguarding agenda through the provision of quality social work interventions and effective liaison with local partners. Main duties and responsibilities * You will deputise for the Team Manager and / or represent the Adolescent Service at key partnership forums. * You will carry a number of complex cases, completing assessments of need, planning appropriate resources and monitoring and reviewing plans in line with the policy framework. * You will work closely with 16/17yr old young people who present as homeless and rapidly respond to ensure early and effective intervention to prevent homelessness. * You will be responsible for chairing Child in Need meetings, Co-ordinating multi agency risk meetings, completing Joint Housing Assessments with District Councils, and suppor...