Senior Social Worker

Maidstone, Kent
Connect2Kent

Connect2Kent recruit exclusively for Kent County Council. Would you like an opportunity to work for an Ofsted rated Outstanding Local Authority? We have a range of opportunities currently available for Qualified Social Workers living in and around Kent.

We are currently recruiting a Senior Practitioner to join Kent’s Safeguarding teams. This role will be fully remote working from home. Successful candidates will have previous experience working as a Designated Senior Officer and knowledge of S42 investigations.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Support the day-to-day management and professional practice of registered practitioners and social care officers to ensure the delivery of high quality service that identifies what is important to the people we support, and how they can live a life they want to live whilst delivering effective, safe and high quality practice.

• Work in partnership with a range of teams, partner organisations and other parties to offer a broad range of options to the people we support, their carers and their families.

• Support Adult Social Care Connect Team Manager in delivering high standards of practice in line with the Practice Framework. Promote best practice in relation to strength-based approaches and making safeguarding personal and support practitioners to ensure effective action is taken to manage and reduce risk for people with care and support needs and their carers.

• Support Adult Social Care Connect Team Manager in improving performance, quality assurance and innovation for the team in line with national and departmental targets and objectives. Support with embedding improvement actions through the Quality Assurance Framework.

Connect2Staff/Connect2Kent, part of Commercial Services Trading/Kent Ltd, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.