Senior Practitioner - Adoption

Our client Southend-on-Sea City council is looking for a Senior Practitioner to join their Adoption team.Purpose of Role To ensure Southend Borough Council provides a professional Adoption Service that focuses on children''s best interests.To provide professional and comprehensive casework on the most complex cases within the service. To take a lead on Post Adoption Services and to be a mentor and advisor to team members.Main Responsibilities To provide an efficient and cost effective social work service to children, young people and their families, ensuring that the needs of the children and their parents/carers are professionally assessed.To assess and support adoptive carers to ensure that the care that they provide meets the needs of the individual child.To gather, investigate, evaluate and analyse all necessary information on assigned cases, demonstrating clarity of assessment, reliability of information, evidenced, conclusions and realistic action plans.To develop practice, which takes a holistic view of the individual, locating them in both their immediate and extended social circles, and having full regard to their education, social, recreational, and health needs.To ensure that all case work and adoption services comply with statutory requirements, regulation and the Council''s policies and proceduresTo ensure that investigations, enquiries and assessments are completed to high professional standards and that each case has in place current Care Plans and Adoption ..... full job details .....