Advanced Practitioner - Assessment

Social Worker – Assessment Team - Wigan Council

Location: Wigan 

Pay/Salary: up to £40 per hour

Office Working: 2-3 Days per week

Contract: Locum

We are currently working with Wigan Council to find an experienced Advanced Practitioner for their Duty and Assessment Team within Children’s Services. With a stable management team and a mostly permanent workforce, Wigan are looking for someone with solid experience to be able to pick up a caseload. The Duty service is fast paced service consisting of 5 duty teams. Each team has a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner, Senior Social worker and 6 Social Workers. You will be on duty once every 5 weeks.

Duties

Carry out needs led child focused assessments

Hold a small, but complex caseload of single assessments (S17) and S47 investigations (this includes opportunities for co-working to support less experienced practitioners)

Participate in the duty system, responding to safeguarding...