Advanced Practitioner - Duty and Assessment Team

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.