Senior Practitioner Transitions Designated Social Care Officer CYADS

Job Description

The London Borough of Harrow is looking for a Senior Practitioner Transitions Designated Social Care Officer to join the CYADS Team. This dual-role post combines operational leadership as a Senior Practitioner within the Children and Young Adults with Disabilities (CYADS) Transition Team and strategic oversight as the Designated Social Care Officer (DSCO). This is a crucial position for a motivated and experienced professional seeking to make a significant impact.

As a Senior Practitioner, you will provide vital support to the Team Manager by overseeing daily operations and ensuring high standards of practice. Your responsibilities will include supervising staff, supporting colleagues with complex casework, and fostering the development of the team. A key part of this role is ensuring that support plans are delivered cost-effectively and make effective use of local resources.

The DSCO element of the post broadens your influence, giving you a strategic role in improving services across the borough.

You will enhance collaboration and coordination between social care, education, and health services to provide a seamless support system for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). This includes a core responsibility to improve the quality of life and outcomes for children and young people with SEND and their families. Finally, this post is instrumental in ensuring that Harrow Council meets its statutory responsibilities under relevant legislation, upholding national standards and promoting best practices across the service.

The successful candidate will have:

• A social Worker qualification and hold qualifications, such as, CQSW, DipSW/HE, BA in social Worker or MA/MSC in Social Work.
• You must be registered with Social Work England.
• Hold the Practice Educator qualification.
• Educational attainment to degree level or equivalent or has the equivalent relevant work experience.
• A minimum of two years post qualification experience in a social work role.

For more information, please refer to the Role Profile/Selection Criteria

About us

Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit with a range of cultures, religions and opinions that come together to produce high achieving schools and a close and friendly community. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.

Other information

Support for candidates visit:Harrow.gov.uk Our behavioural indicators roles below G11 and above G11 Here at Harrow Council, the vision is one of 'Working together to make a difference for Harrow' Please click here to view Harrow Council's benefits

Important Note

To deliver our commitment to equality of opportunity in service provision, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs at the London Borough of Harrow. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender, reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, or maternity unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification applies. As such, we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds. For further information, please read our equality statement.

As a disability-confident employer, we are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes reasonably adjusting the recruitment process for those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. For further information, please contact us at resourcing@harrow.gov.uk

London Borough of Harrow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Harrow operates stringent, safer recruitment procedures.

Due to the high number of applications received for some posts, we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

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