Social workers or senior practioners
Dear Staffordshire County Council,
How many staff have you got working for you as senior practitioners within child protection who carry out the duties of a protected title ?
How many of these are required to be registered by the hcpc ?
What is the difference between the role of a senior practitioner and a social worker ?
Who is the regulating body who senior practioners are held accountable to ?
Yours faithfully,
miss smith
Dear Miss Smith
Thank you for your request for information.
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.
If you have any queries about this request please do not hesitate to contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
Regards
Samantha
Freedom of Information
Information Governance Unit, Access Team
Postal Address:
Information Governance Unit,
Strategy, Governance & Change
Staffordshire Place 2,
Tipping Street,
Stafford,
ST16 2DH
Email: [Staffordshire County Council request email]
Website: www.staffordshire.gov.uk
Our ref GA6004
Dear Miss Smith
The service area reports that 94 senior practitioners in Families First, all of whom are registered with the HCPC.
Senior Practitioners are social workers and as such have to be registered with the HCPC to practice in their social work field. All social worker and thus senior practitioners have to be registered social workers in Families First. The HCPC is the governing body of social workers and as such social workers/Senior Practitioners have to pay to register with the HCPC and prove their fitness to practice upon registration and renewal.
The difference between Senior Practitioners roles can vary across the authority and within different teams depending on the teams function. However, Senior Practitioners have generally undertaken additional training, with some of them being Practice Educators as well ( i.e. able to mentor and assess student social workers on placements). Senior Practitioners tend to manage family support workers on some teams and or manage more complex and in depth cases, due to their experience at managing complexity and risk associated with this.
Senior Practitioners generally have been in practice for several years before becoming a Senior Practitioner, and to become a Senior Practitioner a social worker as to apply for a Senior Practitioner post.
If you have any queries or require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me.
In the first instance if you have any comments relating to how your request has been handled by our authority, please write to Lian Stibbs, Access Manager, Information Governance, Information Governance Unit, Staffordshire County Council, 3rd Floor, Staffordshire Place 2, Stafford, ST16 2LP or [email address]
If you have any further comments relating to how your request has been handled by our authority, please contact the Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Regards
David Portch
Access to Information Requests
Access Team
Information Governance Unit
Staffordshire County Council
2 Staffordshire Place
Stafford
ST16 2DH
Email: [email address]
Telephone: 01785 278178
We work to defend the right to FOI for everyone
Help us protect your right to hold public authorities to account. Donate and support our work.
Donate Now