About the Role
Senior Practitioner Children in our Care
This role is fixed term for three years.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Karen Speid, Service Manager on Karen.Speid@bexley.gov.uk.
Candidate Profile
This is a position for an experienced practitioner with at least 3 years’ post qualifying experience as a social worker. We are seeking passionate individuals to join our children in care service. As a Senior Practitioner, you will have responsibility for managing a caseload of more complex and higher need young people aged 0-15 years old who are in our care. The main aim of our service is working towards with children to achieving permanence. You will provide a high quality and effective service for young people in our care, your responsibilities will include care proceedings SWETs, care plans, conducting assessments, developing care plans and pathway plans, providing guidance and support, and advocating for the needs and rights of young people in our care. You will also support other practitioners in the team through mentoring, advice, support, and occasional shadowing on visits or for meetings.
In the role you will build positive, supportive, and respectful relationships with young people in our care, their carers and their families.
We are looking for an individual who can make a positive impact on our children, their families and carers. You will lead on care proceedings and will model good practice for social workers, students and ASYEs within the service. If you have experience working within a care service who undertake care proceedings and have a strong desire to make a difference in children’s lives, we invite you to apply for this rewarding position. As a Senior Practitioner in our children in our care service.
This will require working in a supported practice environment that respectfully challenges and enables you to use your professional judgement, autonomy, experience, knowledge, and skills. These all form the key aspects of our Signs of Safety practice model which we use when working with children, families and the wider professional network.
Our Offer to You
We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, coaching and mentoring programmes, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.
Recruitment Information
As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact recruitment@bexley.gov.uk.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Secondment Opportunity
This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for the Council’s existing employees. The Council’s Secondment Scheme can be found here. If this option is of interest, please contact the recruiting manager.
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