Senior Family Practitioner
Salary: £33,000 per annum
Service: Residential Family Assessment Centre
Reports to: Lead Practitioner / Deputy Manager
Role Purpose
The Senior Practitioner is a key leadership role within the organization’s therapeutic residential family centre. The post holder provides consistent, values‑led leadership on the floor, ensuring that high‑quality, trauma‑informed practice is delivered at all times and that assessment activity remains robust, ethical, and defensible.
Senior Practitioners are responsible for supervising and supporting less experienced staff, leading complex assessment interactions, and exercising advanced safeguarding judgement. The role requires the ability to manage emotionally complex and high‑risk situations while maintaining a calm, reflective, and therapeutic approach.
This role directly supports the organization’s commitment to safeguarding babies, promoting secure early attachment, and delivering high‑quality, evidence‑based assessments that inform multi‑agency decision‑making.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide strong, consistent leadership during shifts, ensuring safe staffing, effective routines, and high practice standards
* Act as a visible role model for trauma‑informed, reflective, and ethical …
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