Family Help Senior Practitioner - Ref: CH05925
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Walsall Council, Family Help Senior Practitioner - Ref: CH05925
Grade: G11; Salary Range: £49,282 - £54,495
Central & South Unit 4 Systemic Team
Be at the heart of practice development
About The Job
As senior practitioner you are at the heart of practice development offering mentoring, coaching, support and practice expertise to your team. This will allow you to inspire others within their careers and practice with families.
Within the role you will be responsible for ensuring we continue to provide “Outstanding” support for our children and families, through the support you provide the practitioner within your team.
You will be part of a leadership team that has “created a learning organisation that has effective and accountable relationships with each other and with partners (Ofsted, 2025).
To provide the right conditions for you, we are committed to manageable workloads aiming for an average of 12 children, high support from managers, essential paperwork only, enabling technologies, and all social workers will receive training in Systemic Family Practice.
Wellbeing is at the heart of our work. We offer specialised clinical supervision, a 9-day fortnight to support work/life balance, flexible working and specialist employee assistance and therapeutic support when it is needed. We know we need to make social work a career people want to stay in.
In this role you will be supported to identify your specialisms and areas of interest, and access to training to develop your expertise in these areas. This forms a part of our ongoing commitment to your development, with opportunities to progress into, Consultant Social Worker, Lead Child Protection Practitioner or Team manager roles.
We are committed to anti-discrimination and equality and to developing a workforce that reflects the communities we service.
Salary & Benefits
Salary Scale £49,282 - £54,495 (+10% Retention Payments after 2 years, increasing at 4 and 6 years)
Closing date: 10th October.
We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people and vulnerable adults. Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas
How to Apply
If you would like to talk to a social worker about the realities of working in Walsall, contact Khaleel Ali, Team Manager, Khaleel.Ali@walsall.gov.uk
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Information for Applicants
Important note: When completing your online application, you will be asked to enter supporting information describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Do not add a CV as we do not accept them. See our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.
We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting Agency applications or referrals at this time
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