Consultant Practitioner - Croydon, United Kingdom - Croydon Council
Description
Job Purpose**These are specialist roles focused on preventing and protecting children and young people from exploitation in all forms.
We have created three new roles to work alongside case holding social workers in our Family Assessment Service:
Social Work with Families and Children in Care & Young People's 16+ Services.
The Consultant Practitioner would be responsible for supporting practice development via leadership of elements of casework, individual and group coaching, reflective supervision' quality assurance and workshops in the specific area of expertise.
The post holder would be required to directly support the delivery, and contribute to the delivery of, positive safety and well-being outcomes for children in need and their families, where extra familial arm is a key concern.
In parts of the practice system holding a small caseload of high complexity / high risk cases
Benefits of Working With Us
- Highly competitive salary up to £51,900 plus a welcome payment of £5,000
- A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%
- 31 days annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays
- Accredited Systemic Practice and Supervision training.
- A range of CPD opportunities
- Investment into your staff wellbeing
- Good management support for practitioners, regular supervision, group supervision led by systemic therapists and access to a clinical therapist to support your work directly.
- Hybrid working policy enabling work from home and flexible working approaches to support your worklife balance.
- The council promotes a hybrid working where the role allows plus a highquality office base from where direct work is delivered from.
Why Join Us
In Croydon, our Children's Services has an established Systemic Practice model, experienced leaders, and high support for practitioners. Croydon people and staff are diverse, and we celebrate difference through focus on anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice. We are committed to delivering excellent social work practice and services to our children and families.
As well as this we also offer the following:
- Our teams consist of experienced Social Workers at various levels
- Join a highly diverse workforce
- Reflective supervision is actively promoted and supported.
- The ethos at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change
- Caseloads of Social Workers are very manageable enabling managers to know children well & ensure high standards of practice
- You will join an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise
About You
We are looking for Consultant Practitioners, who also are / have the follow:
- Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
- Substantial experience in statutory social work practice with evidenced expertise in the are of extra familial harm / contextual safeguarding.
- Foundation level systemic practice qualification (desirable)
- Practice Educator or Practice Teacher qualification (desirable)
- Advanced training in evidenced based approaches to assessment & intervention relating to extra familial harm.
- Experience of delivering evidenced based interventions with children and families improving outcomes related to extra familial harm.
- Building effective trusting relationships with children, families, and other professionals.
- To make sound professional judgments (in cases of high risk / complexity).
Shortlisting will take place WC 17th April 2023
Interviews will take place in person WC 24th April 2023
View the Consultant Practitioner role profile
Equal opportunities statement
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
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