Early Help Senior Practitioner

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Job Description

Early Help Senior Practitioner

PO3: Starting salary £44,862 rising in annual increments to £48,063 pa incl. LW

Hybrid Working / Permanent / Full Time

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an inspirational Senior Early Help Practitioner to join our team. A practitioner who shares our values, who understands the value of building strong collaborative relationships, who is reflective, dedicated, and focused on great practice that makes a real difference to the children and families we support.

About the Role

The Senior Early Help Family Practitioner will work as the lead professional, working with complex cases, closely with families and partners to ensure all family members' needs are met using the whole family and strengths-based practice. The focus of casework support will be on families with multiple and complex problems or families meeting the troubled Families Criteria. With strong leadership skills, you will also deputise for the Team Manager and support the team.

Why Lambeth:-

• Fantastic, modern working environment in the award-winning Lambeth Town Hall and Civic Centre buildings
• Competitive Salaries
• Up to 35 days annual leave, dependent upon continuous service
• 5 Minutes from London Underground and excellent transport links into the centre of London
• Hybrid/Flexible working
• Cycle to Work Scheme (including City Bike Hire scheme)
• Attractive Local Government Pension Scheme

If you would like further information or to have an informal discussion about the role you can email skarikari@lambeth.gov.uk

We are a Stonewall diversity champion; a Living Wage Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. Please click here for a full list of our accreditations.

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs

In addition, you will also be required to undertake a Cifas check from the Fraud Prevention organisation. Further information can be found here Cifas

Interested, click on the apply button and complete an on-line application, explicitly evidencing in the supporting statement field how you meet the shortlist criteria marked with an 'A'.

Job Description and Person Specification

Closing Date: Monday 27th May 2024 at 23:59

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