Senior Practice Educator

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Full Time / 18.5 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Here at Leicester, we support many routes into social work and you can play a key role in developing this. With a wide range of training for social workers and alternatively qualified staff at every stage of their career. We prioritise giving the time and encouragement to maximise what teams can learn. It's part of what helps our workforce to move onwards in their career. It's also partly due to our determination to - as far as possible - grow our own. Why do we do this? Because it works - it creates people that know our systems and city.

We know what we do is effective. We want stability, but we don't want complacency. We are always looking for new ways to improve and to innovate. Listening to our staff and implementing their ideas is one of the best ways we can do this. We want our staff to benefit from all that we offer. It's important to maintain their confidence in the practice the deliver and the outcomes they reach. We know they do better work when they have time to reflect on how good their work is. All of this means that people tend to stay with us longer than many other authorities. It's not because it's too cosy, or comfortable - it's because we do things well. For our residents, council taxpayers and employees. And by keeping people here longer, it's done even better.

As a senior practice educator, you can play a key role in the development of our workforce and next generation of Social Worker in both childrens and adults. You can support the continued development of all our teams by providing learning and development opportunities. Putting your social care experience into practice not only by sharing your knowledge but by putting adults, children and young people at the heart of your work. Being understanding and ensuring day-to-day, and year-to-year, there is always someone to talk to give professional support and advice, or simply to be a friendly listener.

Working on a hybrid basis from home and our office in Leicester City Centre you will work 18.5 hours per week. This is a great opportunity for someone to support Social Work Education and workforce development. This is a dual role so you'll support and manage social work students, support qualified social workers to become practice educators and support the Learning and Development of the wider workforce. One of the best things about this role is seeing people develop and grow, which is very rewarding. Ideal, if you enjoy the mentoring and development aspect of social work, and we encourage those looking for a fresh challenge to apply.

Your Role

Your role will focus on three main areas Student support, practice assessment and workforce development. So, you'll co-ordinate the provision of practice learning opportunities, undertake the supervision and assessment of students using an on-site model of practice teaching. As well as, working with the wider workforce to identify areas of continued professional development.

Building relationships with internal colleagues as well as partnering with universities and learning partners to deliver the best package to our staff. Including Signs of Safety (SOS) trainers an approach we are proud to be recognised as champions of.

What you'll need

As a qualified social worker and hold a Practice Education qualification. You will be good at developing people, and have supervisory, organisational, liaison and negotiation skills. With the ability to work to deadlines and use your analytical skills to identify target areas.

Able to assess the practice, you'll have a good understanding of theories of adult learning in the context of social work practice.

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