Senior Practitioner - Adolescent Service Grade 15 (£52,116- £54,129) + £10k Welcome Payment

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Senior Practitioner - Adolescent - Young Croydon - Children Services - Croydon Council

Salary: Grade 15 (£52,116- £54,129)

Permanent - 36 hours per week
Welcome Payment - £10,000

Retention Payment - £2,500

Hybrid working

Job Purpose

This is a specialist role focused on preventing and protecting adolescents from exploitation in all forms. We have created 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 successful Senior 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. Driving continuous development of Systemic Practice in social work alongside other theoretical frameworks and practice methodologies. In parts of the practice system holding a caseload of high complexity / high risk case.

Essential Requirements
Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
Substantial experience in statutory social work practice with evidenced expertise in the area of extra familial harm / contextual safeguarding.
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.
Ability to assess the needs of children, adults, and families holistically and analytically, in high risk and high complexity cases, applying the Assessment Framework and other relevant frameworks and tools.
To make sound professional judgments (in cases of high risk / complexity).

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

Benefits
You will be valued for your skills and expertise, supported by the team of experienced professionals, as well as the management at Croydon Council, one of the largest employers in the borough. We also offer:

• Highly competitive compensation package

• Accredited Systemic Practice training

• A range of CPD opportunities

• 29-31 days (grade equivalent) annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and option to purchase more

• A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%

• Continuing Professional Development - genuine opportunities to grow, develop and specialise in your career

• Management development programmes

• Investment into your wellbeing

• Access to Employee Discount scheme with a range of programmes (Cycle Benefit Scheme, GymFlex, Retail Discounts and more)

• We promote flexible & hybrid working arrangements where possible to support a healthy work-life balance

Closing date 30th June at 11:59pm

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Equal opportunities statement

Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check.