Senior Practitioner - ASC Neighbourhoods
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Job Description
Salary: £47,394
Grade: Level 4 Zone 2
Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG
Contract Type: 2x Secondment/Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Full Time
Closing Date: Wednesday 10 July 2024; 23:59
About Camden
Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We're home to the most important conversations happening today and we're making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here's where you can help decide a better future for us all.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Senior Practitioner in ASC Neighbourhoods Team, you will form part of a dynamic and skilled multi-disciplinary group of professionals who provide rapid assessment of Camden residents in Adult Social Care to support the team and avoid. The team takes a flexible approach to care planning and what matters to our residents to ensure the best outcomes for the people we work with.
This is an exciting time to take on this new role to enable the ASC Neighbourhoods redesign to take shape and give the best service to Camden residents
As a Senior Practitioner in this team, you will work closely with the Team Manager and Service Manager to embed a strengths - based practice throughout the service. To support, coach and mentor staff by providing a clear and responsive practice leadership role within the service including modelling best practice, promoting and ensuring the highest professional standards are maintained throughout areas of responsibility.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.
All About You
You would have experience to contribute with other senior practitioners in the service to a culture and style of leadership that develops and empowers people, recognises achievement and promotes the continuous development of staff and teams, and keep up-to-date with changes in practice and participate in life-long learning and personal and professional development for one's self and colleagues through supervision, appraisal and reflective practice.
It is also essential that you have a BA, BSc, DIPSW or CQSW or MA in Social Work or equivalent qualification and that you are registered with Social Work England.
To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.
How To Apply
To view the Job Profile, please CLICK HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10566517/file/document...
To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the 'Why you?' section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the "About You" section.
What We Offer
At Camden, you'll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.
Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity
Anonymised Application - in keeping with Camden's commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.
Asking for Adjustments
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG