Senior Practitioner Whole Life Disability

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Job Description

Contract Type: Fixed Term for 12 montts

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £43,421 (Level one) rising to [£46,464 (Level two) 'pro rata for part-time' plus £1000 market supplement rising to £2000 post one year in post (subject to review).

Location: Clifton Cornerstone and Bullwell Riverside

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

Social Work Practice:

1. To deliver good outcomes for children through completing assessments inclusive of mental capacity and progressing case plans, acting as the key worker for looked after children and those subject to a child protection plan as required.
2. To manage own workload effectively, maintaining appropriate records and producing reports as required, and making best use of the Department's information systems.

Practice development and promotion of high standards.

1. To assist the Team Manager in promoting a team culture of continuous improvement, ensuring appropriate responses to new Guidance, research and information, promoting a problem solving and teamwork approach that delivers the best possible outcomes for children, and ensuring an effective contribution to local and national performance indicators for children's services as well as the achievement of Departmental targets and standards.
2. Under the guidance of the Team Manager, to contribute to the team's human resource processes such as recruitment and staff development, upholding the Council's equal opportunities policies and practices throughout.
3. As part of the Team Manager's supervision contract with specific team members, to undertake some of the day-to-day oversight of their work, acting as a role model and offering a range of developmental opportunities such as advice, consultation, co-working, and mentoring.
4. To provide supervision for social workers, family support workers and team administrator as agreed with the Team Manager. This would include case supervision, but would not exceed 4 members of staff.
5. To deputise for the Team Manager, providing cover for the team duty system and oversight of the wellbeing of the team, acting on child protection decisions with the support of locality Team Managers.
6. To attend meetings on behalf of the Team Manager and support less experienced practitioners with care proceedings and Court Of Protection hearings.
7. To undertake social work practice teaching as appropriate and to participate in the delivery of Departmental and inter-agency training as required.
8. To participate in individual supervision with the Team Manager and to undertake training and developmental opportunities as required.
9. In partnership with the Team Manager to oversee and promote best practice to the team's public access point.

Partnerships and networking:

1. To take a proactive role in developing relationships with ethnic minority communities in the service area.
2. To contribute to the creation and maintenance of good working relationships at all levels with colleagues in partner agencies and other City Council Departments, representing the Department at inter-agency meetings as appropriate.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Professional Social Work Qualification
• Registered with Social Work England
• Direct experience working with children in a childcare setting
• Possession of full driver's license and access to a vehicle
• Excellent communication skills to support internal and multi-agency working relationship
• A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Nichola Goode Acting Team Manager or Mirela Balla, by email at nichola.goode@nottinghamcity.gov.uk or mirela.balla@nottinghamcity.gov.uk .

Closing Date: 30th Spetember 2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.