Senior Practitioner - Child Protection & Family Support

Senior Practitioner - Child Protection & Family Support

Management Grouping: Children's Services

Team: Child Protection and Family Support

Location: Bexleyheath

Salary: GBP40,560 - GBP46,284 (inclusive of Choices Flexible Benefits of GBP2,277 pa)

Contract: Permanent /36 hours per week

Closing Date: 3 rd September 2017

If you are interested in a return to relationship-based social work come and join our Children's Social Care service at the London Borough of Bexley.

We are committed to building a strong reflective learning culture which enables good relationship based practice to thrive. To achieve this we are looking for resilient, experienced professionals who will drive an ever more relentless focus on high quality experiences for families enabled by solid and dedicated social work. You will bring vision, passion, leadership skills and an operational expertise that will help to facilitate the changes that we are ready to make.

Last year we started our journey adopting the Signs of Safety (SoS) practice model across all the social work teams and this year we are introducing Signs of Wellbeing in our Early Help services. All our staff receive SoS training, we are encouraging innovative practice and we have re-designed to promote our clear intention that children and families will receive effective help through strong and enduring relationships with our social workers.

We need ambitious Senior Practitioners who are going to lead the way in embedding good quality social work practice and deliver the best outcomes for our children. You will also be committed to relationship based social work, family group conferences and signs of safety practice. We are looking for experienced practitioners who can evidence how learning has been applied in their practice; and with an excellent track record of improving the lives of children.

In return for an excellent salary and benefits package we can offer you:

• An excellent working environment at our fantastic new offices
• Workable caseloads
• High number of permanent staff across the service
• Professional supervision
• Mentoring/coaching
• Opportunities for flexible working with excellent ICT facilities
• Identified pathways for training and continuous professional development
• Signs of Safety Training and the opportunity to become an SOS Practice Lead
• Opportunity to engage in our Aspiring Leadership Programme

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Do you think you have what it takes to join our team of excellent and dedicated social work professionals?

What we offer:

• Our Choices Flexible Benefits Package includes lease car, and cash options to the value of GBP2,277 per annum (pro rata for part time)
• Career Average Revalued Earnings Pension Scheme
• Performance Related Pay
• 25 days Annual Leave (rising to a maximum of 31 days after 5 years' service) plus Bank Holiday Entitlement
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• MyChoice Staff Benefit Scheme - Includes Childcare Vouchers, Cycle to Work Scheme, access to high street shopping vouchers and online discount codes.

Your Application:

• Closing Date for your application: 3 rd September 2017

CVs will only be accepted if submitted with a completed application form.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

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