AddressSenior Practitioner
Permanent
Grade 5 - £40,221 - £48,474 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review.
Golden Hello payment (upon external appointment) - £1,000 + £5,000 per annum; see below for further details and conditions.
Working 36.5 Hours per week
Early Intervention Community Teams.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Early Intervention Community Teams based within various locations. Successful candidates will work across busy Multi-Disciplinary Teams to facilitate social work practices.
As a Senior Practitioner your focus will be to support and coach the Social Care workers within your cluster / team to be the best in class, with a clear focus on culture change, to improve on performance, quality of practice and to deliver improved outcomes within the high support and high challenge environment, whereby enabling the workforce to own and drive their own performance.
Your main responsibility will be to supervise and oversee the management of your cluster, and the overall team delivery to have a One Team approach. You will support your cluster through regular supervision, ensuring the multiple complexities within caseload are managed in a timely manner, efficiently and effectively. In addition, you will undertake casefile audits, promoting a culture of shared learning and improvements with a strong one team ethos that focuses on team performance, community development and partnership working. Furthermore, you as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team, you will be required to undertake day-to-day operational responsibilities working alongside Health professionals, including Therapy Nurses and Carers.
You should be eligible to be registered with Social Work England. We’re committed to creating an environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusivity, healthy lifestyle choices, wellbeing, and balance.
We will empower you to be the best you can be, with coaching, mentoring, and training programmes that meet your professional and personal development needs at every stage of your career with us.
We are also proud to offer:
- Family friendly policies
- A range of benefits, including membership of the West Midlands Pension Fund, discounted gym membership and a confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
- 29 days’ annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus the option to purchase additional days (subject to terms and conditions).
- Reimbursement of professional fees (subject to terms and conditions).
- Golden Hello payment - £1,000 (upon external appointment).
- Recruitment & Retention Payment - £5,000 per annum (paid monthly over a 12-month period, pro rota for part time staff).
You must upload a Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification.
Closing date 31 May 2024 at 23.59.
Interviews for this post will take place face to face. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further information.
For informal enquiries, you may contact the following team members supporting with this recruitment:
- Fahad Ashraf, telephone: 07885 236 726
- Maryam Waheed, telephone: 07584 150 083
- Victoria Taylor, telephone: 07867 469 729
Ref: BCC2078
We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence using the English language as required by Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) would be required to hold a relevant Visa from the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).
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