Senior Strengthening Families Practitioner

At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.

What we can offer you:-

• Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
• Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
• You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
• We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.

With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our ‘Sandwell Family’.

Please visit The Sandwell Deal via this hyperlink

https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/

37 hours per week

Hybrid Working

Fixed Term Contract until August 2024

A vacancy has arisen for a Senior Strengthening Families Practitioner within West Bromwich Strengthening Families Team. This is a busy, vibrant team within the Strengthening Families Service and offers family support, within the West Bromwich area. The team has great working relationships with partners and offers a truly multi-agency way to improving the outcomes for children and families.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced practitioner who is passionate and committed to providing targeted support to children and families and who also has a strong desire to supervise the Strengthening Families Practitioners who are currently in the team.

The post holders will be responsible for: -

• To support the Team Manager to ensure that all Early Help casework is allocated
• Oversee the work of Strengthening Families Practitioners
• To attend and where necessary chair reviews or other case planning meetings
• To ensure that the views, wishes and feelings of children and young people are taken into account and reflected in the work that we do
• To ensure timely escalation and transition of casework so that families are well informed and receive good continuity of service
• To hold a small caseload of cases and offer direct work and intervention to families with complex needs.

You will need to have: -  

• Three years’ direct experience of working within a child, young people or families setting where a caseload has been held.
• NVQ level 3 or above in a Social Care, Education, Health, Youth & Community Service or Early Years.
• Experience of delivering direct work with children and young people with a range of complex needs.
• Experience of completing complex assessments, SMART planning and delivering interventions.
• Experience of challenge and supporting families and agencies to achieve positive change.
• Knowledge and understanding of the range of service provision for families with multiple and complex needs.
• An understanding of Children Centres and other commissioned services aims and objectives.
• Ability to work assertively in a multi-agency team, putting the needs, well-being and safety of the child(ren) and family at the heart of everything you do.
• Experience of chairing and co-ordinating multi-agency meetings and having the ability to professionally challenge to bring about change.

When people join the team at Sandwell they say it feels like they become part of the family…they have #ComeHomeToSandwell. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our Family.

So, if you think your future could lie with Sandwell Children’s Trust, then we’d love to hear from you.

Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.
If you require further information on the role or working for us please email recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk and a member of our Recruitment Team will be happy to give you a call.

To apply please click on the link below to complete an application form:-

https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/apply/

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