Social Work Senior Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Tameside, United Kingdom Oldham Council Full time

**Tameside Council**

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**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Salary**: Grade I. Scale 35 - £43,421 to Scale 39 - £47,420 with a professional bar at Scale 37 - £45,441**

**Hours**: 36 hours per week

**Base Location**: Ashton Old Library, Old Street, Ashton under-Lyne

**Closing Date**:Monday, 29th April 2024

**Assessment Date**:To be arranged

**The role**

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- In Tameside we are committed to building a safe, happy, healthy and successful future for our Cared for Children ensuring that they receive the best standard of care and opportunities to achieve optimal outcomes. In order to achieve this we are looking to add an enthusiastic and experienced Senior Practitioner to our Cared for Children service.
- The Senior Practitioner role is the first step on the management ladder. You will be part of a team led by a Team Manager. You will hold a small caseload of complex cases whilst supporting the Team Manager in improving the service delivery to our cared for children by providing a mentoring and coaching role for social workers and you will deputise for the team manager in chairing meetings and providing management oversight for cases.
- You will contribute to ensuring timely care and permanence planning for children, achieving this through professional and reflective supervision, supporting staff learning and development and ensuring the production of high quality work to improve the outcomes for our Cared for Children.

**About you**

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- You will be an experienced practitioner with a high level of skills and knowledge who models good practice and is passionate about achieving good outcomes for children. You will have excellent leadership skills and commitment in contributing towards our vision of meeting the holistic needs of our cared for children and are able to work collaboratively and creatively in order to achieve this.

**Why work for us?**

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- You will be surrounded by a friendly and supportive network of experienced managers, who will provide you with a comprehensive induction, training, help, and advice to enable you to reach your full potential. We are well on the way to implementing the Signs of Safety and Signs of Belonging practice model, and training will be available to all new employees.
- In Tameside, we like to look after our employees and offer a fantastic range of employee rewards and benefits, including:

- Minimum of 28 days leave each year (plus 8 bank holidays)
- 36 hours working week
- Health and wellbeing support
- Salary sacrifice schemes
- Family friendly policies, including maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Discounts at local shops, health & fitness clubs, restaurants and much more
- To find out more about our rewards and benefits package click **here**
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
- This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification
- 1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND
- 2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND
- 3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND
- 4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.
- Click here to download the dscvr mobile app today to discover what Tameside has to offer.
- We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers carers and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.
- We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Job Description & Person Specification.pdf

**Reference No: DPT30**

**salary from**

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£43,421

**contract**

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permanent

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full time

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