Keyworker- Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin
2 weeks ago
Job Title: Project Worker 3 /Senior Practitioner - Generic Grade P31A
**JOB DESCRIPTION**
**Job Title: Project Worker 3 /Senior Practitioner**
**Reports to**:Children’s Services Manager
**Line Manager and Budgetary Responsibilities**:As specified
**Job Purpose**:
To provide advice, support and services to children, young people and their families in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service.
(Specifics of Service attached as applicable.)
**Key Responsibilities**:
**For Service Users**
- To work with children, young people and their families, on a one to one or group basis, using a variety of interventions, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes. The jobholder is likely to be dealing with the most complex of cases/situations.
- To work in partnership with parents/carers to empower them and to enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.
- To work co-operatively with other professionals in children’s services, health agencies and other community based services, to provide the most effective service for children young people and families.
**For Advice and/or Service Development/Leadership**
- To advise on and/or lead practice( in area of specialism)
- To develop and evaluate practice or aspects of the service
**For Resources**
- To be responsible for any equipment/resources linked to service delivery.
- To be responsible for case recording, report writing (to include reports for external agencies, e.g. courts, and complex management reports) and producing and keeping management information.
- To be responsible for the requisition of resources needed by staff managed
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Job Title: Project Worker 3 /Senior Practitioner - Generic Grade P31A
**For People (Staff, Students, Volunteers)**
- Supervision* of staff, students or volunteers may be expected
*allocating work, day to day supervision and support
**For Health and Safety**
- To promote, monitor and maintain health safety and security in the working environment
**Pre-employment checks will be required for the role.**
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Job Title: Project Worker 3 /Senior Practitioner - Generic Grade P31A
**PERSON SPECIFICATION**
- All criteria are essential unless indicated as desirable (D). _
**Job Title: Project Worker 3 / Senior Practitioner**
**Education/Knowledge**
- Qualification mandatory for practice, where applicable.
(NB: For staff having sole and direct access to children, young people and vulnerable adults, there is likely to be a future requirement for an NVQ3 level qualification.)
- Awareness of factors impacting on and issues facing vulnerable children and young people and families (e.g. disadvantage, poverty, disability).
- Knowledge of child/young people development.
- Knowledge of safeguarding, child protection and promoting the welfare of children.
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to service aims.
- A relevant qualification, at NVQ level 4/5, may meet the above knowledge requirements-see programme content for details_
**Experience of**
- Direct work with children, young people and families.
- Working with other professionals and of challenging professional judgements as appropriate.
- Staff supervision.
**Skills/Abilities**
- Able to listen to and communicate effectively with children and young people.
- Able to work as part of a team.
- Able to lead practice or an aspect of the service.
- Able to supervise work of others.
- Able to accurately and clearly record case notes deploying the necessary standard of writing and IT skills.
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Job Title: Project Worker 3 /Senior Practitioner - Generic Grade P31A
- Able to write complex reports and produce other management information - which may be used for external purposes.
**Circumstances**
Staff will have to abide by Barnardo’s Smoking Policy which does not permit smoking at work.
**Barnardo’s Basis and Values, and Equality & Diversity Code of**
**Conduct**
Actively demonstrate Barnardo's Basis and Values and Equality & Diversity
Code of Conduct in all areas of work:
- Respecting the unique worth of every person
- Encouraging people to fulfil their potential
- Working with hope
- Exercising responsible stewardship
**_Completed by the Pay and Reward Team / People Team _**
**Name Code**
**_Grade_** P31A
**_Job Family_** Operations O
**_Job Sub-Family_** Core / ETS / FP (as appropriate) OC / OE / OF
**_Organisational Level_** Professional Level 2 P2
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**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent
**Salary**: £29,206.00-£35,728.00 per year
**Benefits**:
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: 13740
