Senior Practitioner

1 week ago

Croydon, United Kingdom Croydon Council Full time

We are looking to recruit a social work qualified senior practitioner into our recently transformed 16+ service. The service supports Children in Care who are aged 16-17 and Care Experienced adults aged 18-25. This is an exciting time to join Croydon as we have recently reconfigured the service to create smaller teams with additional management support. We are also working with our multi-agency partners to create dedicated specialist support for our young people, including from Health, Adult Services, Housing and Education.

We are looking for social worker who have experience of working with young people who are in Care and Care Experienced. The role will include practice development and supporting newly qualified social workers within the service.

About You

The suitable applicant will have the following;
- Significant post-qualifying experience of multi-agency working, risk management, care and permanence planning, ability to analyse complex circumstances and formulate appropriate intervention plans.
- Experience of delivering high quality direct and life story work within a systemic practice framework to increase outcomes and care planning for our young people, to enable them to move into independence with better outcomes.
- We are looking for creative and highly motivated experienced social workers who consistently ensure that young people are central to their intervention.
- Experience of working with children in care and supporting them to progress effectively to adulthood with appropriate skills for independence.
- Experience of supporting less experienced social workers is desirable, for instance qualified practice educators.
- Qualification in or experience of working within a systemic practice framework including use or facilitating group supervision to achieve high quality outcomes.

Benefits of Working With Us
- Highly competitive salary & retention payment of £2,000
- A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%
- 31 days annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays
- Accredited Systemic Practice training
- A range of CPD opportunities
- Investment into your staff well-being
- Good management support for practitioners, regular supervision, group supervision led by systemic therapists and access to a clinical therapist to support your work directly.
- Hybrid working policy enabling work from home and flexible working approaches to support your work-life balance where the role allows plus a high-quality office base from where direct work is delivered from.
- Our teams consist of experienced professionals at various levels and from various disciplines.
- The ethos at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change.

Full time 36 hours per week

Permanent

Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted on a fortnightly basis.

**Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Statement**

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

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