About The Role
Job Title: Senior Practitioner – Assessment Team
Hours: 37 per week
Salary: HC9 £38,223 – £42,403 (plus £5,000 market rate supplement per year £43,223 - £47,403)
Welcome payment: £5,000 after 6 months completion in post
Relocation package: up to £10,000 available
Contract: permanent
Closing date: 22/09/2024
Join us on our Restorative Journey of Improvement to gain the best for children and families in Herefordshire.
The Role
If you are passionate about giving children and young people the best start in life, then Herefordshire is the place to be. We need dynamic, dedicated, passionate, and professional staff who are committed to our children and eager to work collaboratively with partner agencies to make a positive difference to society. This is an exciting opportunity to join our developing team and contribute to creating a safe and supportive, yet challenging, learning environment for Herefordshire’s workforce.
You will be supported by an established team with a strong commitment to relationship-based practice, flexible working, and professional development. We need practitioners with a minimum of 3 years’ experience to join our pool of experienced workers in delivering positive outcomes for our children. As a senior practitioner, you will help develop our staff in their knowledge, experience, and practice.
You will closely work with the managers to develop the team and deliver high-quality service to our children, young people, foster carers, connected carers, and special guardians. You will provide coaching, mentoring, training, and support to apprentices, step-up students, and traditional students. You will lead on areas of practice development and training within the wider service and support the implementation of our practice standards, quality assurance framework, professional values, policies, and procedures.
You will be fully qualified (DipSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent), with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in statutory social care and dedicated to delivering positive outcomes for our children. You'll be experienced in assessment skills and supervision roles to help train and support Herefordshire foster carers.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sophie Roberts (Service Manager for MASH, Assessment & Child Exploitation) by phone at 01432 383376 or via email at sophie.roberts@herefordshire.gov.uk.
We Offer
A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:
* Senior Practitioner starting salary: £38,223 - £42,403 per annum
* Market rate supplement: plus £5,000 per year
* Welcome payment: £5,000 for experienced social workers joining our children’s teams
* Relocation packages: support of up to £10,000
* Pension: Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
* Professional development: protected time and budget to support social workers develop themselves and their careers
* Career progression: clear pathways to progress and supported by the Social Care Academy
* Generous Annual Leave: 31 days’ annual leave (pro rata) plus bank holidays
* Flexible working: flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours, and in some instances, home working
* Employee Assistance Programme: 24/7 access to support and counselling
* Payment of professional membership fees
* Pick your perks: access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday, and health benefits
About Us
Herefordshire is a beautiful, historic county located in the heart of the Marches on the border with Wales. Our priority is to keep children safe and give them a great start in life. We have invested heavily in training and developing staff in our relational practice approach with our improvement partner Leeds City Council.
Herefordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & young people and vulnerable adults. If you are offered this position, it will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks.
We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.
The following candidates will be interviewed if they meet the essential criteria for the post they are applying for:
* Those who indicate that they have a disability.
* Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist.
* Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are a Herefordshire care leaver.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details of this role.
To apply, please submit your CV and complete the supporting statement within the application form, referring to the job description & person specification, detailing how you meet the specific requirements of the role.
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