Job Title: Children's Practitioner-Trauma Focused Starting Salary: £33,366 pa Progressing to £36,124 pa Hours: Full Time ( Part Time will be considered ) Location: Hertfordshire Contract Type: Fixed- Term and Secondment Opportunity until 30.11.2025 Directorate: Childrens Services About the team This is an exciting opportunity to join Trauma Hub and work therapeutically with children, young people, families and professional networks, with a focus on the impact of trauma. The Trauma Hub's focus is to embed trauma informed practice across Children's Social Care, and the successful candidate's role will have a focus on supporting children, young people and families open to CLA and 0-25 teams. The Trauma Hub is an evidence-based approach to improving trauma focused support across children's social care. It comprises of a Trauma Focused Practice Lead who supports policy and practice in relation to responding to trauma, Trauma Focused Service Leads / Trainers who provide formal and informal learning opportunities, case consultations, reflective spaces and a small case load of direct interventions, and Trauma Focused Practitioners who deliver therapeutic interventions to children, young people and families. Due to career progression, we are now seeking to recruit a Trauma Focused Practitioner for the remainder of the project. The post can be offered as a secondment or fixed term role opportunity until 30 th November 2025. About the role As a Trauma Focused Practitioner you will be responsible for: Supporting the Trauma Hub in embedding trauma-informed practice through contributing to case consultations and network meetings, completing Trauma Lines and working directly with children, young people and families who are open to CLA and 0-25 and have been identified as benefitting from trauma informed support. The role will largely be focused on supporting main care givers (e.g. parent/ foster carer) to parent children who have experienced trauma through the principles of NVR and/ or ARC. It will also include some direct work with children and young people, either directly or in partnership with their main care givers. Whilst not essential to the role there may also be opportunity to: Support facilitation of NVR parent groups Undertake TLSW (Therapeutic Life Story Work) Facilitate reflective spaces for staff teams Support with training development and delivery Support with wider projects being developed by the trauma hub. Trauma focused practitioners will also be expected to provide activity and outcome data to support monitoring and evaluation of the training received, the interventions delivered and the wider community of practice model. To ensure that case recordings and other relevant documents are child-focused and completed in a timely manner About you Essential: Full UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle Previous experience in direct work with children and families. Ability to work autonomously whilst being a team player. Trained in Non-Violence Resistance Ability to work flexibly including some evening visits Desirable: A good understanding of developmental trauma. Trained in ARC / understand the ARC framework. (Successful candidates will be trained in ARC, if they have not already completed the training). Trained in Therapeutic Life Story Work Experience of working with individuals with neurodiversity and/ or additional needs Excellent organisational skills to ensure that work is prioritised and completed within the set timescales. If you are passionate about trauma informed practice, are keen to develop your knowledge in this area and work more therapeutically with families in a non-statutory role, with the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the children, young people and families you work with, then this is the role for you This job role is within the Health and Social Care Services, level HSC9 job profile. Please locate this via: Job profiles - Health and social care To hear more about this opportunity please contact Emma.frusciantehertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role. Interview Date: 8th April, 2025 Benefits of working for us How to apply As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences. Secondment This position is open to secondments. If you work for HCC or any other Local Authority and would like to be considered as a Secondment contract, please ensure you complete the Secondment Form as part of your application. If you do not, your application will be considered as a Fixed Term Contract only. Additional information Disability Confident We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. Safeguarding This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. Driving required You'll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations. English Fluency The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.