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Senior Practitioner: Safeguarding
Be at the heart of practice development
Walsall is implementing the Families First Programme, based on the National Children's Social Care Review and Stable Homes Built on Love. Within Corporate parenting we are transforming our approach to ensure dynamic support for children and young people in our care as we implement the valuing care approach.
About the job
As senior practitioner, you are at the heart of practice development offering mentoring, coaching, support, and practice expertise to your team. We are looking for a motivated and experienced social worker to join our corporate parenting teams.
Our Offer
To provide the right conditions for you, we are committed to manageable workloads, high support from managers, essential paperwork only, enabling technologies, and all social workers will receive training in Systemic Family Practice.
Wellbeing is at the heart of our work. We offer specialised clinical supervision, a 9-day fortnight to support work/life balance, flexible working, and specialist employee assistance and therapeutic support when it is needed.
In this role, you will be supported to identify your specialisms and areas of interest, with access to training to develop your expertise in these areas. This forms a part of our ongoing commitment to your development, with opportunities to progress into Senior Practitioner, Consultant Social Worker, and Lead Child Protection Practitioner roles.
Salary Scale: £46,464 - £51,515 (+10% Retention Payments after 2 years, increasing at 4 and 6 years)
Important note: Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.
This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
Closing date: 30 September 2024
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