Senior Practitioner

Senior Practitioner

THIS IS A CATEGORY "E" POST.
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Ref:

CES755(e)

Full time

£43,421 - £46,464 per annum

Senior Social Work Practitioner - Pre-Birth Team

As part of our ongoing commitment to improve pre-birth practice and outcomes for children and families in Newcastle we have developed a dedicated Pre-Birth Team within Children’s Social Care. We are now expanding the Team to meet the needs of families and recruiting to a Senior Social Work Practitioner role.

The Team provides intensive support during pregnancy to parents by completing holistic assessments of need and risk and providing specific, goal orientated support. Parents are supported to achieve and sustain change, enabling them to provide safe appropriate parenting to their baby. The primary aim of the Pre-birth Team is to support parents from the earliest opportunity so that they can safely care for their child from birth. This is done via intensive intervention from social workers, family support workers and other professionals. Robust pre-birth assessments are completed alongside this work to allow evidence-based decisions to be made.

Do you want to be part of an exciting new development that will make a difference to children’s lives? Do you have a passion for relational social work? Do you want an employer who will support you to have the career that is right for you, in a service that is GOOD across all areas?

If so, then Newcastle City Council is the place for you!

We are extremely proud of our recent Ofsted report https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50176758 which recognised “a stable and permanent workforce is in place and, in the majority of teams, there are manageable caseloads and good management support.”

We are looking for a Senior Social Work Practitioner who is committed to providing excellent services to children and families and be part of our expanding Pre-Birth Team.

To support our vision for children and families, we are looking for an experienced Senior Social Work Practitioner who is able to bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to their work. Joining our newly developed Pre-Birth Team you must be driven and ambitious - both for yourself and for children, young people and families.

As an enthusiastic team player, you will benefit from a dedicated and supportive workplace culture where we will support you to succeed. Our social workers tell us “Newcastle is such a good authority to work for” where “our shared vision and values are really rooted in our practice” (feedback from staff members 2021). You can hear more about what it is like to work at Newcastle and read our working principles at www.newcastle.gov.uk/csc.

Social workers are positive about working for Newcastle. They feel well supported through their induction and speak of supportive and available managers. There is a clear workforce development strategy and workforce development plan which ensure that workers are offered a range of training and development opportunities, and progression is supported and encouraged. There are low rates of agency staff and there is stability in the workforce. This ensures that children have stable, allocated social workers they can develop relationships with. (Ofsted, 2021).

We will encourage you to be creative and progress your career making social work at Newcastle a profession that is yours to own. In addition, you will receive:

- A dedicated 5-day induction

- Generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually

- A range of flexible working options

- A generous Flexi Scheme

- Access to wellbeing initiatives

- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme

- Access to home electronics and car leasing schemes

- Generous relocation package.

You can hear more about what it is like to work at Newcastle and read our working principles at www.newcastle.gov.uk/csc. Or you can speak with Jess McMaster at jessica.mcmaster@newcastle.gov.uk

Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.

We are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and a range of other recruitment checks.

We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.

Permanent

Closing date:

10 October 2024