Senior Practitioner - Children's Service
Teams: Corporate Parenting teams
Job Family: Supporting - CBG11
Salary: £38,479 - £41,632 per annum pro rata + £5,150 MRS per annum pro rata + £4,350 enhanced MRS per annum pro rata
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month
Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent
Closing Date: 30th June 2024
Interview Date: To be confirmed
About the role:
Here in Central Bedfordshire, we have exciting plans to continue to shape how we work with families and their children. Having recently launched a new dedicated Corporate Parenting Service we are looking to recruit Social Workers and Team Managers who want to work in a service that is highly ambitious for all of our children and our care leavers. During a recent focussed visit Ofsted recognised Central Bedfordshire’s values of placing children and young people at the centre of all that we do by not working to but ‘with’ children and their parents
As Corporate Parents, we ensure meaningful engagement with children and young people and we stick with them, so that they reach their aspirations and go on to succeed in adulthood, living successful independent lives.
Relationship based practice sits at the core of everything we do by working with children, families and their natural networks to build on their strengths. Our workforce told Ofsted that they enjoy working for Central Bedfordshire and feel well supported by visible and caring managers and senior leaders and Ofsted also recognised the level of support available through a wide range of relevant training and development opportunities which help our practitioners undertake reflective and effective quality work with children and their families and networks.
In Central Bedfordshire we value our fostering community as we are aware of the immeasurable impact foster carers have on children’s lives. We are therefore looking for Social Workers who can assess and support our foster carers in providing safe and loving homes for our children in care.
We are so proud of our workforce and their dedication to our Children in Care and Care Leavers - if you are passionate, creative and committed to achieving outstanding outcomes for our Care Experienced Community, we want to hear from you!
We are seeking to recruit a Senior Practitioner:
The ideal candidate will need to have confidence in planning, implementing, reviewing, and evaluating interventions and plans to ensure great outcomes for children and Care Experienced Young Adults. Being responsible for achieving and supporting permanence planning for Children in Care and supporting Care Leavers,you will be skilled in developing and maintaining working relationships with children, young adult and the networks around them, ensuring support planning is specific to their needs and wishes.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of passionate and committed practitioners who recognise that our Children in Care and Care Experienced Community are at the heart of everything we do.
Please be advised that having access to your own transport and willingness to travel is an essential requirement for this role. Some overnight travel and working flexibly outside of core hours may also be required.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Clair Swallow at clair.swallow4@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 4219
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Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
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