Lead Practitioner Social Worker – Adolescence Support Service

 

Are you a passionate, proactive and committed Social Worker with experience of working with young people? If so, we would welcome your application for this role

 

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand-new team in the Warwickshire County Council Children and Families Service.

 

We currently have an exciting opportunity for Lead Practitioner Social Workers to join our brand-new team supporting 11–17-year-olds and their families. You will work within a multi-agency team, with a primary focus on contextual safeguarding and extra-familial harm. You will hold a small and complex caseload, whilst offering supervision and support to Family Support Workers within the team. You will support the Team Leader in relation to deputising responsibilities, as well as support the priorities for the service.

 

Our Offer to you.

 

About the role

 

Working pattern – 37-hour flexible working pattern

 

We are looking for a practitioner who will work creatively and collaboratively with young people and their families. You will be passionate, committed and solution-focused, evidencing restorative principles within your practice.

 

You will work intensively with young people, and their families. This role will require someone who can think reflectively and reflexively, as well as hold and respond appropriately to risk. This role requires close partnership and locality working and an ability to develop positive working relationships.   

 

Experience of working with young people and an ability to form positive relationships is essential. You will have an understanding of exploitation and contextual safeguarding and the impact this can have on young people and their families. You will have the opportunity to learn and develop your own practice and skills with training in Restorative Practice and Motivational Interviewing. We are seeking a creative, innovative, and dynamic practitioner, who has good organisation skills and excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

 

You will have regular supervision and support within the team and the opportunity to develop close working relationships with other teams within Children and Families including the Homeless Prevention Advisor.

 

If you have a strong commitment to achieving better outcomes for children & young people, then we look forward to hearing from you.

 

About WCC Children & Families Team

 

At Warwickshire County Council (WCC) we work with children and families restoratively, building strong relationships and connections to help families find long-lasting solutions. Our work contributes to our wider County Council aim – to make Warwickshire the best it can be for everyone. It’s a big responsibility that can be challenging at times, but this is what drives our staff to succeed, develop and achieve. If you’re someone who wants to do the best job possible, who approaches everything with passion, positivity, tenacity, courage, and purpose, then we want you to work with us.

 

Throughout 2020 we continued to look to the future and build on our programme of change and investment in the service.

 

It has helped us shape and develop a focus on wellbeing, utilising technology, opening opportunities for career development and renewed our focus on reflective and supportive leadership. These are the backbone to our offer to our workforce.

 

WCC invested in Microsoft technology in 2020 which has enabled our workforce to seamlessly transition to community and homeworking. We have a whole council commitment to flexible working and employee wellbeing. We nurture, support, and challenge each other to achieve the best outcomes for all our children.

 

WCC is an authority that engages with innovation. We are a financially secure local authority. We were recently graded Good by Ofsted and are on our journey to Outstanding. To this end we have received £21m investment programme over four years to implement new and creative ways of working with children. This funding is from both the Council and Department for Education to strengthen relationship and evidenced based practice.

 

We provide safe and manageable caseloads and have provided substantial additional capacity to support teams with Covid pressures.

 

We’re building something very special in Warwickshire. A community of practice – with diverse thought, skills, and experiences. Working for every child to create a Child Friendly Warwickshire.

 

For further details please see the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications

 

Additional Information

 

 

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

 

 

For further information about the role please contact Vicky Woodfield on  vickywoodfield@warwickshire.gov.uk

 

 

• Closing Date:2^nd September 2022 at midnight

 

• Interview Date:Week Commencing – 12^th September 2022

 

 

  

To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button.

 

 

Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so. 

 

  

If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.

 

 

You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.   

 

 

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.   

 

 

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.  

 

 

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.