SafeCORE Practice Leader
PO6 - £51,093 to £54,129
Permanent full-time post
Royal Borough of Greenwich Children’s Social Care Service is looking to recruit an experienced social work leader to undertake the role of SafeCORE Practice Lead.
You will need to be a qualified social worker with experience of leading work with Children and Families and of delivering evidence-based individual and group interventions from the perspective of a systemic and compassionate practice framework, as well as experience of working with children, young people and/or adults with a specific focus on issues related to domestic violence and family conflict.
The SafeCORE service:
SafeCORE is a whole family approach to address the ‘stop/start response’ by children’s social care to domestic violence and abuse and to family conflict in general. The Service supports families to create better environments for children; increasing positive experiences and decreasing incidents of violence in order to prevent children’s needs escalating and mitigate against them re-entering the Children’s Social Care system at a later stage with more severe needs. SafeCORE applies the Science of Compassion to a child and family context, combining it with family led systemic concepts, relational approaches and practical support in order to engage families to address the causal factors of domestic violence and abuse.
SafeCORE has adopted a unit model; the team includes practice leads, social workers, adult practitioners, family support workers and one coordinator. The team comes together for weekly unit meetings where the focus is on developing and promoting support and interventions for the families. The service is supported by a clinician in regular unit meetings and ad hoc case discussions.
Purpose of Job:
To be the professional lead of a multi-skilled SafeCORE unit.
To work closely with families who are affected by situational couple violence and family conflict (including adolescent and parent/carer conflict) to improve outcomes through the use of evidence-based practice which is grounded in the principles of relationship-based practice, professional curiosity, anti-oppressive practice, compassion, tenacity and systemic ideas.
The role will include direct work with families including early intervention and preventative work in order to facilitate these families to make sustainable changes and reduce the need for on-going statutory intervention.
Whilst remaining ‘hands-on’ with families, children and young people, you will be responsible for the line management, quality assurance and development of one of our two SafeCORE units of 3.5 staff.
The Royal Borough of Greenwich is a vibrant area of Southeast London with a rich history and diverse culture. The town of Greenwich itself is a UNESCO world heritage site that is home to the Prime Meridian Line, Royal Observatory, and the Cutty Sark ship. In 2012, the borough was named as the first new Royal Borough for more than 80 years. We are looking to recruit social workers, who are registered with Social Work England, to join our stable and committed Children’s Services workforce. Discover more in our video below.
With excellent training and great benefits, Royal Greenwich is the ideal place to progress your social worker career. Our generous benefits package includes:
A senior leadership team who take time to know front-line staff, listen to their views and celebrate excellent work.
Small teams allowing more direct support and supervision time from your Team Leader
An innovative and aspirational Practice Academy dedicated to providing creative learning solutions and a comprehensive offer to support you to achieve your career ambitions including bursaries to undertake systemic training
Access to Research in Practice website, training and resources and new initiatives
Rota Days equating (FTE) to an additional 10 days off per year
Travel costs worth £1k+, OR essential car user car parking (close to the workplace).
Royal Greenwich Keyworker housing (after being employed for six months, subject to application and meeting criteria).
Excellent pension scheme (LGPS).
Cycle to Work Scheme.
Childcare vouchers.
Greenwich One Card gives you access to a wide range of discounts on products and services at participating local businesses, shops, cafes and restaurants. Discounted gym membership.
Opportunities to join cross-sectional staff Task and Finish groups to improve practice and procedures.
We have an ongoing commitment to supporting staff and ensuring equality and diversity in the workplace.
Staff networks and forums to support and encourage networking between staff with shared interests.
Make a difference to our children’s futures, your future and ours.