Consultant Practitioner – Young Croydon – Children Services – Croydon Council
Salary: Grade 15 (£52,116- £54,129)
Permanent – 36 hours per weekWelcome Payment – £10,000
Hybrid working
Job Purpose
These are specialist roles focused on preventing and protecting children and young people from exploitation in all forms. We have created three new roles to work alongside case holding social workers in our Family Assessment Service: Social Work with Families and Children in Care & Young People’s 16+ Services. The Consultant Practitioner would be responsible for supporting practice development via leadership of elements of casework, individual and group coaching, reflective supervision’ quality assurance and workshops in the specific area of expertise. The post holder would be required to directly support the delivery, and contribute to the delivery of, positive safety and well-being outcomes for children in need and their families, where extra familial arm is a key concern. Driving continuous development of Systemic Practice in social work alongside other theoretical frameworks and practice methodologies. In parts of the practice system holding a small caseload of high complexity / high risk case.
Essential Requirements
We are looking for Consultant Practitioners, who also are / have the follow:Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work EnglandSubstantial experience in statutory social work practice with evidenced expertise in the are of extra familial harm / contextual safeguarding.Foundation level systemic practice qualification (desirable)Practice Educator or Practice Teacher qualification (desirable)Advanced training in evidenced based approaches to assessment & intervention relating to extra familial harm.Experience of delivering evidenced based interventions with children and families improving outcomes related to extra familial harm.Building effective trusting relationships with children, families, and other professionals.Ability to assess the needs of children, adults, and families holistically and analytically, in high risk and high complexity cases, applying the Assessment Framework and other relevant frameworks and tools.To make sound professional judgments (in cases of high risk / complexity).
Home to 94,000 children, Croydon is a truly unique place to practice social work. We are a borough with big ambition, grit, and determination. Children's social care was judged ‘good’ in our last Ofsted inspection.
Our systemic practice framework places emphasis on relationships as key to supporting change for families. We make sense of the world through relationships, focusing on the whole family system and thinking about our own part in that too – what we bring, our own family stories and beliefs, how we use ourselves in the work that we do. Our practice model is all about collaboration - with our families, networks and partners; being open to challenge and ensuring our practitioners are highly trained in a variety of intervention approaches. Our established clinical service will support you to grow your own systemic practice within the service, providing accredited training, co-working and direct work with families.
For an informal chat about working in Croydon, contact Agata Stolowska at agata.stolowska@croydon.gov.uk