Consultant Practitioner - Young Croydon - Grade- 55620

Consultant Practitioner Young Croydon Children Services Croydon Council

Salary: Grade

Permanent 36 hours per week

Retention Payment 2500

Hybrid working

Job Purpose

This is a specialist role focused on preventing and protecting children and young people from exploitation and serious youth violence.

We have created a new role to work alongside Social Workers in the MultiAgency Safeguarding Hub & Families Solution Service (Early Help).

The successful candidate will be responsible within those services for the initial and review exploitation and serious youth violence screening of children who are presenting with needs/risks relating to extrafamilial harm.

The Consultant Practitioner would also 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 wellbeing 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.

Essential Requirements

We are looking for Consultant Practitioners who also are / have the follow:
Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England
Substantial experience in statutory social work practice with evidenced expertise in the are of extra familial harm / contextual safeguarding including Serious Youth Violence.
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).

Why Join Us
In Croydon our Childrens Services has an established Systemic Practice model experienced leaders and high support for practitioners. Croydon people and staff are diverse and we celebrate difference through focus on antiracist and antidiscriminatory practice. We are committed to delivering excellent social work practice and services to our children and families. As well as this we also offer the following:
Our teams consist of experienced Social Workers at various levels
Join a highly diverse workforce
Reflective supervision is actively promoted and supported.
The ethos at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change
Caseloads of Social Workers are very manageable enabling managers to know children well & ensure high standards of practice
You will join an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise

Benefits
You will be valued for your skills and expertise supported by the team of experienced professionals as well as the management at Croydon Council one of the largest employers in the borough. We also offer:

Highly competitive compensation package

Accredited Systemic Practice training

A range of CPD opportunities

2931 days (grade equivalent) annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and option to purchase more

A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20

Continuing Professional Development genuine opportunities to grow develop and specialise in your career

Management development programmes

Investment into your wellbeing

Access to Employee Discount scheme with a range of programmes (Cycle Benefit Scheme GymFlex Retail Discounts and more)

We promote flexible & hybrid working arrangements where possible to support a healthy worklife balance