Senior Practitioner-Extended Domestic Abuse Team ( Internal applicants only)
Senior Practitioner-Extended Domestic Abuse Team ( Internal applicants only)
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***PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS***
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Field Based Worker
Salary: 42498 -46344 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) Plus market premia of 2250
Working Hours:37 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 29th May 2025
Interview Date(s): 06th June 2025
We have an exciting opportunity to come and join the Extended Domestic Abuse Team part of the Family Help Service. We are currently looking for a Senior Social Work Practitioner to join the team of skilled and experienced practitioners specialising in whole family domestic abuse work and are looking for an individual who has a passion for wanting to support families to reduce the harm caused to their children from exposure to domestic abuse and a belief in the ability of families to make positive changes.
About the Role
The day-to-day work involves being part of a team who triage the referrals received into CFS reviewing thresholds and making decisions on the appropriate level of response thinking specifically about whether a period of brief and early intervention work may support families to reduce the risks of further harm through domestic abuse.
The senior practitioner is also responsible for overseeing the work of a team of practitioners who are providing an immediate response to families where a timely response is work involves telephone and face to face contact with families working in partnership with families to undertake brief and analytical assessment of needs and verify risk assessments. Practitioners agree immediate priorities with the families to ensure immediate needs are met as well as working with families to establish support networks and safety plans to increase safety for children and ensuring their voice is reflected within these as well as making onward referrals to other agencies.
The position of senior practitioner is also a case holding role becoming involved with families where risks are more complex where there has been a previous history of social care involvement or where there are concerns that after initial intervention escalation to a social care response may be required.
The role includes supporting the Team & Partnership Manager and Team Leader in their oversight of the other workstreams of the team which includes one to one intervention with adults causing harm delivery of the Caring Dads group programme and roll out of schools training around Operation Encompass. It is also the role of the senior practitioner within the Extended Domestic Abuse Team to support the development of specialist domestic abuse practice by sharing learning and training around legislation guidance services and ways of working in relation to domestic abuse with other areas of the service.
The post holder will also need to have a full driving license and access to a vehicle.
This is a permanent Senior Practitioner Post which will sit within the Extended Domestic Abuse Team for the duration of the funding. Although this is currently only agreed until 31st March 2026 there is ongoing commitment for the continuation of this work. However should the funding come to an end the post holder would retain a permanent Senior Practitioner post but would be required to move to a vacant SP post within Children and Family Services.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders please see our policy statement.
About You
- To apply for this post you must have:
- An appropriate Social Work professional qualification such as MA DipSW CQSW or equivalent and who is registered with Social Work England and who has completed training in the Safe & Together model of domestic abuse practice as well as specialist domestic abuse risk assessments such as DASH
- Has extensive and varied post-qualification experience of working with children and families across a range of settings including statutory social work (e.g. safeguarding court and pre-proceeding work child & family assessments) and preventative / early help services
- A thorough and up to date understanding of the legislative procedural and research base underpinning work with children and families who are experiencing domestic abuse as well as knowledge of the local services available to support includes knowledge of the multi-agency partnership structures relevant to this area of work including the MARAC
- Significant experience in assessing and managing risk in relation to domestic abuse as well as a thorough working knowledge of thresholds for different areas of the service having a clear understanding of what level of intervention is appropriate and how this can be dynamic
- Advanced skills in both written and verbal communication with children young people parents/carers and colleagues as well as an ability to communicate effectively and assertively with different professionals both within and across agencies
- Experienced in directly line managing practitioners engaged in frontline work with includes experience of case management and supporting staff to identify indicators of risk and carry out effective risk assessment complete good quality safety planning work with families and co-ordinate with other services. This may also include supporting staff in difficult situations e.g. challenging meetings with families or professionals. Experience of providing personal supervision and knowledge of HR processes linked to management of staff is also required
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Team & Partnership Manager Judith Gosling onor
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Intern
