Organisation: Leicestershire County CouncilWork Location: County Hall Glenfield, LE3 8RAWorker Category: Hybrid WorkerSalary: £42,498 - £46,344 Plus market premium Working Hours: 37 hours Mon - Fri Contract Type: PermanentClosing Date: 8th December 2024 Interview Date(s): 16th December 2024 About the RoleThe Post SGO Support Team are looking for a full time Senior Practitioner to join the service.
This is a rare opportunity in which you will be integral in the development of the service in line with the recommendations set out within the Kinship Strategy, as well as joining a highly skilled, well established therapeutic team with a heart for children on a Special Guardianship Order and their families.
You will need to be motivated, enthusiastic and willing to work differently.
In return you will be supported on your own therapeutic journey, have access to clinical supervision and be part of something truly innovative and wonderfulAn enhanced DBS check is required for this post.For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our .
About YouTo apply for this post, you must: Under the direction of the Team Manager, to be responsible overseeing the day-to-day operation of the Post SGO Service.
To be responsible for a limited caseload of complex cases.
To attend/chair Pod / staff meetings and agree and negotiate tasks/activities on cases; attend/chair a range of identified meetings including Signs of Safety Meetings, Partnership Meetings and Review of Therapeutic provisions.
To accept responsibility for efficient management of own caseload and provide advice and guidance to team colleagues to help them manage their caseloads.
To provide guidance and assistance to all team members, particularly newly appointed or inexperienced social workers and those undertaking post-qualification training.
In the Team Manager's absence, to act as a liaison point between team members and the covering manager.
To attend and contribute to team meetings and senior practitioner meetings.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.In addition, we also expect you to share and 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 individual's 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 page on our career site.For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:Lisa Deakin for an informal conversation or if you have any further questions on section 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.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: .
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