Children's Practitioner - South Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire County Council; South Oxfordshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in England is seeking a dedicated Children's Practitioner to join its Family Safeguarding & Support team. The role involves managing a caseload, utilizing a strengths-based approach, and ensuring that the voices of children and families are heard. Responsibilities include delivering effective services, preparing reports, and attending reviews. Ideal candidates should have experience with vulnerable groups and a solid understanding of safeguarding principles. The position offers competitive rewards, including generous leave and pension schemes.

Benefits

Annual leave starting at 30 days per year

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Employee Assistance Programme

Family friendly policies

Childcare vouchers

Staff discounts on travel and leisure

Qualifications

• Relevant experience working with children, young people, or families.
• Understanding of the impact of abuse and social deprivation on families.
• Knowledge of safeguarding principles.
• Ability to assess and create outcome-driven plans.

Responsibilities

• Deliver efficient services to children, young people, and families.
• Utilise the FSS Workbook modules and strengths-based approach.
• Prepare and submit written reports as required.
• Attend reviews and present interventions
• Keep the social worker informed of significant information.

Skills

Kind and caring

Advocating for equality and integrity

Passion to grow and develop skills

Willingness to take responsibility

Continuous improvement

Job description

About the RoleWe are looking for a dedicated Children's Practitioner to join our Family Safeguarding & Support (FSS) team and deliver exceptional service to children, young people, and families. In this role, you will manage a caseload aligned with your experience and capabilities, ensuring the voices of those you support are heard. Utilising the FSS Workbook modules and employing a strengths-based approach, you will implement timely and effective interventions to meet their needs.

About us

Working together to help Children, young people, and families to thrive. Join Oxfordshire County Council on an exciting journey towards Delivering the Future Together, our ambitious transformation programme which will enable us to be an employer, partner, and place shaper of choice. We are seeking the right people who can help us get there while embracing our value of daring to do it differently, as we continue to strive to do better. In our Children, Education, & Families Directorate, we do our very best to help children, young people, and families to thrive. We know the importance of building relationships, empowering people, and building on strengths and this is reflected in our restorative, relational practice approach. We have been consistently rated as good by Ofsted, but we are ambitious and want to do even better! Oxfordshire County Council is a financially stable local authority committed to investing in Children, Education, and Families to ensure we have the resources needed to make a real difference to the families we work with. This includes the successful operation of our transformational model Family Safeguarding & Support.

Job responsibilities

• Deliver efficient and effective services to children, young people, and their families.
• Utilise the FSS Workbook modules and a strengths-based approach.
• Prepare and submit written reports as required.
• Attend reviews and core groups, presenting interventions clearly and professionally.
• Keep the social worker fully informed of significant information about allocated families, seeking advice as needed.

About you

• Kind and caring, with an understanding of and respect for individuals qualities, abilities, and diverse backgrounds.
• Advocating for equality and integrity in all you do.
• Always learning, with a passion to grow and develop your skills.
• Willing to take responsibility and contribute to the delivery of Oxfordshire County Council’s vision.
• Driven to do it differently to embark on a journey of continuous improvement.

You will have

• Relevant experience of working with children and/or young people and/or families.
• An understanding of the impact of abuse, social deprivation and disadvantage on children, young people and their families.
• Knowledge and understanding of the application of safeguarding principles.
• Ability to case-hold and within this assess, create, and record outcome-driven plans for children and young people.

Rewards and benefits

• Annual leave starting at 30 days per year (plus bank holidays) (pro rata)
• A comprehensive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and well-being support 24 x7.
• Range of family friendly policies.
• Childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, electric car scheme, range of staff discounts including travel, holidays, insurance, food, health & leisure activities.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.