Senior Practitioner

Nations Recruitment; Bexleyheath; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A social care recruitment agency in Bexleyheath is seeking a Social Care Qualified professional to help support children in need through communication and relationship-building. The role involves working with families to ensure children's safety and applying the Signs of Safety practice model. Candidates must have strong communication skills and the ability to influence others. Immediate start available.

Qualifications

• Proficient ability to communicate in English.
• Ability to influence others to coordinate services effectively.

Responsibilities

• Build positive, supportive relationships with families.
• Support families to raise their children safely.
• Explore and implement alternate plans for children's well-being.
• Apply the Signs of Safety practice model.
• Communicate effectively to keep children safe.

Skills

Communication skills

Influencing others

Job description

Overview

Job Category: Social Care Qualified

Job location: Civic Offices, 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA6 7AT, London Borough of Bexley

Hours per week: 36

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £28.41 per hour

Job description: To build positive, supportive, and respectful relationships with families in order to help support children in need of help or protection. Where possible, you will help support families to raise their children safely within their family network by supporting and augmenting their support network. Where this is not possible, alternate plans will need to be explored and implemented to help ensure children grow up in safe, nurturing, and happy homes that achieve long term permanence. This will require working in a supported practice environment that respectfully challenges and enables you to use your professional judgement, autonomy, experience, knowledge, and skills.

These all form the key aspects of our Signs of Safety practice model which we use when working with children, families and the wider professional network.

You will have a proficient ability to communicate in English and be able to influence others in an effort to help coordinate services and supports in the best way possible to keep children as safe and well cared for as possible.

Responsibilities

• Build positive, supportive, and respectful relationships with families to help support children in need of help or protection.
• Where possible, help families raise their children safely within their family network by supporting and augmenting their support network.
• When safe and appropriate, explore and implement alternate plans to ensure children grow up in safe, nurturing, and happy homes achieving long-term permanence.
• Work in a supported practice environment that respectfully challenges and enables use of professional judgement, autonomy, experience, knowledge, and skills.
• Apply the Signs of Safety practice model when working with children, families, and the wider professional network.
• Communicate effectively in English and influence others to coordinate services and supports to keep children safe and well cared for.

Qualifications

• Proficient ability to communicate in English and be able to influence others in an effort to help coordinate services and supports in the best way possible to keep children as safe and well cared for as possible.