Senior Practitioner - TESS

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a passionate Senior Social Work Practitioner to join a well-established multi-disciplinary team focused on supporting children and young people in care. This dynamic role within an innovative emotional wellbeing service offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of those experiencing complex emotional and relationship challenges. You will work collaboratively with a diverse range of professionals, utilizing various therapeutic approaches to provide tailored support. If you are committed to evidence-based practice and eager to develop your skills in a supportive environment, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Access to training

Regular professional supervision

Ongoing support

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of working with children with complex emotional needs.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed approaches and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Support children and young people with complex emotional needs.
• Contribute to the development of informed care and support plans.

Skills

Trauma-informed approach

Experience with children and young people

Team and multi-agency partnership working

Evidence-based practice

Therapeutic training

Education

Social Work Degree

Postgraduate qualification in social work

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Senior Social Work Practitioner with a keen interest in supporting children and young people in care to join our Therapeutic and Emotional Support Service (TESS). We are looking for an experienced social work practitioner to join our TESS leadership group with a focus on those young people experiencing complex emotional and relationship presentation.

TESS is an emotional wellbeing service that offers assessment and a wide range of individual, dyadic and group therapeutic interventions to Birmingham’s children in care, their parents/foster carers and care leavers up to the age of 25 years. The role will involve supporting children and young people who have experienced early adversity and present with attachment/complex trauma related difficulties. TESS also provides consultation and support to the professional network.

We are keen to recruit people that are interested in joining a team whose area of focus is working with care experienced children and young people. The post holders will be joining a friendly, supportive, very well established and highly regarded multi-disciplinary team of clinical psychology, systemic family therapy, play therapy, and other therapeutic social workers trained in a variety of models (e.g. DDP, CBT, DBT, etc). A wide range of approaches and models are utilised within the service to best meet the needs of the individual child and/or family, and innovative and creative working is encouraged.

We work with children, young people, and care leavers who are placed in Birmingham and out of city, who are from a wide range of age groups and diverse backgrounds and experiences. Our workforce represents the diverse families of Birmingham that we support.

Young people experience a wide spectrum of concerns, including issues of separation and loss, emotional, behavioural and neurodevelopmental difficulties, mental health issues and developmental trauma. We work closely with the children and young people’s care network, other agencies and local services to improve the lives of children in care. An ability to demonstrate team and multi-agency partnership working are crucial elements to this role.

We are looking to appoint a Senior Social Work Practitioner to join our team who has demonstrable experience of working with children and young people with complex emotional needs and a knowledge base of a trauma informed approach, enabling you to demonstrate your ability to support a child’s care network and contribute to the development of informed care and support plans.

If you have experience of working with children and young people, are positive, passionate and committed to making a difference whilst enjoying the challenge this brings, we would like to hear from you. We are looking for applicants who hold a knowledge base of trauma informed approaches and have demonstrable knowledge of complex emotional needs. We are interested in hearing from applicants that have an interest in evidence-based practice and research and have a level of therapeutic training and are keen to develop their knowledge in this area. If you can work independently as well as being part of a team, we would like to hear from you.

We will provide you with access to training, regular professional and management supervision, and on-going support.

In order to be considered for this role please include a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the competencies required as outlined in the attached person specification.

For more information please contact Sherril Duffy or Paula Nesbitt, TESS Team Managers: [e-mail] or [e-mail]