Systemic Family Practitioner - Fixed Term for 12 months

Warrington Borough Council; Warrington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Warrington is seeking a full-time Systemic Family Practitioner for a 12-month fixed term contract. The role focuses on supporting families by providing systemic practice interventions. Candidates should have experience in Children’s Services and be qualified in Systemic Family Practice. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits, including holiday allowances and a health& wellbeing program.

Benefits

26 days annual holiday, rising to 31 after 5 years

Access to competitive benefits package

Access to Health & Wellbeing Programme

Essential car allowance

Qualifications

• Experience of working in Children’s Services and social care settings.
• Qualified at Intermediate level in Systemic Family Practice.

Responsibilities

• Share ideas with workers and partner agencies about family dilemmas.
• Conduct one-to-one reflective conversations.
• Join visits to families, modeling approaches.
• Complete Systemic Family practice sessions with families.
• Deliver training in Systemic practice.

Skills

Experience in Children's Services

Systemic Family Practice

Education

Intermediate level in Systemic Family Practice

Job description

Systemic Family Practitioner - Fixed Term for 12 months

About us

Warrington is an exciting place to work with an office building in the heart of Warrington town centre with great workspace with hubs and pods which provide a comfortable environment to work. There are local cafes and restaurants all on the doorstep of the office.

We are within easy commutable distance of Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside regions and are proud to be an Ofsted Graded 'Good' Local Authority, Children's Services in 2024.

The role

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a full time Systemic Family Practitioner to start immediately or as soon as possible on a 12 month fixed term contract.

The intention of the Systemic Hub is to support families to remain together by understanding the family relationships, strengths and areas for change. We do this by offering ideas and interventions from a systemic practice lens to support helpful change. The Systemic Hub supports the embedding of our Systemic Practice model, with a dedicated Systemic Family Practitioner (SFP) being linked to each of the social work teams and other parts of the service, with plans to widen this further throughout the directorate.

As a Systemic Family Practitioner, you will be required to share ideas with workers and partner agencies, offering a systemic lens when talking through dilemmas, with an overall aim of continuing to embed the systemic practice model when it comes to how we think about, talk about and understand families. Some of the ways we do this are:

• One to one reflective conversations with those who are working directly with the family.
• Group or multi-agency reflective spaces – coming together outside of care planning to take some time to think about how we are understanding the family system.
• Joining visits to families where appropriate, modelling approaches and offering a systemic lens.
• Completing Systemic Family practice sessions with families.
• Deliver training in Systemic practice

What's needed?

The role is open to those with experience of working with and/or in Children’s Services and social care settings and are qualified at Intermediate level in Systemic Family Practice.

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:

• 26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
• Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme
• Essential car allowance

Key Dates & Further Information

This post sits within the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Unit.

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. Sponsorship is not available for this role; therefore, you must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for appointment.

DBS clearance is required.

Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer

Warrington Borough Council Offices, 1 Time Square, Warrington, WA1 2NT