Senior Practitioner - Edge of Care

Salary: £42403 - £49498Shift hours: 37This is an exciting opportunity to have a “Key Role” in combining direct practice with service and professional development.You will be assisting the Edge Of Care Services Manager by providing reflective supervision to staff, advising on roles and practices, contributing to audits, action plans, and communication, preparing for supervision, deputising at meetings, and covering rotas. Additionally, you will be managing the operations of the Reunification Service, supporting staff meetings, undertake development tasks, ensure quality assurance, and provide constructive feedback. All tasks should align with departmental policy and include management oversight of court reports and on-call duties as required.Fixed Term contract for 12 months.This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).In order to shape and deliver our services in an effective way, we want to ensure that we have employees from a range of different backgrounds, identities and different lived experiences so that we are able to meet the needs of all the communities that we serve.  We are looking for an experienced Senior Practitioner to rise to the challenge of keeping children “Out Of Care.”  With a reassuring presence, calm in a crisis and able to work with families in their homes, helping them make changes and stay together.You need to be passionate about working with children, young people, and their families, and demonstrate strong leadership and role modelling to keep families together.Help us to transform the lives and futures of children & young people on the “Edge of Care.”Encouraging Diverse Applications:Our workforce data shows that men are under-represented at management level and encourage applicants from this background to apply. This does not prevent individuals with or without other protected characteristics as set out within the Equality Act 2010 from applying for this post.If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria: Members of the Armed Forces and veterans Are currently in care or have previously been in care If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health conditionFor full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.Interview date(s): 15th November 2024If you'd like to learn more about being a Social Worker here at Coventry City Council, please join us for our Coventry Social Worker Recruitment Open Evening on Thursday 14th November 2024 between 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM at the Council House, Earl Street, Coventry, CV1 5RR.To register your attendance please fill in a short Form to tell us you’re coming.Reference: coventrycc/TP/237/10296