Social Worker/Senior Practitioner - Emotional Well-Being Team

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Kirklees
Children & Families
Child Protection & Family Support
37
1
Civic Centre 3, Huddersfield, HD1 2TG
Permanent
Grade 10-12
£33,820 - £42,503
Market Rate Supplement of £1500 will apply to the Senior Practitioner Job (to be reviewed annually

We are recruiting for a full time Senior Social Work Practitioner to join our Emotional Well-Being Team.

We provide emotional well-being support and advice for children and young adults, birth families, foster carers, and colleagues from across children’s services and with partner agencies.

You will be able to role model and promote restorative practice, to encourage reflection and appropriate responses to a child’s emotional needs and the impact of trauma.  As a Senior Social Work Practitioner, you will be required to work alongside CAMHS Practitioners as part of a multi-disciplinary team, undertaking a variety of tasks aimed at supporting the positive emotional and mental health of children and young people who are in contact with children's services in Kirklees.

You will use the 6 P’s Formulation to assist the child’s network to understand the current difficulties and offer a hypothesis and framework for developing the most suitable ‘next steps’.  You will facilitate regular emotional well-being consultations alongside CAMHS Practitioners and contribute to systemic family assessments.  The job role description and profile will provide further details of all the expected responsibilities.

You will have the skills to undertake direct work with foster carers to help them understand the emotional needs of Looked After Children.  You will assist them to develop insight and skills to develop and enhance their ability to tailor the care that they provide to meet the identified support needs of individual children.

You will also provide a range of support to Social Workers and other professionals to enhance knowledge and skills about a Trauma Informed approach to practice and you will promote reflective thinking and listening to consider the impact of trauma upon the development of children to inform appropriate care planning.

We want to make sure you have everything you need to deliver good outcomes.  We have a commitment to providing our Social Workers with exceptional levels of support.  This includes ensuring high-quality professional development and achieving the best possible standards of supervision and management.  An established career structure is in place and our Advanced Practitioner role provides support to all Social Work practitioners as well as a career pathway for the very best social workers outside of management.

If you would like to discuss this job in more detail and wish to find out more about the Placement Support Service, please contact Noushin Mostowfi on 01484 221000 or email noushin.mostowfi@kirklees.gov.uk

Interviews for this job will take place on Tuesday 20th June 2023.

Noushin Mostowfi is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

04 June 2023, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.