Social Work Senior Practitioner

Newcastle City Council; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

As we approach our fourth year of embedding a relational and restorative practice culture across our service, we are looking for motivated, child-centred senior practitioners to join our skilled and enthusiastic workforce. If you want to join a service which is rated Good in all areas, and is committed to working with families, rather than doing to them, then Newcastle is the place for you.

The Role

We are looking to recruit a Senior Practitioner who has a minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience, someone who is committed to providing the best outcomes for the children in our city for our Children in Care & Care Leavers Service. Please see the attached documents for more details and indicate on your application which posts you would like to be considered for. We are currently looking to recruit to the following teams:

The Children in Care and Care Leavers Service provide support to children and young people in our care, and those moving on to independence from our care.

Who we are looking for?

We are passionate about achieving the best outcomes for the children in our city, and you should be too. We are looking for Social Workers who are driven, ambitious and committed to working with children, young people, and their families in a relational and restorative way.

We are lucky to have strong working relationships with partner agencies and we pride ourselves on our ability to work together in the best interests of children and families. So, we are looking for strong team players who want to work in an environment that prioritizes relationships and champions social work values.

Why Newcastle Children’s Social Care?

In February 2022 Newcastle Children’s Social Care was rated as GOOD across all areas by Ofsted.

“Social workers are positive about working for Newcastle. They feel well supported through their induction and speak of supportive and available managers.”

We implement a relational and restorative approach across our service and city to transform how we work with children, families and partners, focusing on strengths and values.

You can hear more about what it is like to work at Newcastle and read our working principles, as well as hear first-hand from our social workers at www.newcastle.gov.uk/csc. Or you can contact Elaine Phillips Children in care Team Manager on 0191 2782700 or Sophie Smith on 0191 2115845.

Why we think there’s nowhere better:

• A dedicated 5-day induction
• Generous annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• A range of flexible working options
• A generous Flexi Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential advice and support
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme
• Access to a home electronics scheme and vehicle leasing scheme

We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a check to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.

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