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Advanced Practitioner - Safeguarding

Employer
Medway Council
Location
Chatham, Kent
Salary
Up to £45835 per annum (inclusive of market premia)
Closing date
12 Feb 2019

Job Details

Advanced Practitioner - Safeguarding

Up to £45835 per annum (inclusive of market premia)

Plus £2000 per annum retention payment (payable after 2 years service in Medway), the option of a Lease Car or Essential User allowance and up to £6000 towards relocation.

We have created four Advanced Practitioner roles to work across our Safeguarding Service. You will work alongside an area team, providing expert support to social workers with complex casework, to ensure the best possible outcomes are achieved.

Reporting to the Principal Social Worker, you will provide high quality coaching, mentoring and guidance, as well as delivering practice focused sessions in order to support social workers with their continued professional development.

As a registered social worker with HCPC you will place a high level of importance on social work values and practice. You will have significant social work experience and an in-depth knowledge of relevant legislation. Ability to build strong working relationships is essential.

For an informal discussion please contact Jean Ross, Principal Social Worker on 01634 337249 or Ian Smith, Head of Safeguarding on 01634 335622.

Closing Date for applications is 12th February 2019

 

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About Medway Council

It’s our Practice that will make the difference

In Children’s Services and across all our social work practice we are committed to social work values and promoting the professionalism of social work.  Our delivery of children’s services is informed by our vision of achieving positive change for families we work with so that children are safe, services are effective, and families feel supported and enabled to care for their children.

We are committed to establishing a skilled and permanent workforce. We have four defined social work roles, NQSW; Social Worker; Experienced Social Worker and Senior Practitioner to support practitioners to stay in practice.  Medway Children and Adults Academy has a comprehensive programme of training and support including an ASYE programme and post qualifying accredited training for experienced practitioners and managers.  We will support you through training, reflective group and individual supervision, coaching, team and service meetings as well as offering a wealth of opportunities to help you with your continuous professional development.  

Medway has been successful as the lead partner to obtain funding for the Kent – Medway and South East England Teaching Partnership, with Kent County Council, the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University. Together we will develop joint approaches to recruitment, curriculum development and delivery, to meet identified needs both for students and qualified social workers.

The Medway model of social work uses Systemic Theory and approaches as a foundation for understanding the complex problems our families face and it supports our belief that children are best cared for within their families so long as this is safe.  We use the Strengthening Families Model to organise and describe our work with children and families throughout our case records; the model is used in our Child Protection Conferences.   Specific models of assessment and intervention are used for identified needs such as the Graded Care Profile; Parenting Assessments and Direct work with Children.  Our professional development offer includes training in all these areas and also the Practice Education of social work students.  We have redesigned our career progression scheme to reward continuity of practice and designed career pathways that reflect the importance we place on the work social workers undertake.

To achieve our vision, we need your experience.  You will be working in small pods which consist of 4-5 social workers, and a practice manager who will provide management oversight and support.  In addition each team will also have dedicated administrative support.  Retention payments and additional benefits are provided to support a long term career in Medway.  

Why Medway?

Medway is a truly great place to live, work, learn and visit.  Medway is one of south-easts most aspiring and developing destinations. Its name is taken from the magnificent river that flows through it, and comprises of five main towns, Chatham, Strood, Rochester, Gillingham and Rainham.  

Medway is rich in heritage, hosts more than 30 days of free festivals and events each year  and offers beautiful natural landscapes– as well as a range of shops, bars and restaurants for every occasion

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