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greater london (On-Site)
Temporary, Full time
Enhanced DBS check required
£45,000 - £49,999
FULLTIME
Senior Practitioner Thriving Communities
£46,041 - £49,083 per annum
Fixed Term contract until April 2025
Service: RESET Adolescent Safeguarding
https://www.newham.gov.uk/downloads/file/7652/senior-practitioner-jd
WE ARE NEWHAM
We are pleased to invite applications for the post of Senior Practitioner within Thriving Communities.
This is an exciting time to join the service as an integrated multi-disciplinary service delivering a whole family approach and supporting some of our most vulnerable children and their families impacted by exploitation and extra-familial harm, children/YP on the edge of care, and at risk of/impacted by offending. This role offers the opportunity to work in a trauma informed way with children and young people within a service based in systemic principles. We can offer you training in our relational model and support to develop systemic practice. We have a wide training offer including safeguarding and systemic training and you will be working within a service were learning and practice development are held in high priority and is supported by a permanent management team
ABOUT THE JOB
This is an exciting and demanding opportunity to support practice and delivery within high functioning teams of youth practitioners, voluntary community partners and education practitioners who are working across the education, youth justice, adolescent safeguarding and community sector. The post holder will contribute significantly to the evidence base for existing and new programmes and ensure the successful recruitment, retention and support for young people through various pathways.
The successful candidate will drive and improve outcomes for individual children and young people accessing support through close working with community partners, Children Social Care and school teams to ensure the roll out of quality resilience building programs and multi-agency offers that result in
ABOUT YOU
We are looking for candidates who have strong practice development skills with demonstrable experience of delivering high quality interventions to children and their families, and experience of supporting practitioners to implement and embed excellent practice. You will have experience of working within systemic principles and awareness of trauma informed approaches.
You will have Sound understanding of youth safety interventions along with significant knowledge of current issues affecting children, young people and their families, including significant knowledge of risk outside of the home and the current research and practice in this.
You will have experience of developing strong working relationships with partners in the voluntary, community and faith sector, education, health, youth provision, early help and children’s services, and have experience of intervention development and delivering support and interventions directly with young people. Excellent communication skills are critical and you will have demonstrable experience of working within multi-disciplinary settings and delivering and developing training for multi-disciplinary audiences. Finally, the successful candidate will have some demonstrable experience of using IT recording systems and data to monitor team activity, support quality assurance, and drive service improvement.
For further information on the role, or for an informal discussion - please contact Michelle Martin, Service Manager RESET Service: Michelle.martin@newham.gov.uk.
IMPORTANT: If you are an LBN member of staff and applying for this role as a secondment you should note that secondments are subject to the agreement of your current employing service. Please ensure that you inform your line manager of your intention to apply for the post in the first instance.
TO APPLY
Please submit your CV and supporting statement through out online recruitment portal to apply. Statement and CV combined should demonstrate your suitabiulity for the role in line with the person specification.
Closing date: 20/10/2024
Additional Information
We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.
The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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