London (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£50,000 - £74,999
FULLTIME
Salary: £58,184 - £67,886
Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 36
Closing date: Monday 30th September 2024 at 23:59
Interviews to be held: Wednesday 9th & Tuesday 15th October 2024
About Camden
Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.
How You’ll Be Involved
This is an opportunity to be part of a thriving and dynamic service, responsible for supporting the delivery of systemic practice interventions and providing guidance to practitioners, social workers and team managers. The core purpose of this role is to contribute to the development of systemic practice into children’s social work and to provide advice and guidance alongside social work interventions.
The post holder will work within a team of practitioners although will be managed by the Systemic Service Lead. Their intervention may include direct work with children and families, but they will not be case accountable. They will provide consultation, direct work, teaching and support the embedment of relational systemic practice in the workforce.
The role
In this role you will work with and alongside practitioners and team managers at a ‘hands-on’ intensive level to enable them to deliver a systemic interventions to children and families. The work will include:
- Specialist systemic assessments of complex cases to formulate intervention plans.
- Coaching and supervising individuals and groups of practitioners
- Ensuring high standards of record keeping.
- Producing reports which can be used in court proceedings and acting as an expert witness where required.
- Contributing to assessments of risk and protective factors
- You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the introduction, embedding and development of an outcome’s framework and culture across the service. This will include:
- The delivery of systemic elements of the practice framework across Early Help and Children’s Social care, which leads to a reduction in children subject to child protection plans and care proceedings.
- Embedding systemic practice in supervision, assessments, and network meetings.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS. Please note Camden also offers the DBS update service.
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All About you
To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories' and see attached videos https://www.londonsocialworkforchildren.com/our-councils/camden
To be considered for this role, you will need a UKCP recognised qualification in family and systemic psychotherapy. It is desirable but not essential for you also hold a Social Work Qualification – CQSW/ Dip SW/ Degree in Social Work, however demonstrable relevant post qualification experience of working within Children’s Services.
You will need to have a strong commitment to anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice. As well as an active awareness of self, relational and epistemological reflexivity, and the way in which personal and professional stories can impact children and families and professional relationships.
What We Offer
At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits including:
- 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after 5 years
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexible working opportunities
- Interest free loans
- Access to our incredible staff networks
- Career development and training
- Wellbeing support and activities
Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity
Asking for Adjustments
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.
Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.