Senior Practitioner - Family and Youth Resilience Service
Salary - £39,774 - £42,684 | Based in Kingston | Permanent | Full time 36 hours
Achieving for Children recognise these are unprecedented times, but we continue to build capacity to support our most vulnerable groups. To do this we are continuing to attract talented professionals to join us as we continue to provide OUTSTANDING (Kingston ILACS Ofsted 2019) services
If you have the skills that will enable us to continue to enhance our practice and improve outcomes for children further, we want to hear from you. We are looking for bright, enthusiastic people who have the passion and the drive to make a positive difference to children’s lives. By recognising and championing strengths we know we can make a real difference. It’s a genuine team effort in AfC. That’s why we want talented people, like you, to join us and help create a brighter future for children and families.
About the role
The role will ensure high levels of quality interventions using AfC’s social work practice model, Signs of Safety, agreed quality standards and operating procedures. The role will represent AfC at operational multi agency and others meetings as appropriate.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that adolescents are safeguarded from harm whilst parents and carers of adolescents are supported in their parenting capacity to protect and nurture them whilst ensuring that the public is protected where youth offending is concerned.
In all roles across AfC the post holders will be expected to develop and lead a culture of partnership and innovation, so that services are child focussed, flexible and adaptable. The whole organisation should learn from mistakes, share knowledge and challenge existing practice.
About AfC
We are a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Kingston, Richmond and Windsor & Maidenhead), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London. We are just 12 miles from central London, with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground, Tramlink and Thameslink trains. The borough also has a string of road links being located close to the A3 and with easy access to the M3 and M25. Our offices are located in the town centre just a few steps from the ancient market, thriving town centre and riverside, offering a wide range of shops, restaurants and leisure facilities; all making for a desirable place to live, work and socialise.
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About you
The role in the adolescent Safeguarding team can be demanding and rewarding in equal measures. To succeed in this role you will need to be:
A fantastic communicator
A resilient worker, able to work effectively in a team or on your own initiative, taking ownership and responsibility
Confident and competent with relevant statutory and regulatory framework and of an appropriate range of professional interventions
A solution focussed person with the ability to deal with sensitive issues