Practice Lead
Pay rate in line with the All Wales Pledge - £41.58 Umbrella
City of Cardiff Council
Within Children services Cardiff recognise Practice Leadership is a central issue in enabling people providing support to do a good job. Practice Leaders are the custodians of the vision of the team and its culture. A practice leadership management style promotes positive staff experiences when working in challenging environments. Practice Leadership encourages the workforce to demonstrate effective delivery of services by modelling the desired behaviours and using practical examples. This ensures that the workforce feel truly supported by a manager who understands the reality of their role. We are looking to recruit an experienced practitioner to lead on the delivery and active development of the service including the direct line management of a small core team of Future Practitioners.
You will have experience of effecting change or be ready to move into a leadership role. This team will both provide direct community-based casework but also develop effective partnership working across the various localities and systems that these young people are in contact with. As Lead Practitioner you will be expected to take the lead in developing effective partnership working, oversee a small staff team and support casework in absence of practitioners. You will be an experienced senior practitioner with knowledge and expertise in a range of social and psychological approaches that can provide and enable holistic packages of care and intervention to promote good social work interventions. You will have a working knowledge and direct experience and be able to support a team working within extreme and challenging situations. The practice leads will be responsible for overseeing a small caseload, supporting less experienced workers in developing their skills, knowledge and experience and observing practice and providing feedback. they will shadow visits where necessary and assist with identifying CPD for practitioners. this is a real opportunity to lead in training and developing the social workers of the future whilst remaining in practice. you will receive supervision and support from an experienced team manager and contribute the ongoing excellence in practice program Cardiff has developed.
You will be expected to come into Cardiff on site 5 days a week if needed, to observe the practice of SW.
Benefits of working for Hoop:
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20 years’ experience of the Social Work market
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Your local agency based in Cardiff
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Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in welsh throughout your job search
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PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available – you choose!
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Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)
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Twice weekly payroll
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Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England
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Provides free on-site quarterly training sessions (Contributes CPD)
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Refer a friend scheme available
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Loyalty Bonus to QSW's
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Wellbeing sessions
To apply for this role, you will need to hold -
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A relevant Social Work Qualification
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Registration with Social Care Wales
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Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS
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3 Years of referencing
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Driving license with access to a car
Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales / Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.
Please contact Kate Bowen at Hoop Recruitment on (phone number removed) if you want to find out more