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Senior Practitioner – Encompass Therapeutic Hub

Salary: up to £55,749 per annum (dependent on experience)

In addition, you will receive up to £2000 annual retention payment, £2000 Golden Hello (for new employees)

Location: Hybrid Working/Bromley Civic Centre (Churchill Court)

Hours: 36 hours

Contract: 1 year contract (fixed-term for external applicants, or secondment for internal applicants)

We currently have an opportunity available in the Encompass Fostering Therapeutic Service for a full time Senior Practitioner to undertake Assessments, Support and Supervision of Foster Carers in the Encompass Hubs. 

The Encompass Fostering Therapeutic Service is made up of highly experienced foster carers and supervising social workers. This newly launched project seeks to provide extensive support to therapeutically trained carers to allow them to care for children with higher needs in a family based, nurturing, setting.  

The role will include: 

• Undertaking Encompass Family Assessments 
• Undertaking home visits to Encompass families and carrying out their supervision and supporting them with the children and young people they care for. 
• Attending PEP’s and CLA reviews and any other meetings relevant to the child and young person.  
• Undertaking unannounced home visits 
• Keeping the Encompass family’s compliance checks up to date. 
• Attending relevant panels and meetings for matching purposes and reviews. 
• Working on projects within the Hub to achieve outstanding status. 
• Working together with all of children’s services for the best interest of the children and young people we care for. 

For more information please click here to see the job description and person specification

Alternatively, if you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Tracey Webb on 0208 461 7348

Benefits working for the London Borough of Bromley: 

• Golden Hello & Annual Retention Allowance 
• Merited pay scheme
• 30 days Annual Leave
• The opportunity to participate in the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Excellent training and career development pathway
• Free Car Parking at Bromley Civic Centre 
• The ability to claim mileage for business trips in line with HMRC guidance
• Relocation Allowance (up to £8,000) for successful candidates relocating from overseas or the outer southeast area 
• A range of salary sacrifice schemes, including for lease cars, technology equipment and for gym. 
• Benefit scheme also includes a range of discounts at local retailers

Our values and behaviours have a key part to play in how staff carry out the work of the Council and how we engage and build working relationships with key partner agencies. This framework outlines the desired behaviours that align with our established values, to help create a workforce that are able to deliver services that are seen as ‘excellent’ in the eyes of local people. To read more about our REAL Values and Behaviours, please click here: Values and Behaviours.pdf 

You will be joining an ambitious service with strong leadership and clear lines of support. As part of the Bromley Promise there will be a dedicated two-week induction programme upon joining us. 

We are confident that with your support, we will continue to provide high quality social care services to our children in Bromley as set out in our improvement and transformation plan. In return we ask that you bring your passion, dedication and skills to us. 

 
The Bromley Promise: 

·       Manageable caseloads for every Social Worker 

·       Dedicated time for reflective supervision 

·       Generous Annual Leave Entitlement including an additional three days 

·       Small Cluster teams with one team manager supervising four Social Workers 

·       Two-week protected induction programme 

·       Excellent Learning and development opportunities with bespoke training for every social worker 

·       Social Workers and team managers have easy and regular access to the leadership team  

To view our Roadmap to Excellence document please click here. 

Please view our Social Work Practice Standards here: Practice Standards.pdf