Practitioner Child Protection Enquiry Teams

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families? Do you have the drive to support and empower young people to achieve their full potential? If so, Birmingham Children's Trust wants you! We are dedicated to providing outstanding care and support to children and families across Birmingham. Our mission is to ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive in a safe, nurturing environment. As a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation, we are committed to innovation and excellence in social work practice. As a Senior Practitioner, you will play a key leadership role within our newly established Child Protection Enquiry Teams, supporting the Team Manager and ensuring high-quality safeguarding practice.,

• Provide leadership and oversight in screening requests for intervention where children are suspected to be suffering significant harm.
• Offer advice and support to Family Help Teams.
• Assist with allocation of work and case progression.
• Deputise for the Team Manager when required.
• Undertake complex casework within Children and Family Services.
• Share and communicate thorough knowledge of legislation, national standards, guidance, and departmental policy through group supervision.
  
  We are looking for dedicated and compassionate professionals who are committed to making a difference. The ideal candidate will have:
• A degree in Social Work and completion of ASYE.
• Registration with Social Work England (SWE).
• Experience working with children and families in a social work setting.
• Strong assessment and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
  
  Our Benefits
• An incentive payment of £1,000 paid in full in your first months' salary (T&C's apply)
• Retention bonus of £5,000 per annum paid in monthly instalments (T&C's apply)
• Relocation Allowance of up to £8,000 (T&C's apply)
• We pay your Social Work England registration fee
• We pay your DBS application fee and reimburse your update service fee
• A generous annual leave package of 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service and 35 days after 10 years of service.
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme which gives you the chance to drive a brand-new car for an affordable fixed monthly amount as part of a salary sacrifice initiative. With no deposits or credit checks required a range of all-inclusive driving packages
• Free on-site parking at our offices on One Avenue Road (Aston) and Lifford House (Stirchley). We also provide onsite electric car charging ports which are free to use!
• Full access to our amazing internal employee benefits scheme including, Occupational Health services, Rewards Schemes, Benefits discounts (including the Blue Light Card), Health & Fitness and Personal Wellbeing support and much more!
• Flexible and hybrid working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home and we offer a variety of working patterns, to support the needs of the Trust and to ensure a positive work/life balance for our employees
• You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme in line with the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounted gym memberships with Pure Gym and Nuffield Health