Family Practitioner - Edge of Care Team

Lewisham Council

• Location: Lewisham, South East London
• Salary: £40,404-£41,637 per year
• Status: Permanent
• Contract: Full-time
• Posted: 3 hours ago

Overview

Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities. We are recognised as the UK's first Borough of Sanctuary for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

What’s the role?

We are looking for Family Practitioners to join the innovative Integrated Adolescent Service. They will join the edge of care team and will work alongside Social Workers and Lead Practitioners to reduce entries into the care and criminal justice systems.

The service is committed to preventing offending, reducing re-offending, and safeguarding children from intra- and extra-familial harm. We have delivered government-funded initiatives such as Turnaround, Engage, Your Choice, the National Referral Mechanism pilot, and an in-service Health & Wellbeing Hub. Lewisham was chosen to be a DFE Pathfinder authority to test social care reforms. The Integrated Adolescent Service has led the testing of Multi-agency Adolescent Protection & Adolescent Family Help Teams to establish improved pathways for children at risk of extra-familial harm or other vulnerabilities typical of adolescence. We are committed to using relational and strength-based approaches, and to be Trauma Informed, Anti-Racist, and to use Restorative, Contextual Safeguarding & Signs of Safety approaches to deliver interventions to children and their families.

What’s in it for you?

• Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:
• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

What we’re looking for

The ideal candidate should have excellent skills in engaging vulnerable adolescents, their families and professional networks. You will be committed to working with young people in a relationship-based and strengths-based way and you will be confident in working with parents, carers and the young person’s wider community and professional networks. You will bring a good understanding of working in a local authority setting and thorough knowledge of the issues affecting vulnerable adolescents. You will have a strong skills base and be able to use a variety of ways to support young people and their families and deliver interventions.

Location

The job is primarily based in Laurence House, Catford, London, SE6 4RU, but we operate a hybrid approach where you will be required to work both in the office and from home on a regular basis.

Special conditions

• The job is subject to a DBS check (Basic/Enhanced).

Salary

£40,404 - £41,637 per annum (SO1). All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role, with exceptions only when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale), subject to evidential proof.

Diversity

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome applications from all abilities. If you require reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead on this advert. We support the Access to Work scheme; further details are available. The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.