Family Practitioner (WMJobs)

Location: Warwickshire County Council, Warwick or Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom.

About the Team

The Children with Disabilities Team supports children with complex and profound needs as a result of their disabilities. The team is passionate about working with children, families and other professionals to achieve the best outcomes for vulnerable children. The team undertakes Family Help Assessments and works with Children in Need, children subject to Child Protection Plans and Children in Care. A multi‑disciplinary approach is modelled in partnership with universal and mainstream services to support children, young people and their families. Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency teams that support the whole family, building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

Offer to you

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.
• Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply.

About the Role

We are recruiting for the role of a Family Practitioner in our Children with Disabilities Team Assessment Hub covering the County of Warwickshire. The position is full time (37 hours per week) and on a permanent contract basis.

Location: You will be based at either Hillary Road Office in Nuneaton or Shire Hall in Warwick.

Working pattern: 9am – 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9am – 5pm on Fridays. Occasionally you may be asked to work outside of these hours for example, in an emergency.

We offer a mixture of office and home based working. The expectation is you are office based at least twice per week.

Key Requirements

• Ambitious, professional, conscientious Family Practitioner.
• Experience with children and young people with complex needs and disabilities.
• Knowledgeable of the challenges experienced by families as a whole and experience supporting children and their families.
• Team player, working with colleagues in a range of disciplines, sharing knowledge, and providing support and advice to deliver the best possible outcomes.
• Experience of writing statutory assessments.

Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre‑engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. The Fluency Duty for this role is required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

Contact

To discuss the role please contact Zoe Taylor, Team Manager. Email: zoetaylorsc@warwickshire.gov.uk

Closing and Interview Dates

Closing Date: midnight on 9th December.
Interview Date: 17th and 19th December.

Equal Opportunities

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more.