Job Introduction
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Job title: Practice Development Officer (Model of Practice Lead)
Salary: £43,421 - £48,474
Location: Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool L3 1AH
A bit about us:
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, affordable housing, stunning waterfront and our beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
The Role:
- A great and exciting opportunity has arisen within the Children’s Workforce Academy for an experienced social work practitioner, whose role it will be to support the implementation and embedment of our Model of Practice
- This newly created permanent role forms part of our continued improvement activity in driving strength based, relational and collaborative practice in our work with children, young people and their network
- The role will primarily work directly in a modelling and supportive approach with teams across Children and Young People's Services. The priorities of the Model of Practice Lead are:
- To support the delivery of training and workshops to practitioners across the practice system in relation to our Model of Practice
- To upskill and support first line managers to embed the Model of Practice within their teams
- To lead the future embedment of the Model of Practice across the holistic practice system
- To support organisational alignment to the Model of Practice through forms review and review of policies and procedures
- To complete professional observations of practice and provide feedback in relation to practitioners’ use of the Model of Practice in line with the revised Quality of Practice Framework
- To support the implementation and embedment of the Model of Practice across our Partnership (external and internal)
- Our Model of Practice has four key workstreams: Family Safeguarding Practice, Restorative Practice, Systemic Practice and Social Pedagogy
- This post is part of a wider commitment by the Children, Families and Schools Service to support the practice system to deliver impact and focused outcomes for our children, young people and their networks via building a sustainable foundation of support to our holistic workforce
- This is a great opportunity to be part of an aspirational and forward-thinking service with a priority of ensuring the workforce are equipped with the skills, experience and knowledge to promote and enable change
Our offer to you:
- At least 31 days holiday rising to 35 after 5 years service.- option to purchase further days
- Agile working - A “Flexibility First” approach to Agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception.
- Part of the Local Government Pension scheme – option to join the AVC scheme-
- Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
- Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee assistance programme
- Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
- Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
- Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Employee Volunteering Scheme
- Medicash
Click on this link to view our Recruitment video and what life is like working at Liverpool city council - https://vimeo.com/942364338
Next steps:
Closing Date for this role is: Sunday 22nd September 2024
Interview date: Monday 30th September 2024
If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role, please contact Harriet Cadman, Recruitment & Retention Lead, via harriet.cadman@liverpool.gov.uk or Helen Lea, Principal Social Worker, via helen.lea@liverpool.gov.uk
Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk
Although we advertise on Jobs go public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.
We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.
