Practice Manager - Innovative New Team - Adolescence - £51k

NonStop Recruitment ,
London, Greater London
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Manage an Innovative Multi Agency team A Local Authority based in the London region is seeking an experienced practitioner to provide leadership to its innovative Family Intervention team which works with service users between the ages of 11 - 17 Highlights: * The team specifically works with Adolescence and service users at the Edge of Care who maybe challenging to engage with * Service users that the team work with are typically between the ages of 11-17 * Will be working closely with Functional Family Therapists (FFT) specifically with service users who maybe exploited by gangs as a part of a new trial which is the first team to be established outside the USA * This is an Innovative multi disciplinary team * Local Authority achieved an Outstanding Ofsted during its last inspection in 2019 * You will be working in a very well resourced Local Authority which has excellent resources that Social Workers and service users have access to in order to support with cases. * Managers have created conditions that afford Social Workers the time, professional expertise and capacity to get to know children and young people well and exercise their professional expertise. * Caseloads in the team are very well managed and as a Senior Practitioner or Practice Manager you will be involved with case allocation * This is an innovative service which offer proactive and empowering models for families to prevent these young people becoming Looked After by the Local Authority * Currently the team is developing a sophisticated exploitation mapping process which you can be involved in This is an excellent opportunity to join an innovative and high performing Local Authority which received an Outstanding Ofsted in its last inspection. This team is relatively new and was setup to focus on emerging issues in the Local Authority and so far has had excellent results. The team work in a multi disciplinary way in order to support service users that maybe at risk of exploitation to prevent them becoming looked after by the Local Authority. Furthermore the team have been working and developing partnerships with other agencies to provide a more holistic package of support for these service users as well as their families As a Practice Manager you will be in a dedicated management role where you will not be holding a case load but will be focusing on the operational management of the team. Furthermore you will also be supporting the coordination of services to ensure that service users have the best possible outcomes. You will be joining an established team which is very stable and has low levels of staff turnover. To be considered for this post you should have management experience of have extensive experience in the capacity of a Senior Practitioner To find out more about this post or to discuss alternatives feel free to contact me, Rico on 0207 940 2100. Alternatively you can email me an up to date CV to R.makvana@nonstopcare.com

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