Children's Services Practitioner (Social Worker) - #1705475

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the NSPCC Young Witness Service for an enthusiastic and dynamic social worker to join the team.

The NSPCC Young Witness Service is currently delivering services supporting young people who are required to attend court as prosecution witnesses. The successful candidate would develop skills and experience working within these themes.

For more information on the service please visit:  https : //learning.nspcc.org.uk/services-children-families/young-witness-service

We Are Looking For

A practitioner with the ability to plan and deliver support to young people and their families through the court process, the ability to identify risk and have experience of child protection intervention as well as up to date knowledge of legislation, research and best practice; and the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of their own practice.

This is an exciting time for the NSPCC, with staff at all levels engaging in a range of new projects and developments. You will have a manageable caseload, excellent training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, they are the reason we can keep working to protect children and prevent abuse. So, to ensure our employees feel happy, supported, and valued, we offer a range of fantastic benefits. Below are just a few:

• Your salary is reviewed every year to ensure it's at least comparable with the UK's top 5 charities
• You are entitled to 29 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (if you work full-time), after 5 years this increases to 32 days!
• We match your pension contributions up to 7%
• You have access to our online discount portal with over 3,000 discounts & offers
• You have access to our Wellness Hub which provides tools to support your wellbeing (Employee Assistance Programme, emotional resilience training, mindfulness resources and more!
  
  

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This is your opportunity to contribute to service development not only in terms of direct work but also be able to get involved in evaluation, influencing and dissemination of learning and have the opportunity to be part of an exciting new strategy to help end cruelty to children.

You must hold a Social work qualification

You must be willing to undertake business travel as part of the role.

There is some home working involved as well as substantive travel across Northern Ireland to provide support across different courts.

Hiring manager Shelley Louden [email protected]