‘Rise’ Practice Senior Practitioner

About the job

Key information

• Department: Women’s community services
• Reports to: Complex Needs Services Lead
• Salary: £27,000 – £29,000 dependent on experience
• Location: Sedgemoor, Bridgwater Women’s Centre
• Hours: 35 hours per week (flexibility to work outside of normal working hours as required)
• Pension: Auto enrolment pension in force (6% employer contribution)

What will I be doing?

‘Rise’ is an inhouse programme delivered by The Nelson Trust to support women who have experienced – or at risk of – removals of children into the care system. The ‘Rise’ team support women throughout Somerset to take control of their lives, breaking a destructive cycle that causes both them and their children deep trauma, as well as reducing huge costs to society.

As the Rise Practice Senior Practitioner, you will provide leadership and guidance to the Rise team and wider women’s centre team to ensure the implementation and delivery of an integrated package of health, therapeutic and social support. You will hold a small caseload of Sedgemoor based women and provide line management the wider ‘Rise’ team. You will work from the Women’s Centre in Bridgwater three days per week and work on an outreach basis around the Sedgemoor area two days per week.

Key responsibilities:

•  Effectively lead and coach the Rise Practice to achieve positive outcomes for women – setting vision, targets and priorities;
• Work with the Somerset Leads and Strategic Partnerships Manager to ensure fidelity and integrity to the model through delivery of The Nelson Trust and Rise Framework elements (for example: assertive outreach with women delivered in a bespoke trauma informed approach; women are supported to use a form of effective contraception that is acceptable to them and supports them to achieve the sustained pause in pregnancy needed for the programme);
• Contribute to the data management and quarterly reporting expectations set out by our commissioner, working with Centre Leads to ensure KPIs are being hit;
• Ensure effective pathways are established and maintained with key agencies, e.g. social care, sexual health, housing and mental health;
•  Ensure an evidence base is applied to practice through assessment of a woman’s needs, case formulation, intervention delivery and review;
• Be responsible for the supervision of keyworkers working on this project which includes scheduling and undertaking regular line and case management sessions as required ensuring contractual requirements and targets are met and identifying any training needs;
•  Manage expenditure of the Rise Practice and ensure any financial spend on women is aligned with their goals as set out in the care plan;
• Ensure the effective management of all statutory requirements related to Rise Somerset at all times, including safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults, and health and safety of staff;
• Represent The Nelson Trust and the Rise programme to external stakeholders;
• Provide support and guidance when necessary to the wider Nelson Trust team;
• Embed continuous learning ethos within the Rise Practice.

What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?

General requirements:

• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults that you are responsible for or come into contact with through practice;
• Maintain an up to date working knowledge of legislation, statutory frameworks and codes of practice, including DfE Working Together, the Children Act 2004 and local Child Protection Procedures, and appropriate adult safeguarding legislation;
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and local protocols including for example the Data Protection Act and confidentiality policies; organisational policies, and Health and Safety at Work requirements;
• Work within a flexible framework in order to meet the demands of the programme outside of usual office hours and travel as required; To liaise with NT staff leads to develop relevant policy, procedure and good practice and to engage in service Governance structures.
• Recognise personal and professional boundaries at all times taking a professional approach which actively promotes the service to all stakeholders and wider community
• Actively participate in regular supervision and appraisal, identify training needs and be willing to personally reflect on interpersonal dynamics and model an open approach to adult learning.
• Promote the vision, mission and values of The Nelson Trust.
• The post holder will be expected to engage in and undertake with enthusiasm all opportunities for their own training and professional development in order to achieve additional skills as the role develops.
• Adhere to the terms and conditions of employment agreed with The Nelson Trust, working within the general operational policies of the organisation.
• Be responsible for own safety and others affected by your activities and to ensure adherence to the Nelson Trust policies and procedures regarding Health & Safety and confidentiality.
• Develop effective communications within the organisation to ensure an optimum service delivery is achieved
• To establish and maintain links to other organisations and to ensure that those links are shared within the organisation
• To be aware of and work to local and Nelson Trust safeguarding principles, practice and procedures
• Undertake additional duties as may be reasonably required and requested from time to time by Nelson Trust management.
• Make use of internal line management