Job Title: Family and Networks Practitioner
Location: Oxford
Salary: £31,368 – £40,820 per annum
Job type: Permanent, Full time
Working Hours: 37 Hours Per week
Here at The Mulberry Bush, our work transforms the lives of all those affected by childhood trauma, through specialist therapeutic services. We’re looking for individuals to join our ever-growing team to maintain our professional and industry renowned standards.
*Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.
About the Role:
To ensure that the family and network are receiving the most appropriate interventions for the child’s and family’s needs.
The Family and Network Practitioner should understand the task of the School and carry out their duties in such a manner that supports the community in providing therapeutic care, treatment and education for severely emotionally troubled primary aged children.
In the Therapies and Networks Team, FNPs work specifically with the families and professional networks of the children, providing therapeutic interventions, family support and a range of liaison tasks. The aim of the work of the FNPs is to help stabilise placements and improve relationships within families and networks.
The FNP will hold their own caseload and will be expected to use team and school structures to think about and plan their work with each family and network. The successful candidate will need to be able to work occasional weekends and evenings and parts of school holidays, in negotiation with the rest of the team.
At the core of this professional task is a commitment by each adult to the conscious use of themselves within the staff group to make sense of and understand the work at all levels and the feelings engendered by it. This is not always an easy task and you will be supported to be honest and open with your understanding of these processes within appropriate groups and meetings. Adults for this reason need to be mature as well as emotionally and physically resilient.
About you:
Essential Experience:
- Previous professional experience of working with children and families with complex needs
- Experience of working with a variety of statutory services
- Experience of working with foster carers and adopters
Desirable Training, Qualifications & Experience:
- Evidence of maintaining the requirements of the profession – eg registration with professional body, CPD etc.- is essential
- Mentalization-based therapy training, Family therapy training, or other therapeutic training relevant to family work
- Experience of working within a residential school environment
- Previous involvement in support groups for parents
- Experience of assessing families for therapeutic intervention
- Experience engaging families in creative ways
Benefits:
- 40 days annual leave
- 6% Employer contribution pension
- High level of support and supervision
- Staff Wellbeing Scheme
- Discounted Better Leisure Membership
Additional Information:
The Mulberry Bush School is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and be prepared to undertake a criminal background check by the DBS.
Deadline for applications – Wednesday 19th April 2023
Visit date – 9am until 11am Friday 21st April 2023
Interview date – Friday 28th April 2023
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Senior Family Practitioner, Senior Family Support Worker, Family Support Specialist, Senior Support Worker, Senior Social Support , Family Support Practitioner, Family Support & Protection Foster Care, Care Manager, Outreach, Senior Care Assistant, Team Leader, Care Work Assistant, Care Worker, Care Assistant, Practitioner, Outreach Training Specialist, Domiciliary Support Assistant, Outreach Resident Care Worker, Elderly Care Assistant, Child Support Worker will also be considered for this role.
