Senior Social Work Practitioner

at  Stand Childrens Services

A CALL TO YOU TO HELP CREATE A WORLD WHERE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ARE VALUED AND FLOURISH.

Stand Tū Māia is looking for a social work team leader committed to restoring and preserving child and family safety and wellness.
We have an exciting opportunity for a senior practitioner to join our incredibly dedicated team in our Children’s Village in Gisborne.
Known internally as ‘Village Team Leader’ your primary responsibilities will be to help lead the delivery of therapeutic care and education services to children aged 5 to 12 who have experienced significant trauma in their lives and who need support to recover and reach their potential.
The role also includes providing social work supervision to support other social workers and care workers to contribute to the development of service excellence.
Reporting to the Kahukura Ora Service Leader, the role is to provide leadership, practice and procedural oversight on rostered shifts, Mon-Fri (rostered weekend work is not required).
The vision of Stand Tū Māia is Tāmatatia and Tiakina. That tamariki and whānau who experience multiple forms of adversity will have their safety and wellbeing restored and preserved for future generations. To this end our services strengthen family relationships, support the development of child and adult self-regulation and core executive skills, and work to reduce sources of stress. Respect and healing relationships are at the heart of our mahi. All staff are expected to demonstrate cultural humility and a commitment to restoration of whānau as a form of Te Tiriti redress.

Please refer the Job description for details