Practice Educator (maternity cover)

At Gaddum, we treat everyone as individuals. We really get to know those we help, understanding their world to offer a range of support that’s right for them. Our promise of tailored support is made possible by our breadth and depth of knowledge, through our unwavering commitment to the local people of Greater Manchester. Our experience listening to generation after generation, for nearly 200 years, has taught us the importance of considering not just the individual but also the relationships around them. Our innovative approach means we can not only build resilience but identify further risks and offer preventive support now and in the future. At Gaddum, we believe that by supporting individuals, we ultimately help support entire communities. Our aim is to empower and enhance the lives of people in Greater Manchester. We currently work in four Greater Manchester authorities, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford and Stockport. Job Purpose The postholder will be responsible for two key organisational areas: – Practice Education to an allocation of student social workers: 80% of workload – Support with induction planning and administrative tasks relevant to the student placement programme: 20% of workload The postholder will be responsible for providing student social workers with effective, high-quality supervision and support throughout their practice placements and maintaining accurate records of student work undertaken to inform holistic assessments of students’ practice. This role will entail stakeholder engagement both with internal leaders and external partners. The role will involve maintaining close working relationships and crossover workstreams with the Business Support Team, Health & Safety systems, and compliance responsibilities. Main Duties and Responsibilities • Student Social Work Placements: • Maintain relationships with key placement providers through provision of high-quality practice education, • Practice Educate placements for their entirety at the charity, • Write reports relating to the above. • Support a continual and iterative induction process with support when inducting students to all relevant systems – utilising experts across the organisation to deliver elements of the package, • Work in partnership with Business Support to implement appropriate systems relating to e-learning and hand over to line management during induction, • Support the arranging of accounts, in partnership with the Business Support Team to enable new users access to the organisation’s systems.   The details contained in this job description, particularly the principal accountabilities, reflect the content of the job at the date the job description was prepared. It should be remembered, however, that it is inevitable that, over time, the nature of individual jobs will change; existing duties may be lost and other duties may be gained, without changing the general character of the duties, or the level of responsibility entailed. Consequently, this job description may be revised from time to time. All staff are expected to work within all Gaddum policies and procedures.