Compass Team Practitioner in Wokingham

Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
Salary: £36,363 – £39,862 per annum
Location: Shute End, Wokingham
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week.
DBS Check: Enhanced
Closing Date: 07/12/2025 at 23:00
Reference:

Compass Team Practitioner, Children\’s Services

Compass Team Practitioner:

We have an exciting opportunity for a new Compass Team practitioner to join us in The Compass Team.

The Compass Team Practitioner role will work alongside the Social Work Teams and manage a complex caseload, undertaking one-to one and co-work, in the homes and community and working closely alongside the key lead professional and colleagues from across Family Services and other key partner

The Compass Team are a dynamic & proactive team, who use Trauma Informed and Systemic Theory to underpin relationship-based practice with families. The team\’s core purpose is to provide additional capacity to support social work teams to deliver and sustain positive outcomes, achieving permanence with children, families, carers and multiagency partners focusing on:

• Children remaining at home or in their connected networks when safe to do so (traditionally referred to as edge of care).
• Children remaining in placements for as long as appropriate and without any unplanned moves (traditionally referred to as placement stability).
• Children returning home or to their connected networks, so that they can safely leave care and build their relationships and resilience in their local communities (traditionally referred to as reunification).

We are keen to recruit people with a range of skills and backgrounds who have experience of working with children and adults in varying contexts. You will want to develop your skills to work in a relationship-based way using systemic and trauma informed approaches. You will have an ability to work collaboratively, creatively and build positive relationships both with families you work with and the professional network surrounding them.

As you will be required to travel to different locations within the borough, this position requires a full UK Driving Licence. A flexible working pattern may at times be adapted as per the service need, occasionally involving some weekend work.

Our Offer

• Salary: £36,363 – £39,862 per annum
• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum (rising to 33 days with 5 years continuous service), plus 8