Benefits
* SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues)
* Recruitment Welcome Bonus of £6,000
* Relocation costs of up to £8,000
* 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days after 5 years
* Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
* Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
* Employee Assistance Programme - Health Assured, available for you and your immediate family, 24/7/365, including telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
* Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus more.
* Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
* A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team empowering professional decisions
* Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
* Subsidised town centre car parking scheme
About the role
Our focus is to raise the profile of Children’s Services at Northamptonshire and improve the quality of our services in court so that we can provide the very best outcomes for our children, families and carers.
Our Senior Social workers are supported by experienced Team Managers, Family Support Workers and Business Support Administrators. Our new Consultant Practitioner roles are dedicated to supporting and coaching Senior Social workers with complex cases and providing valuable coaching and training.
Children in Care have 11 teams in total based across the county. We currently have vacancies for senior social workers specialising in court work in Kettering and Northampton.
We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: Amanda.Miles@nctrust.co.uk and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you.
What will you be doing?
Our children in care service provides oversight for all children in care. This includes children subject to legal proceedings where their permanency plan is being determined as well as children with a plan to remain long term in care. We focus on building meaningful relationships with young people, their families and their carers to ensure that we plan effectively for the future of every child.
We are truly passionate about what we do here, and we are looking for equally dedicated and passionate people who want to make a real contribution towards the services we deliver and improving those services for the future.
We have roles based in Kettering which focus on delivering court services from interim care order to final order so you must be happy to work / commute to this neck of the woods each day
About you
You should be a qualified social worker who wants to focus on court work with current Social Work England Registration (formerly HCPC).
You will need to be experienced at court work and will be confident and capable enough to attend court on your own if necessary.
* Previous experience of handling complex cases
* Previous experience of mentoring less experienced social workers
* Previous experience within Children in Care
* Enhanced DBS Clearance – or happy for us to undertake this for you prior to joining us
* The Right to Work in the UK
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. It is also a regulated activity and will be subject to a Barred List check
Seniority level
* Associate
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Public Health
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