Overview
Children's Experienced Social Worker – Reunification at Telford & Wrekin Council (WMJobs).
Salary: £47,362 - £50,339 per annum (salaries include market factor).
Benefits include: full reimbursement of Social Work England registration fee and Essential Car User Allowance.
Responsibilities
* Look after and support children who have for one reason or another been taken into care.
* Complete children\'s plans, attend reviews, and may attend court.
* Make visits to children and complete PEPs.
* Work with the aim of keeping families together where it is safe to do so, providing the right support at the right time.
Organisational context
Our family ethos emphasises that children and young people are best cared for by birth families and extended networks, with decision-making including birth parents and wider networks. We are committed to a strengths-based approach and continuous service improvement, with strong development opportunities and in-house training.
What you’ll be joining
Here at Telford and Wrekin Council, we have been judged outstanding for the second time in terms of effectiveness. Ofsted highlighted strengths across practice, participation, relationships with parents, the virtual school, and care leaver offers.
Requirements / Qualities
* Ability to listen to children and young people and understand their views, hopes, aspirations and worries.
* Ability to practice care and kindness; communicate effectively with children, families and professionals.
We offer
* Competitive rates of pay.
* Automatic access to a secure, flexible Local Government Pension Scheme and other staff benefits and discounts.
* Free on-site parking and generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32, plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day).
* Employee assistance programme and confidential counselling.
* Flexible and mobile working policy supporting hybrid working.
* Private lettings via Nuplace with priority for social work professionals.
Additional information
Posts working with children or vulnerable groups are subject to an appropriate criminal records check. It is an offence to apply for a role involving regulated activity with children and adults in vulnerable circumstances if barred from working with one or both groups.
Please note: We do not sponsor visas.
Application and recruitment
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications; please apply early if interested. A CV template is available if needed.
Documentation
Attached documents: 1092 Reunification Social Worker_JD PS.docx
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