Assessing Social Worker (Kinship Team) - (Maternity Cover), Leicestershire
Client:
Leicestershire County Council
Location:
County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
4
Posted:
24.04.2025
Expiry Date:
08.06.2025
Job Description:
Children and Families Department
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: £31,074 - £41,373 per annum (pro-rata for part-time), including market Premium
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed term /Secondment for 12 months (Maternity Cover)
Closing Date: 28th April 2025
Interview Date(s): 12th May 2025
About the Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a full time Assessing Social Worker to join our Kinship Assessment team. This is a fixed term or secondment opportunity for 12 months, committed to achieving the very best outcomes for our children to have the opportunity to remain in the care of their birth family (wherever safe to do so) through the completion of comprehensive and analytical Friends and Family assessments (both initial viability assessments and the full Form C Kinship/SGO assessments).
We are looking for a social worker who has at least 2 years of statutory social work experience, including safeguarding, direct work, and the completion of high quality, specialised fostering assessments. Our team is committed to creating a safe, compassionate and reflective environment demonstrated through relationship-based practice built on trust, respect, support, and empathy.
We support and empower our staff to be the best they can be, providing the resources needed to work collaboratively with children and their families. In return, we offer flexible working, a supportive and approachable manager, and continued professional development as part of a welcoming and encouraging team.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
1. Hold a Social Work degree or equivalent, CQSW, DipSW (with specialism in children’s services), and have two years of recent post-qualification experience of working in a statutory setting including Safeguarding, Court, and Pre-proceeding work.
2. Have proven experience of coordinating multi-agency work to support children using formal outcome-focused plans, and experience of applying an evidence-based approach to practice, such as the Signs of Safety approach.
3. Possess in-depth knowledge and ability to apply relevant policies, appropriate legislation, government guidance, and best practices in all aspects of social work including LSCB procedures, with specific awareness of the Fostering Regulations and guidance.
4. Understand the cultural, racial, linguistic, and religious backgrounds of children, young people, and families, and how to build effective responses into service delivery.
5. Have a proven ability to communicate thoughtfully, confidently, and with purpose across all levels of service users, sustaining engagement with people in fluctuating circumstances and capacities.
6. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of factors impacting families and children achieving positive outcomes including child development, attachment, neglect, and parental factors such as substance misuse, domestic abuse, and mental health.
7. Use your initiative, prioritize, and offer flexibility to manage competing workloads and deadlines to ensure effective team working, with the ability to travel to locations throughout the County when required.
You must also have an understanding of and commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
In addition, we expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated these as part of the selection process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees in balancing their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Telephone: 01163054847
Email:
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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