We are looking for two experienced social workers to come and join our Children in Care Team here in Dudley. These vacancies have become available due to positive career progression within the service and are a rare opportunity! If you are looking for the challenge of being a corporate parent to young people in care and are driven to achieve the best outcomes then this is the job for you. You will be a practitioner with a big heart, who role models relational and restorative practice with children at the heart of everything you do to help achieve amazing outcomes for all our children and young people in care through building positive relationships and connections with our children, young people and their families. The Children in Care Team in Dudley is a stable service, who support all children with permanency plans following proceedings, inclusive of adoption, long term fostering, residential care, connected family placements, progressing SGO and reunification. We work closely with our care experienced personal advisors jointly to secure positive and ambitious transitional plans for our young people reaching 18. We also support children who have been separated from their families and are transferred to us via the National Transfer Scheme with Kent and therefore support a cohort of asylum‑seeking children. If you have particular experience and interest in this area of work, we would be interested to hear from you!
Hours: 37 per week
Salary: Grade 9 or 10 – grade and salary subject to experience
Benefits
* Manageable case loads
* A comprehensive learning and development package
* High quality professional supervision
* Supportive and collaborative team working
* Excellent progression opportunities
* A significantly streamlined IT system allowing more time away from admin and more time to work with children and their families
* A competitive salary package, including a career progression scheme
* A range of flexible working options, including flexitime and homeworking, dependent on service requirements
* A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
* The Local Government Pension Scheme
* A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme – whatever life throws at you; we are committed to supporting you
* Bullying and Harassment and Dignity at Work policies to protect your everyday working life
Qualifications and Experience
We require social workers with 1 year post‑qualifying experience. Candidates who have not completed their ASYE programme will not be considered for this vacancy. We are recruiting qualified social workers with a minimum of 12 months post‑qualifying experience.
For more information regarding Children in Care please contact Amy Baker on 01384 813098 or email amy.baker@dudley.gov.uk. For further information on Dudley Children’s Social Care please go to www.childrenservicesjobs-dudley.org.uk.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.
We aim to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can achieve a healthy work/life balance. We are serious about our responsibility for personal and professional development and look to ensure that staff are equipped with the skills, knowledge and experience to succeed. The Council’s Benefit Package is designed to boost and maintain the health, wellbeing and general quality of life of all our staff.
Your Professional Future
We invest in our staff, to enable them to develop personal and professional skills and progress in their Social Work Career. All new employees receive a comprehensive induction, training and development programme, with regular opportunities to update their skills and achieve their full potential. We welcome fresh thinking, recognise real talent and encourage innovation and ingenuity. We train staff at all levels. We have a huge range of training opportunities, through the Centre for Professional Practice Service. We encourage and support continual professional development, with opportunities to attend external training, secondment opportunities, and earn extra qualifications through the Apprenticeship Levy.
A summary of all benefits for staff is attached.
If you have been qualified as a social worker less than 12 months, or have not yet completed your ASYE programme, and are interested in working at Dudley Children’s Services then please contact our Centre for Professional Practice who will be able to advise of any vacancies available and describe the ASYE Programme on offer. Please contact cpp@dudley.gov.uk and a member of the Team will contact you directly to discuss.
The following has information about the ASYE programme and a link to the handbook: https://www.dudleycpp.org.uk/careerprogression-ld
If you have previously been registered as a social worker in England but your registration has lapsed, and you would like to restore your registration we would love to hear from you. Email the Centre for Professional Practice cpp@dudley.gov.uk and a member of the team will contact you to talk about our ‘return to social work’ scheme.
So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.
Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.
All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.
Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the right to work in the UK.
If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acl@dudley.gov.uk who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications.
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If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcing@dudley.gov.uk.
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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications.
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Attached Documents
* JD/PS - Grade 10
* JD/PS - Grade 9
* CPF
* Employee Benefits List.pdf
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