Service: Children & Families - Follaton House, Totnes.
We are currently looking for dynamic and experienced individuals to join our Children & Families Service as Advanced Social Workers.
Our Children & Families service is responsible for the management of child-in-need and child protection cases, as well as cases in legal proceedings and looked after children. It is a challenging and rewarding environment where we use restorative practice to achieve positive long-term and sustainable outcomes for all.
Working closely alongside children and their families in South & West Devon, our main goal is to build happier, healthier and safer environments for children and young people across the county. To achieve this we work at developing supportive partnerships that encourage and empower children and families to unlock their individual strengths and values, ensuring that children are at the centre of everything we do.
About the Role
Advanced Social Workers provide an important role within each of our teams. Not only do they hold smaller, more complex caseloads, they use their substantial post-qualifying experience to model social work practice that is of a high standard, in line with statutory obligations.
Within the team, our Advanced Social Workers will deliver on the job coaching and mentoring to students, unqualified staff, and less experienced colleagues to help in the development of skills and improvement of practice standards.
Working closely with the Team Manager, they encourage a collaborative culture where opportunities for reflection and learning are encouraged, enabling us to achieve the best possible outcomes for our children, young people, and their families.
About You
To be part of this fantastic opportunity, you will have substantial post qualifying experience with children and families alongside the expertise to effectively support and mentor your colleagues. You will need to be working in line with the BASW PCF framework, your skills and experience will include:
1. Experience working within social care, including working in a multi-agency and court environment
2. Strong working knowledge and understanding of the legislation, models, and theories relevant to children’s social work
3. The ability to build effective professional relationships with children, families, and other professionals
4. Exceptional recording and planning skills, along with a high level of written and verbal communication skills
5. You will need to either be a Practice Educator, or willing to undertake the relevant training at the earliest opportunity
Working in our Children & Families Service
We offer some fantastic employee benefits, including:
6. A Retention payment of £2,000 per annum pro rata
7. Generous annual leave, and the ability to purchase additional annual leave
8. Ongoing learning and development opportunities through our Social Work Academy
9. Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee well-being services
10. We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible
11. Discounts at over 900 national & local high street retailers through our benefits platform
12. Free onsite parking
13. Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
14. Cycle to work scheme
15. Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
16. A generous relocation allowance, subject to qualifying conditions