Working hours: 20 hours per week, Monday-Friday, with flexibility to cover hours outside of this as the need arises within the service.
Interview Date: Week Commencing 15th September
At Thorndale Parenting Service we help transform lives, families and futures. We support children and families who face significant challenges in life, often as a result of trauma or adversity. Offering a broad range of services and supports delivered through trauma-informed and relational-based approaches and interventions, we strengthen families, support parents and safeguard children. We strive to provide safe, supportive and reparative spaces and opportunities for families to share their feelings and concerns, explore difficulties, worries and challenges, and reflect upon life events, dynamics and relationships.
We are currently looking for an experienced Social Worker, an exciting opportunityto work creatively with children and families within both our residential and day assessment services. If you are passionate about family work and are committed to ensuring children, parents and families are provided with the right support, in the right way, at the right time to deal with the challenges they may be facing, then we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
You will work collaboratively within the team to assist with day to day operations within this specialist regulated service. As a qualified social worker, you will take on a key role in the provision of safe, supportive, enabling and nurturing environments, whilst undertaking assessments, and providing targeted supports and interventions to improve family relationships, develop parental skills and knowledge, and enhance parental insight.
The successful applicant will be part of the leadership team, hold line management responsibilities, and be part of the on call rota.
The successful candidate(s) will be able to demonstrate:
1. Minimum 2 years post qualifying experience
2. Experience of delivering a client focused service which undertakes holistic assessments and identifies appropriate and meaningful support for parents and families.
3. The knowledge and skill base necessary to deliver relevant evidence-based interventions with children and families.
4. Knowledge of the importance of nurturing, trauma-informed approaches when working with children and families who have experienced adversities, and ability to deliver therapeutic parenting interventions.
5. Ability to work in a busy and emotionally intense environment, be reflective and strength focused, show good time management skills and demonstrate an ability to prioritise tasks and work as required.
6. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal and an ability to compile and present professional reports.
7. Experience of building and maintaining strong and effective partnerships with stakeholders, other services and departments, clients and staff.