Principal Social Worker - EDT ( Emergency Duty Team ) - NN1 1ED
TieTalent Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Principal Social Worker - EDT ( Emergency Duty Team ) - NN1 1ED
TieTalent Northampton, England, United Kingdom
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Our Benefits
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
Our Benefits
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
* SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues)
* Recruitment Welcome Bonus of £6000
* Relocation costs of up to £8,000
* Retention bonus payments for established personnel
* 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
* Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
* Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
* Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
* Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
* Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
* A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
* Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
* Subsidised town centre car parking scheme
About the role
The Emergency Duty team runs an out-of-hours service, responding to statutory emergencies and other social work matters within the children and adult services. The positions within the team are Principal Social Worker roles. The service operates a rota with shift patterns, and you will need to be able to access Northampton town centre within an hour’s drive. The role requires you to have the skills and experience to provide an emergency statutory social work duty service out-of-hours with minimal supervision. The ability to work autonomously is therefore paramount.
You will provide guidance and support to sessional and unqualified staff. You will take the lead in child protection investigations, adult safeguarding investigations ensuring that services are delivered within the legislative and statutory planning frameworks, Government Guidance, the Trust’s Core Values and Strategic Aims, and Service policies and procedures.
The role includes assessing the needs of children and their families against the Departments agreed threshold criteria and in accordance with National Guidance with set timescales, the creation and implementation of culturally appropriate care plans that demonstrate flexibility and innovative use of resources, and which will fulfil the statutory requirements of the Department until the next working day.
Get in touch
We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: Sarah Hunt, Team Manager and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you.
About You
You will have good communication within the Directorate, Local Authority and Partnerships, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and service user focus that delivers good outcomes for children and adults.
Three years of post-qualifying children protection experience.
You must be a qualified Social Worker, Registered with Social Work England.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. It is also a regulated activity and will be subject to a Barred List check
About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities. our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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