Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. The vacancy is for a Special Guardianship Support Social Worker Grade 9 (Progressed – completion of ASYE and/or further progression) SCP 27–31: £38,220 - £41,771 Grade 10 (PQ Award/experienced) SCP 31-35: £41,771 - £48,072 The post requires a Social Work qualification, extensive knowledge of legislation underpinning delivery of social care and at least 3 years post qualifying experience in a statutory setting. The post holder will: require registration with Social Work England as a registered Social Worker. provide and review trauma informed support and training to families subject to Special Guardianship Orders (SGO), in line with statutory requirements and best practice guidance. must demonstrate experience and a good understanding of working directly with children and families including working with connected carers. Our Children's Social Care workforce is passionate and committed to improving outcomes for children in our Authority by providing a consistent, high-quality service to children and families, together with the support from a stable leadership and management team. We are committed to a culture of shared learning and development in which everyone has a part to play to ensure that our services to children and families focusses on positive outcomes. We have developed and continue to embed ‘Our Way of Working’ with our multi-agency partners to ensure improved collaboration and one common approach to our work with families using Motivational Interviewing and Trauma Informed Practice. Social workers are encouraged to work creatively in planning and decision-making with children and their families and our partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes and with a focus on prevention at every level. Our social workers will tell you: They feel supported and part of a team. They have access to excellent training opportunities. Managers at Cheshire West and Chester strive to make Social Workers feel valued and recognised, they are approachable, available, and compassionate. Social Workers are encouraged and supported to be creative and strive for excellence. They feel valued and supported by their team, manager, and the senior managers. As a local authority, we have developed an inspirational social work offer to support and develop our valued workforce, including: high quality progression and developmental opportunities. work-life balance, flexible and remote working arrangements available, including up to date IT equipment, and a smart mobile phone for all employees. competitive working rewards. high quality and frequent supervision. strong reflective practice framework. free parking at all our office locations. Our commitment and investment in professional development means that most of our Senior Practice Leads, Team Managers and some Senior Managers have progressed within our own organisation. As employers, we recognise that Cheshire West Council has a major role to play in improving the quality of life of its employees. We have a ‘hybrid’ working arrangement which allows us to be more flexible in how we provide services to children and families and an enhanced work/life balance to our Social Workers. We are committed to agile flexible and mobile working and helping employees to maintain an effective balance between their work and home life by being more flexible and creative in the use of our time and maximising the use of technology, whilst at the same time ensuring we can come together as teams and with our support networks on a regular basis. We have a strong and supportive political and senior leadership team with a wealth of experience and knowledge about children’s outcomes across the borough of Cheshire West and Chester. If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact: shelly.lockett@cheshirewestand chester.gov.uk Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12.60 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.