At Sandwell Children's Trust, we firmly believe thatthe voice of the child should be at the centre of everything we do. We are on an ambitious journey to ensure that children and families in Sandwell are safe and empowered to thrive.
Our‘Sandwell Deal’,brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.
What we can offer you:-
* A market supplement of £2,500 per annum.
* Retention bonus of £2,000 in year 1, £3,000 in year 2 and £5,000 in year 3.
* Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
* Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
* You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
* We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
* Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
* We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.
Please visit The Sandwell Deal via this hyperlink
https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/
£37,624 - £49,231 per annum* and a relocation allowance of up to £6,500* plus, excellent benefits. Additionally, we pay a retention bonus of up to £10,000 over 3 years.
Hybrid Working -37 hours per week
We are proud to create an environment where our employees are nurtured, caseloads are manageable and continuous professional development is encouraged. With a culture of collaborative working and the child at the heart of everything we do, there’s never been a more exciting time to join the Trust.
The Sandwell Fostering Service are recruiting to a full time Social Worker vacancy. This post is in the Supervision and Support - Connected Persons Team.
Rated as ‘Good’ in their last inspection, the Sandwell Fostering Service is an Independent Fostering Agency (IFA) who working alongside Sandwell Children’s Trust providing quality foster homes for the children they care for.
This is an exciting time to join the service who work together as one supportive service, valuing our amazing foster carers and ensuring all that we do has children at the centre. We are keen to hear from social workers who can make a lasting and important contribution to the service and help to grow our fostering family. You will need to demonstrate a genuine interest and commitment to working with foster carers, be a proactive member of the team around the child and foster family, have a strength based and relational approach. You will also bring enthusiasm and a positive attitude, continually seeking to improve the lived experiences of children we care for living with Sandwell’s foster carers, and care experienced young adults who Stay Put with their former carers.
The Connected Persons Team are committed to providing important levels of support, development, supervision and training to our approved connected person foster carers who care for a named child/ren previously known to them, helping them to provide good quality care for the children we care for and improving their lived experience and outcomes.
About you: -
* You must be social work qualified, registered with Social Work England, and have completed your ASYE programme in a children and families setting.
* Have excellent analytical skills and be able to make informed decisions with information you have gathered, that has a positive impact on the child’s journey.
* A skilled listener, you will demonstrate how you have understood and ensured a child's voice is heard.
* You will need to be self-motivated, organised with effective communication skills both written and verbally.
* Be a clear decision maker and good team worker.
* Have an ability to assess risk and the knowledge of the relevant procedures to manage and reduce risk.
* You will need to demonstrate that you have experience of working with children in care, which could have been gained through working in other teams.
* Have knowledge of the relevant legislation and procedures that relate to fostering, looked after children and young people.
Please see the job description and personal specification attached for further information.
If you have any queries regarding these positions, please contact, Kelly Zulfiqar, Team Manager -
kelly2_zulfiqar@sandwellchildrenstrust.org
When people join the team at Sandwell they say it feels like they become part of the family…they have #ComeHomeToSandwell. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our Family.
So, if you think your future could lie with Sandwell Children’s Trust, then we’d love to hear from you.
Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.
Please note thatpre-employment checks will be carried out in line with the Department for Education KCSIE Guidance 2022.
Please click on the link below to complete an application form and view The Sandwell Deal
https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/apply/
*Pay rate is inclusive of market supplement
*Terms & Conditions apply for relocation allowance
#J-18808-Ljbffr