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Pay and benefits
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Base pay range
Peripatetic Social Worker, Grade 8: £41,771 – £47,181 per annum, plus a 2% recruitment and retention allowance and £1,239 essential car user payment.
Role and responsibilities
Do you have experience in Children\'s Statutory Safeguarding Services? Are you ingenious and innovative in your practice? Are you committed to achieving the very best for children and families?
Together for Children is seeking to recruit Peripatetic Social Workers to work across three service areas within Children\'s Services – ICRT, Assessment and Locality Teams. Whilst successful candidates will be deployed to work across the teams to support peaks in demand, assignments in each area are likely to last a number of months as you will be required to carry a case load. We are looking for experienced Social Workers who can work flexibly and who would welcome the challenge of working in different teams as required.
Our offer and development
* We will join a small social work team with a high level of support and guidance from a Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.
* A visible senior management team that promotes a nurturing, learning environment with high support and high challenge.
* Adoption of the Signs of Safety model of practice; open to applicants with or without prior experience of Signs of Safety, with extensive training and support offered by a dedicated Signs of Safety team.
* Commitment to workforce development with training in Trauma Informed Practice and Safe & Together training.
* Access to new initiatives such as our edge of care team “WEAR Together” and specialist support services for children and young people who have experienced neglect and abuse.
* Extremely attractive and competitive salary
* Up to 31 days annual leave
* Flexible working arrangements and an agile working policy
* Hybrid model of working with substantial face-to-face support and supervision
* Free onsite parking
* Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme & local authority continuous service terms and conditions
* Excellent health and wellbeing programme
Safeguarding and equal opportunities
Together for Children is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre-employment checks.
As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our established employee networks:
* Accessibility Network
* Racial Equality Network
We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.
If you have a disability please reach out to our Accessibility Network Chair to hear how we can support you during the recruitment process and if you are successful, in the workplace peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk
Employment types and functions
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Other
* Industries: Civic and Social Organizations
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