Job Title: Social Worker / Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding
Location:Twickenham
Salary:
* Social Worker: £39,951 - £40,614
* Senior Social Worker: £46,041 - £49,083
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
About Our Benefits
This organisation is focused on creating a positive, supportive environment, where you will have access to a wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and the technology and equipment to enable hybrid working.
You will also have access to:
* A welcome payment and retention bonus for selected roles
* Access to free parking at your main place of work
* 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after four years with bank holidays in addition
* Local government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
* Hybrid working, enabling you to work from home, office or the community, with access to the technology and equipment to support you
* Working with a wide range of families from diverse backgrounds with different presenting issues
* Travel assistance package for business use, including car and cycle mileage reimbursement, annual season ticket loan or business Oyster cards
* A minimum of 12 protected Development Days each year for all staff
* Support and recognition from a stable senior leadership team with an open door culture
* Managers who recognise complexity of cases and load, value hard work, provide reassurance, build confidence and facilitate career development and progression opportunities
* A huge range of additional professional development opportunities as part of our regional Social Work Teaching Partnership.
About the Role
This role will involve supporting children and young people who are subject to Child Protection plans and Child in Need plans.
Key Responsibilities:
* Understanding when to transfer cases from the Safeguarding team to the Permanence team
* Building strong and respectful working relationships with families, their support network and our partner agencies
* Regular assessment writing, threshold application, home visits, direct work, care planning, chairing meetings and case recording in line with our policies and procedures
* Ensuring that children and young people are actively involved in our work and their voice is captured in our case recording
* Actively taking part in reflective supervision and group supervision
About You
* An effective communicator
* Resilient worker, able to work effectively in a team or on your own, taking ownership and responsibility for the cases you are assigned
* Confident and competent with the relevant statutory and regulatory framework and have knowledge of an appropriate range of professional interventions
* Evidence of championing inclusion and diversity whilst making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people
* Solution-focused person with the ability to deal with sensitive issues.
Qualifications
* Relevant Social Work qualification
* Completion of ASYE
* Active Social Work England registration
Experience:
* Preferably recent experience in a similar role.
Important Notes:
* This is a hybrid role. Candidates will be expected to be in the office/community 3 times a week.
* At the moment we are not accepting candidates that require sponsorship.
* £3000 welcome payment + £3000 market supplement for this role.