Job Responsibilities:
* Work alongside families to respect their rights and collaborate with them, promoting children’s upbringing within their families when possible.
* Develop high levels of skill in motivational practice to support families in making positive changes.
* Triage contacts to determine if they meet the threshold for a statutory social work assessment.
* Assess family needs, strengths, and risks, creating SMART plans to address them.
* Conduct child protection investigations and involve families in developing plans to reduce harm.
* Initiate legal proceedings or seek s20 agreements when children cannot be safely cared for within their families.
* Collaborate with commissioning, fostering, and adoption teams to identify high-quality placements for children.
* Maintain accurate and effective case records, assessments, and plans.
* Foster strong relationships with legal services and family courts for efficient legal proceedings.
* Ensure children’s and families’ views are integral to care plans, promoting integrated support across teams.
You will also recieve plus an additional payment of up to £6,000 across your first 18 months!
Rewards and Benefits
* We pay your Social Worker England Registration fee
* 28?days annual leave, rising to 30?days after 5?years’ service (plus bank holidays)
* Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
* An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
* Up to 5 days of carer’s leave per year
* Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
* A generous local government salary related pension
* Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
* 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
* Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources