Children's Qualified Social Worker - Family Safeguarding

Telford Source: WhatJobs

£42,652 - £45,271 per annum

Overview

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Telford & Wrekin Council,

£42,652 - £45,271 per annum (Salaries include market factor where applicable)

£47,362 - £50,339 per annum (Salaries include market factor where applicable)

ASYE - SO2: £37,280 - £39,152 per annum

Full reimbursement of Social Work England registration fee

Essential Car User Allowance

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About the role

Children and young people are at the heart of all we do. The qualities that are important to them are:

Understanding that there are layers to a person, a practitioner’s ability to see the person as a "whole"
The ability to practice care and kindness
Being able to really listen to children and young people - what are their views, hopes, aspirations and worries?
The ability to communicate well

Our family are usually the people closest to us. We hold that children and young people are best cared for by their birth families and extended networks, and this underpins our ‘family first’ ethos. Where this cannot be achieved, we seek to ensure that children and young people’s relationships are maintained in line with their best interests. Birth parents and extended networks are included within the decision-making processes and we provide alternative care which is nurturing and fosters a sense of belonging.

There has never been a more exciting time to join our service. We have adopted exciting new strengths-based approaches and are passionate about delivering continuous service improvement. Here in Telford & Wrekin, we implemented a new approach to Child Protection services developed by Hertfordshire County Council, and began to deliver their innovative Family Safeguarding practice model.

Family Safeguarding is a model of system change where specialist adult practitioners are embedded within Family Safeguarding teams of Social Workers. The intervention supports a whole-system change to a local authority’s child protection approach for children up to adolescence, focusing on supporting the needs of children and adults so that children can safely remain within their families.

This involves:

Establishing multi-disciplinary teams where specialist adult practitioners in domestic abuse, mental health and substance misuse are co-located with Social Workers under a unified management structure. This enables a multi-disciplinary whole family response through direct assessment and support from specialist adult practitioners as well as multi-professional group case discussions and sharing of knowledge and skills across disciplines.
Use of Motivational Interviewing (MI) as a framework for practice for all staff. Staff undergo training and ongoing skills development workshops and follow a structured solution-focused intervention programme with families to work collaboratively and increase engagement.
Using an electronic assessment workbook which provides a single data tool for all professionals and links to the work programme. This increases ease of information sharing between professionals and reduces social worker time spent recording and sharing information.

Responsibilities

Provide direct social work support to children, young people and families within the Family Safeguarding model.
Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to assess needs and plan interventions.
Engage in reflective practice and participate in ongoing professional development.

Benefits and Additional Information

Competitive rates of pay
Automatic access to a secure, flexible Local Government Pension Scheme
Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
Free on-site parking
Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
Free access to employee assistance programme and confidential counselling
Flexible and mobile working policy; hybrid working model
Private lettings available from Nuplace with priority to social work professionals

Requirements and Compliance

Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check. It is an offence to apply for a role that involves engaging in regulated activity with children and adults in vulnerable circumstances if you are barred from working with one or both of these groups. A CV template is available if you do not already have a CV. We value our employees and offer opportunities for personal development and career progression including: