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Are you a qualified Social Worker looking for a role with a good work-life balance and real progression opportunity?
Social Worker careers in East Riding of Yorkshire Council Children’s Social Care could be exactly what you’re looking for.
We are recruiting a Social Worker to join our Children’s Assessment Service, team 3, which is based in Goole/Anlaby to cover Maternity Leave for 12 months.
We work with families in the community delivering interventions through assessments and provide the families with ongoing interventions if required by transferring our families to our Strengthening and Support services whether this is through child in need plans and child protection plans or through to court work and care proceedings.
The team works closely with partner agencies and family support workers to deliver holistic interventions to children, young people, and families.
The Children’s Assessment service within the East Riding covers the whole of the East Riding and is composed of 3 teams: Assessment Team 1, Assessment Team 2, and Assessment Team 3. Each Team has 2 advanced social workers, 4 social workers, 2 apprentice social workers, and a student with dedicated admin support to undertake service-specific tasks. The roles report directly to the Team Manager.
The service offers blended working opportunities and provides agile working kits to allow work to be completed in council offices or from home.
Day-to-day duties include:
* Building relationships with children, young people, and families.
* Assessing the needs of children, young people, and families.
* Co-developing plans with families and partner agencies.
* Providing intervention and support to children, young people, and families in the community.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has completed their ASYE and is experienced and interested in working with children, young people, and families. If you want to progress to the next stage of your social work career, this is the role for you.
Check out some of our benefits:
* A competitive salary with performance-related salary progression.
* Agile and flexible working opportunities.
* Free parking at your work base.
* Beautiful scenery when traveling to appointments rather than sitting in busy traffic. Check out why East Riding is a great place to live, work, and play.
* A culture based on relational practice.
* A supportive, friendly team.
* Dedicated admin will complete service-specific duties including minute taking, document indexing, and telephone enquiries.
* Regular, reflective supervision and peer group supervision.
* Generous leave entitlement.
* Extensive training and development opportunities.
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