About the Team and the Role:
There is an exciting opportunity for a social worker to join our established team in the Family Adolescent Support Team - FAST, this permanent, full-time role is based in Nuneaton Justice Centre. The Family Adolescent Support Team provide high quality support to some of our most vulnerable teenagers across Warwickshire.
FAST provide services and intervention with families and young people under a Child in Need plan where the primary concern is extra-familial harm, substance misuse, tier 4 hospital discharges and 16/17-year-old homelessness. We also support young people who are on the edge of care for these reasons.
You will work within a team who have the opportunities to work creatively and within a multi-disciplinary setting to promote disruption to contextual risks and increase safety for our young people in the community. You will be working alongside multi-agency professionals such as police, safer neighborhood teams, youth workers and education.
Now is an exciting time to be a part of our team as Warwickshire has been chosen as one of the seven areas to deliver the Families First for Children Pathfinder Programme. Join us to help shape and influence the future of children's social care together. Find out why we are good Ofsted.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.
Our Offer to you includes:
1. Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
2. Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
3. A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
4. We also offer a Refer a Friend package if you're talking about a return to us with an ex colleague/friend.
5. Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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Additional Information:
Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Closing Date: 15th August 2024
Interview Date: W/C 19th August 2024
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. Seemore