At Sandwell Children's Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. Our 'Sandwell Deal', brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children's Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff., You will be a permanent, full time member of our Exploitation and Missing Team where you will be responsible for direct work with children and young people who go missing and are at risk of exploitation. You will co-work with Social Workers across the locality teams within Sandwell Children's Trust, ensuring that you offer relationship-based practice and intervention. We are looking for talented applicants who have experience of working with children and young people, who have a good level of experience of working within the child protection framework and who are ready to take on a new challenge within this developing team. You will work well as a part of the team, supporting the positive changes alongside your colleagues, the Team Manager, Senior Worker and Co-ordinator. You will need to drive through the positive changes needed to reduce the risks of our highest risk exploited and missing young people. You will need to be able to undertake direct work, gather vital information, form risk assessments and safety plans and work well with our partner agencies, sharing important information at the right time to ensure the safety of our young people.
* You will understand the needs of children and young people on a child in need, child protection and looked after children's plan and have a passion to safeguard children.
* You will be able to demonstrate an excellent knowledge of safeguarding, services and related procedures, practice and policies, as well as a thorough knowledge of all associated legislation.
* You will understand contextual safeguarding and how this changes and evolves through the course of work with a young person and their family.
* You will use your engagement skills to build rapport with our most difficult to engage young people to enable successful intervention and to ensure safety and minimisation of risks.
* The ability to remain organised, formulate and maintain accurate plans, reports and records and the ability to meet deadlines is essential.
* Occasional working of anti-social hours will be required.
* Most importantly you will be child focused and have to be able to demonstrate this throughout your career.
* We would like to be able to see you demonstrate that you can effectively co-work with the teams and be able to improve services.
You will need to have:
* Two years direct experience of working with children, young people and families.
* NVQ Level 3 or above in children, young people and families field
* Experience of undertaking risk assessments for the purpose of exploitation.
When people join the team at Sandwell they say it feels like they become part of the family…they have #ComeHomeToSandwell. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it's a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children's Trust and to become part of our Family.
So, if you think your future could lie with Sandwell Children's Trust, then we'd love to hear from you., At Sandwell Children's Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. To achieve this, we know how important it is to retain and attract high performing, forward thinking and innovative people and provide them with all the support they need. With a culture of collaboration, partnership working and the child at the heart of everything we do, it really is an exciting time to join Sandwell Children's Trust. Working for us There are lots of great reasons to work with us in Sandwell Children's Trust. From a generous rewards package to a culture of learning and development. Our 12 reasons to work for Sandwell Children's Trust sets us apart as the place to grow your career and feel part of a great team. Please visit the Sandwell Deal and our 12 reasons via this hyperlink: Sandwell sits in the heart of the West Midlands and has a diverse population of 341,729 people. While Sandwell is the 12^th most deprived local authority in England, it is a community where our families have high aspirations and where we pride ourselves on equality of opportunity and our adaptability and resilience.
What we can offer you:-
* Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
* Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
* You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
* We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
* Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
* We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.
With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it's a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children's Trust and to become part of our 'Sandwell Family'.,
* Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
* Access to our Learning & Development portal offering virtual training programmes, learning & development info bursts, learning events and much more.
* The latest technology enabling more effective and streamlined working.
* Detailed and effective appraisals to strengthen your practice.
* Access to a range of family friendly policies.
Benefits & Rewards
* Up to £6,500 re-location package
* Generous annual leave entitlement, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
* The opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme.
* Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 bank holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
* Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
* We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
* Reimbursement of Social Work England registration
* 24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
* Access to a range of discounts on products and services
* Salary sacrifice schemes for cars, bikes and technology.
* Refer a friend scheme
* Wellbeing initiatives and forums
* Discounted gym membership
* Eye care vouchers