Support and Safeguarding Service - Empowering Families, Protecting Futures
Join us on a rewarding journey as a Social Worker in Wiltshire, where you'll make a meaningful impact on the lives of vulnerable children and families. Our Social Workers are pivotal in supporting Wiltshire's vulnerable children, from pre-birth to age 18. We operate on a patch-based model, matching families with your expertise and chosen area within the county. We prioritise flexibility, offering various work locations and hotdesking opportunities to facilitate collaboration with safeguarding teams and services.
At our core, we believe in a 'one journey, one worker' approach, providing consistent support through dedicated relationships. Our diverse team includes ASYEs, Experienced Social Workers, Family Keyworkers, and an Assistant Team Manager. Collaboration is central to our work, as you'll partner with professionals and multi-agency teams.
We care about your well-being, offering flexible work arrangements such as a 9-day fortnight, compressed hours, full or part-time positions, and job shares.
Main duties of the job
1. To prevent family breakdown
2. To prevent children and families needing more intensive statutory services
3. To deliver an effective family-based and relationship-based approach to enable children and families to achieve positive outcomes
4. To meet all relevant statutory responsibilities
5. The Family & Children's Support and Safeguarding Service has social workers, senior keyworkers, keyworkers, and local partnership advisors delivering or supporting evidence-based direct work with vulnerable children and families (working complex level 2b [CAF] cases, Child in Need, and Child Protection cases).
6. Social workers, senior keyworkers, keyworkers, and local partnership advisors work together in pods within existing geographical hubs with appropriate supervision.
About us
The council is committed to creating an environment of positive working relationships where everyone feels engaged, supported, and able to thrive. Our Identity is a framework which sets out how we are all expected to lead, work and act to deliver our services. We will not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect which is underpinned by our vision and Our Identity framework.
We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services.
Job responsibilities
1. To contribute to team processes in a positive and appropriate manner, by attending team meetings and undertaking any necessary and appropriate team duties.
2. To make an active contribution to the development of service delivery through the sharing of knowledge, information, and skills.
3. To take responsibility for personal professional development through the utilisation of relevant practice research/developments, legislation, participative supervision, and appraisal processes.
4. To undertake further training which is consistent with the needs of the individual and the organisation, as agreed with the manager.
5. To work within an equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory framework. Value diversity within the team and in contact with other professionals, children, young people, and families.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Please see attached job description for details.
* Please see attached job description for details.
£36,575 to £38,480 a year (inclusive of a 5% market supplement)
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