Advanced Social Worker Child Protection and Child in Need Team.
We are on our way to achieving our goal to provide Outstanding support and care to children, families, carers and practitioners across Salford. We are investing in the right social workers to get us there across our teams from newly qualified social workers to team managers including those who are looking to relocate to the area.
We have a vacancy for an Advanced Social Worker to join us in our Child Protection and Child in Need service for a period of 12 months. (one temporary post and one Maternity cover post).
Our Child Protection and Child in Need service is made up of 6 teams, each with their own Practice Manager, two Advanced Social Workers and seven Social Workers. There are opportunities to work with our cared for children, within care proceedings and pre proceedings alongside managing the plans of children at CIN and CP threshold to support them, in partnership with families, to achieve better outcomes.
Workers in this department seize the opportunity to support families to make progress so risks are reduced for children and young people.
Our social work teams are supported by a bespoke team of family practitioners co-located with the social work teams, dedicated administration support alongside minute taking pools to help to reduce the time spent on administrative tasks and close working relationships with our integrated family time service.
Have a keen interest in an area? As an Advanced Social Worker we are keen for you to have specialisms or be a ‘champion’ of practice in a certain area and we also offer the opportunity for you to become a practice educator if you wish to do so.
In Salford, we are interested in you as a person and the practitioner you are or who you aspire to be.
Your role will include:
* Effectively manage a limited caseload of complex cases in accordance with statutory responsibilities.
* Undertaking a variety of assessment types depending on the needs of the family
* Building effective relationships with children, young people and their families enabling full participation in assessment, planning, review and decision making.
* Effectively manage safeguarding risk including child protection, working within a multi-agency environment, providing a professional social work service. You will secure access to services, negotiating and challenging other professionals and organisations to provide the help required.
* Offering formal, informal, and reflective supervision to qualified social work staff, ASYEs and trainees and contribute to the development of the wider workforce
* Supporting the Practice Manager with the development and performance of the team
* Chairing Strategy Meetings and providing case direction when appropriate
* Leading by example and delivering best practice
What we can offer you:
* Up to 34 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays).
* Competitive salary.
* Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance.
* Recently refurbished office space with free parking on site. The majority of our teams are sat together in Swinton at Unity House.
* Rich in resources to help you with any child or family you work with.
* Robust training offer and mentoring scheme to support you with your career and aspirations.
* A comprehensive Wellbeing Offer
* Regular, quality, reflective supervision from a consistent management and leadership team.
If you are interested in knowing more about the make-up of our teams, how we work, our offer to you please visit:
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We appreciate you may want to have a look around our offices, meet some staff or your future potential teams we’re happy to arrange this.
We'd love to hear from you and find out more about what you're looking for so if you'd like to talk to us please just drop a quick message to social.work@salford.gov.uk and we'll get a call arranged. We look forward to hearing from you!
Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
We will not be accepting candidates who require a sponsorship for this position.
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