Salary: Band 10, £41,510 to £45,718 per annum
Contract: Fixed Term / Secondment for maternity cover to May 2026
Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)
Closing date: Sunday 9 February 2025, 23:59
Interview date: Friday 14 February 2025
The Service:
We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified and experienced social worker to join our dynamic Children and Families Multi-Agency Safeguarding Team. The team work closely with colleagues from the Police, Health, Education, Early Help, Probation, the Youth Offending Team and the Navy Welfare Service to keep children safe. MASH is a dynamic and fast-moving service managing large volumes of information within tight timescales.
"What I like about working in Portsmouth is that we are close to senior leadership; they know who we are and are in touch with our cases. Direct line managers are great as we get so much support." Chloe, HG Social Worker
Your New Role:
You will use excellent critical thinking skills to gather information in a timely manner, record accurate notes and make a succinct analysis to assist in the case decision making process. You will provide timely, high-quality assessments which generate clear plans that enable services and intervention to be targeted effectively. You will deliver quality interventions into families using UP2U Family Practice Model and Trauma Informed Model of Care to empower families to bring about sustained change. You will represent the Children and Families Service in other multi-agency settings/panels.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
What you'll need to succeed:
You have a diploma or degree in Social Work and are registered with Social Work England. You have a good working knowledge of theory and legislation including the Children act 89/04 amongst others, and can demonstrate some understanding of the issues which relate to children and their families. You are an excellent communicator, can talk at ease with clients, and have excellent accurate written skills. You enjoy a busy atmosphere, and are motivated to achieve good outcomes for children. You understand anti-oppressive practice and the legislative framework around this.
The right candidate will have the relevant experience as a 'Main or High grade' Social worker or Experienced Social Worker, and has also completed their ASYE preferably in a role in Children and Families.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached below.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Linda Mortimer, Service Leader,linda.mortimer@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 306 943
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals.Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Please submit your employment history, education history and qualifications, as well as a detailed personal statement. Remember to demonstrate in your personal statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the'Who is the Person'section of the full Job Profile, using examples from your experience or transferable skills.This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
If you don't upload a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding children's roles.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Please note that we may shortlist as we receive applications, so this advert may close earlier than the given date.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contactrecruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership safer recruitment procedures.