Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Various location across Leicestershire
Worker Category: Field Based Worker
Salary : £34,350 - £41,373 (pro-rata for part time) plus a market supplement of £3,283
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 1st December 2024
Interview Date(s): TBC
Come and be part of our Outstanding Family Safeguarding Service.
It’s an exciting time to be a part of Children and Family Services at Leicestershire County Council, our staff are at the heart of delivering excellent services to children and families across Leicestershire. Come and join us and make a difference to the lives of children and families in Leicestershire.
Our recent Ofsted inspection praised Leicestershire’s work to build “strong and long-lasting relationships” with children and families which lead to many families achieving “positive changes” in their lives. They highlighted an “ambitious and child-focused senior leadership that has successfully created a culture where the experiences and progress of children at the heart of social work practice”.
You can read more about our Ofsted Outstanding rating
About the Role
Our Family Safeguarding Service specialises in delivering high quality Child Protection Services to children and families across Leicestershire. In this role, as an experienced social worker, you will have a focus on overseeing children subject to child protection plans, alongside pre-proceedings and care proceedings, and therefore experience in this area is essential.
In Leicestershire we have a fantastic package to provide our workers. This includes the option as a full-time worker to do a 9-day working fortnight, hybrid working, celebrating diversity with a range of events throughout the year, recognition of our staff in annual Pride In Practice events, fantastic learning and training opportunities – enabling our staff to develop and progress within their roles and committed wellbeing support.
We are proud of our continuous improvement plan - ‘ which sets out our key values, behaviours and ambitions. We have embedded the Signs of Safety approach throughout our services and this approach mirrors our values of Aspiration, Being Curious and Collaboration. We are focused on working with families and the networks of family, friends and professionals around children, to work in collaboration to achieve shared goals.
We are committed to our vision of becoming a trauma informed responsive department where we believe we are “ ”. Our culture is one of partnership, where we look for solutions and recognise the potential impact of trauma on the children and families we work with and on our staff. We will strive to create a safe, compassionate, healing environment demonstrated through relationships based on trust, respect, hope and empathy. We will achieve this through a spirit of curiosity, by nurturing connections through relationships, making a deliberate effort to know and understand people, and by providing hope for growth and recovery.
Learn more about how we are responding to trauma, taking pride in practice and celebrating our achievements in social work .
We support and empower our staff to be the best that they can be. We will give you the support and resources that you need to work in collaboration with children and families.