Do it for Devon - Bring your skills and passion to our team and join us as an Assessment Social Worker in our Child and Parent Assessment Team.
Devon County Council have an exciting opportunity for Experienced Social Workers to join the Child and parent Assessment team (CPAT) within Children's Social Care.
About Us
The Child and parent Assessment team (CPAT) are a specialist team who work within Devon Childrens services to provide parenting assessments utilising the ParentAssess model, in both Child and Parent fostering placements and in the community.
About the Role
The key purpose of the role is to improve the outcomes for our most vulnerable young people and families in Devon to encourage positive change. Working closely with experienced family practitioners, CPAT foster carers and childrens social workers you will support the parenting assessment work to enable early permanency decisions to be made for children.
Parenting assessments are usually between 8-12 weeks duration and many of the families that we work with will be in pre proceedings or the court process.
Our parenting assessment social workers make a vital contribution to delivering high-quality social care services. This is an exciting opportunity to work in our supportive team to further develop your skills and experience in parenting assessment work.
This post is part time, hours per week. The office base can flexible due to this being a County wide service.
About You
Advocating for the children and young people of Devon, you will model social work practice that is of a high standard and in line with statutory obligations. You will champion restorative practice and encourage a collaborative culture, where opportunities for reflection and learning are supported.
Your skills and experience will include:
1. A social work qualification and registration with Social Work England
2. Satisfactory completion of your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
3. Experience of working within social care, including working in a multi-agency and court environment, with knowledge of fostering regulations
4. A high-level of written and verbal communication skills*
5. The ability to build effective professional relationships with children, families, and other professionals
6. Knowledge and understanding of the legislation, models, and theories relevant to children’s social work
7. Exceptional recording and planning skills
8. A valid UK driving licence and access to a car*
* Exceptions may apply under the Equality Act
What’s in it for you?
In return for the vital contribution that you make, we have some fantastic employee benefits available, including:
9. Generous annual leave and the ability to purchase additional annual leave.
10. Free onsite parking.
11. Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee well-being services.
12. We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
13. Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
14. Discounts at over 900 national & local high street retailers through our benefits platform.
15. Cycle to work scheme.
16. Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.