MUST BE A CAR DRIVER FOR THIS ROLE! I have an opportunity for a Newly Qualified Social Worker to complete their ASYE working with Cardiff County Council. This opporutnity would be working within a Children's remit. Cardiff do offer a Relocation Package and they also offer VISA Sponsorship, however sponsroshiop is ONLY for candidates that already live in the UK. Please do not apply if you are living abroad. I have an opportunity for a Newly Qualified Social Worker to complete their ASYE working with Cardiff County Council. Thisopportunity would be working within a Children's remit. Cardiffdoes offer a Relocation Package and they also offer VISA Sponsorship;however,sponsorship is ONLY for candidates that already live in the UK. Please do notapply if you are living abroad. Job Purpose: To assist people to resolve major difficulties in their lives and to enhance their independence and coping skills. To work within current legislation and Council policy, procedures and practice to assess, commission and review services, including planned interventions, for a specific client group. To work within the statutory guidance and policy/procedural framework to assist in protecting those who are at risk or vulnerable. To contribute to the development and maintenance of workable systems to ensure quality of service across the city and the identification of people particularly at risk. To work positively with colleagues in the statutory and independent sector to ensure an appropriate multi-agency approach, and to empower clients to speak for themselves.
Jan 30, 2026
Full time
MUST BE A CAR DRIVER FOR THIS ROLE! I have an opportunity for a Newly Qualified Social Worker to complete their ASYE working with Cardiff County Council. This opporutnity would be working within a Children's remit. Cardiff do offer a Relocation Package and they also offer VISA Sponsorship, however sponsroshiop is ONLY for candidates that already live in the UK. Please do not apply if you are living abroad. I have an opportunity for a Newly Qualified Social Worker to complete their ASYE working with Cardiff County Council. Thisopportunity would be working within a Children's remit. Cardiffdoes offer a Relocation Package and they also offer VISA Sponsorship;however,sponsorship is ONLY for candidates that already live in the UK. Please do notapply if you are living abroad. Job Purpose: To assist people to resolve major difficulties in their lives and to enhance their independence and coping skills. To work within current legislation and Council policy, procedures and practice to assess, commission and review services, including planned interventions, for a specific client group. To work within the statutory guidance and policy/procedural framework to assist in protecting those who are at risk or vulnerable. To contribute to the development and maintenance of workable systems to ensure quality of service across the city and the identification of people particularly at risk. To work positively with colleagues in the statutory and independent sector to ensure an appropriate multi-agency approach, and to empower clients to speak for themselves.
Vacancies in the following Service - Localities, Looked After Children and/or Court. Main Responsibilities of Post: 1. Working closely with the Principal Social worker, be a practice leader within the team and service area for the improvement and development of good quality practice for the benefit of children, young people, and their families by modelling standards through motivating, nurturing, and mentoring of staff. This includes embedding the Restorative practice approach that the Trust has adopted. 2. As an expert in good practice, act as a consultant for others, advising on the most complex of situations involving children, young people, and their families. This will include mentoring, observation of practice and peer reflection to support good case management underpinned by quality assurance of assessments and reports; taking a lead role where necessary with complex assessments while supporting others to develop excellent analytical and risk management skills. 3. Act as an Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment and be the Practice Educator for student social workers including the provision of regular reflective supervision, participating in regular reviews, report writing and attendance at panel. Where necessary being the co-worker for children and young people to support the development of practice by modelling good practice and offering high support and high challenge. 4. To support less experienced social workers with the care proceedings process, which includes the quality assurance of reports and assessments for court, in conjunction with the Court Consultant. 5. Supporting the Team Manager to understand performance in the team, feeding back on strengths and areas of learning within the team, providing support through reflection, training, and additional support to help improve services for children and families. Embed quality assurance function, ensuring compliance with practice standards, practice guidance, relevant legislation and adhere to organisational procedures, policies, and professional codes of conduct to uphold a high-quality seamless service. 6. Undertake audit activity and moderation responsibilities, taking responsibility for the learning from these audits to be disseminated within own team/service linking in with the Workforce and Learning Service around the delivery of learning and development workshops. 7. To be part of and undertake practice development projects, working with both colleagues, service users and stakeholders to deliver solutions to a complex range of issues. Identifying practice changes, resource implications and training required and feeding this back to the Principal Social Worker. 8. To support the team in the absence of the team manager in conjunction with the duty Team Manager for the Service Area. 9. To lead on group reflective supervision with the team, undertake direct observations of practice and hold individual reflective practice discussions as set out within the agreed policy and supervision procedures, mapped against the PCF descriptors and the post qualifying practice standards to understand the quality of VAT Registration no. (phone number removed) Company Registration Number (phone number removed) social work practice and the impact on service users. 10.Provide/offer expert opinion within the organisation, developing expertise in one or more areas of practice and acting as a member of a professional or Service Planning Group. 11.To work in conjunction with the Principal Social Worker and the Practice Supervisor forum to drive identified practice improvement and new initiatives and local and national agendas relating to social work, which will include delivering training to the wider service. Liaise and promote positive relationships with colleagues, service users, partners and stake holders ensuring that there are opportunities for co-production of resources and learning and development opportunities. 12.To identify own development needs and participate in continuous professional development opportunities including attendance at mandatory workshops and enhanced learning opportunities including supervision, appraisals, and own directed learning in line with registration expectations for social work registered bodies. Tracking the development and progression of team members to understand the training needs of individuals. This includes ensuring that the team are accessing training and development opportunities and how this is impacting on and influencing their practice. 13.Promote the priorities and policies of the Trust, through active promotion and support and acting as a champion for the Trust and Bradford; actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion policies and practice.
Jan 30, 2026
Full time
Vacancies in the following Service - Localities, Looked After Children and/or Court. Main Responsibilities of Post: 1. Working closely with the Principal Social worker, be a practice leader within the team and service area for the improvement and development of good quality practice for the benefit of children, young people, and their families by modelling standards through motivating, nurturing, and mentoring of staff. This includes embedding the Restorative practice approach that the Trust has adopted. 2. As an expert in good practice, act as a consultant for others, advising on the most complex of situations involving children, young people, and their families. This will include mentoring, observation of practice and peer reflection to support good case management underpinned by quality assurance of assessments and reports; taking a lead role where necessary with complex assessments while supporting others to develop excellent analytical and risk management skills. 3. Act as an Assessor for Newly Qualified Social Workers completing their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment and be the Practice Educator for student social workers including the provision of regular reflective supervision, participating in regular reviews, report writing and attendance at panel. Where necessary being the co-worker for children and young people to support the development of practice by modelling good practice and offering high support and high challenge. 4. To support less experienced social workers with the care proceedings process, which includes the quality assurance of reports and assessments for court, in conjunction with the Court Consultant. 5. Supporting the Team Manager to understand performance in the team, feeding back on strengths and areas of learning within the team, providing support through reflection, training, and additional support to help improve services for children and families. Embed quality assurance function, ensuring compliance with practice standards, practice guidance, relevant legislation and adhere to organisational procedures, policies, and professional codes of conduct to uphold a high-quality seamless service. 6. Undertake audit activity and moderation responsibilities, taking responsibility for the learning from these audits to be disseminated within own team/service linking in with the Workforce and Learning Service around the delivery of learning and development workshops. 7. To be part of and undertake practice development projects, working with both colleagues, service users and stakeholders to deliver solutions to a complex range of issues. Identifying practice changes, resource implications and training required and feeding this back to the Principal Social Worker. 8. To support the team in the absence of the team manager in conjunction with the duty Team Manager for the Service Area. 9. To lead on group reflective supervision with the team, undertake direct observations of practice and hold individual reflective practice discussions as set out within the agreed policy and supervision procedures, mapped against the PCF descriptors and the post qualifying practice standards to understand the quality of VAT Registration no. (phone number removed) Company Registration Number (phone number removed) social work practice and the impact on service users. 10.Provide/offer expert opinion within the organisation, developing expertise in one or more areas of practice and acting as a member of a professional or Service Planning Group. 11.To work in conjunction with the Principal Social Worker and the Practice Supervisor forum to drive identified practice improvement and new initiatives and local and national agendas relating to social work, which will include delivering training to the wider service. Liaise and promote positive relationships with colleagues, service users, partners and stake holders ensuring that there are opportunities for co-production of resources and learning and development opportunities. 12.To identify own development needs and participate in continuous professional development opportunities including attendance at mandatory workshops and enhanced learning opportunities including supervision, appraisals, and own directed learning in line with registration expectations for social work registered bodies. Tracking the development and progression of team members to understand the training needs of individuals. This includes ensuring that the team are accessing training and development opportunities and how this is impacting on and influencing their practice. 13.Promote the priorities and policies of the Trust, through active promotion and support and acting as a champion for the Trust and Bradford; actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion policies and practice.
Allocation of Children in Child Protection Inquiry Teams. When a new referral is received from CASS/MASH, the Team Manager for the CP Inquiry Team will allocate it to a Social Worker/Senior Social Worker for a child protection response. If it emerges after the strategy discussion or S47 Inquiry that a child protection response is not required, and instead a S17 response is required, the child will be referred back to the relevant district Family Help Team for allocation. Where the child needs to be presented to an Initial Child Protection Conference (ICPC), then all child protection tasks will be completed by the social worker/senior social worker in the Child CP Inquiry Team. They will also complete a conference report which will be submitted to the conference. At the ICPC, if the child is made the subject of a child protection plan, then they will be transferred to the Child Protection Service. Where the ICPC determines that a child protection response is not required, and a S17 response is required instead, this will be sent to the relevant district Family Help Team for allocation, as per the postcode. Allocation and/or Response to Children Open to Family Help When Child Protection Issues Arise Child protection concerns may become apparent on an open case in Family Help where the FHLP is not a qualified social worker. In this situation, the family does not immediately need to be re-allocated to a social worker in Family Help whilst the s47 enquiries are undertaken. This will avoid changes of worker for the family in the first instance. If a CP issue emerges on an existing case, any strategy discussion and S47 Inquiry should be carried out by the Team Manager and Social Worker from the Child Protection Inquiry Team. The team manager of the Family Help Team will inform the Team Manager of the Child Protection Inquiry Team as soon as there is a need for a child protection response and a strategy discussion. The Team Manager for the CP Team will chair any resultant strategy discussion, but the FHLP and/or the Practice Supervisor must attend and continue to provide case management service. Discussion must take place with the Family Help team manager and the CP Team Manager to clarify statutory child protection roles and responsibilities where a FHLP remains involved with children requiring an ongoing child protection response. As a rule of thumb, all child protection paperwork eg strategy meeting minutes and S47 documents may be completed by the CP Team especially where the FHLP may not be social work qualified. If the case requires an Initial Child Protection Conference, then the social worker in the Child Protection Inquiry Team will support the writing of the conference report and present the child to the ICPC. If a Child protection plan is made, then the child and family will be transferred to the Child Protection Service, where the child must be allocated to a social worker. If the case progresses to a child protection conference and the child is not considered to need an ongoing child protection response, then the allocated FHLP will remain the allocated worker and the role of the CP Team ends. If the allocated FHLP with the family up to this point was not a qualified social worker, the Family Help team manager will decide whether the FHLP remains involved, or there is a need to consider a social work qualified Lead Practitioner, or Senior Lead Practitioner. Where possible continuity of practitioner involvement with families to support relationship-based practice should be maintained. Children habitually resident in another local authority area. When a Child Protection Response eg a strategy meeting is required for a child who is habitually resident in another local authority area, the strategy meeting will be chaired by the CASS Team managers rather than the CP Inquiry Team Manager as we would not be allocating these children or undertaking the inquiry.
Jan 30, 2026
Full time
Allocation of Children in Child Protection Inquiry Teams. When a new referral is received from CASS/MASH, the Team Manager for the CP Inquiry Team will allocate it to a Social Worker/Senior Social Worker for a child protection response. If it emerges after the strategy discussion or S47 Inquiry that a child protection response is not required, and instead a S17 response is required, the child will be referred back to the relevant district Family Help Team for allocation. Where the child needs to be presented to an Initial Child Protection Conference (ICPC), then all child protection tasks will be completed by the social worker/senior social worker in the Child CP Inquiry Team. They will also complete a conference report which will be submitted to the conference. At the ICPC, if the child is made the subject of a child protection plan, then they will be transferred to the Child Protection Service. Where the ICPC determines that a child protection response is not required, and a S17 response is required instead, this will be sent to the relevant district Family Help Team for allocation, as per the postcode. Allocation and/or Response to Children Open to Family Help When Child Protection Issues Arise Child protection concerns may become apparent on an open case in Family Help where the FHLP is not a qualified social worker. In this situation, the family does not immediately need to be re-allocated to a social worker in Family Help whilst the s47 enquiries are undertaken. This will avoid changes of worker for the family in the first instance. If a CP issue emerges on an existing case, any strategy discussion and S47 Inquiry should be carried out by the Team Manager and Social Worker from the Child Protection Inquiry Team. The team manager of the Family Help Team will inform the Team Manager of the Child Protection Inquiry Team as soon as there is a need for a child protection response and a strategy discussion. The Team Manager for the CP Team will chair any resultant strategy discussion, but the FHLP and/or the Practice Supervisor must attend and continue to provide case management service. Discussion must take place with the Family Help team manager and the CP Team Manager to clarify statutory child protection roles and responsibilities where a FHLP remains involved with children requiring an ongoing child protection response. As a rule of thumb, all child protection paperwork eg strategy meeting minutes and S47 documents may be completed by the CP Team especially where the FHLP may not be social work qualified. If the case requires an Initial Child Protection Conference, then the social worker in the Child Protection Inquiry Team will support the writing of the conference report and present the child to the ICPC. If a Child protection plan is made, then the child and family will be transferred to the Child Protection Service, where the child must be allocated to a social worker. If the case progresses to a child protection conference and the child is not considered to need an ongoing child protection response, then the allocated FHLP will remain the allocated worker and the role of the CP Team ends. If the allocated FHLP with the family up to this point was not a qualified social worker, the Family Help team manager will decide whether the FHLP remains involved, or there is a need to consider a social work qualified Lead Practitioner, or Senior Lead Practitioner. Where possible continuity of practitioner involvement with families to support relationship-based practice should be maintained. Children habitually resident in another local authority area. When a Child Protection Response eg a strategy meeting is required for a child who is habitually resident in another local authority area, the strategy meeting will be chaired by the CASS Team managers rather than the CP Inquiry Team Manager as we would not be allocating these children or undertaking the inquiry.
Allocation of Children in Child Protection Inquiry Teams. When a new referral is received from CASS/MASH, the Team Manager for the CP Inquiry Team will allocate it to a Social Worker/Senior Social Worker for a child protection response. If it emerges after the strategy discussion or S47 Inquiry that a child protection response is not required, and instead a S17 response is required, the child will be referred back to the relevant district Family Help Team for allocation. Where the child needs to be presented to an Initial Child Protection Conference (ICPC), then all child protection tasks will be completed by the social worker/senior social worker in the Child CP Inquiry Team. They will also complete a conference report which will be submitted to the conference. At the ICPC, if the child is made the subject of a child protection plan, then they will be transferred to the Child Protection Service. Where the ICPC determines that a child protection response is not required, and a S17 response is required instead, this will be sent to the relevant district Family Help Team for allocation, as per the postcode. Allocation and/or Response to Children Open to Family Help When Child Protection Issues Arise Child protection concerns may become apparent on an open case in Family Help where the FHLP is not a qualified social worker. In this situation, the family does not immediately need to be re-allocated to a social worker in Family Help whilst the s47 enquiries are undertaken. This will avoid changes of worker for the family in the first instance. If a CP issue emerges on an existing case, any strategy discussion and S47 Inquiry should be carried out by the Team Manager and Social Worker from the Child Protection Inquiry Team. The team manager of the Family Help Team will inform the Team Manager of the Child Protection Inquiry Team as soon as there is a need for a child protection response and a strategy discussion. The Team Manager for the CP Team will chair any resultant strategy discussion, but the FHLP and/or the Practice Supervisor must attend and continue to provide case management service. Discussion must take place with the Family Help team manager and the CP Team Manager to clarify statutory child protection roles and responsibilities where a FHLP remains involved with children requiring an ongoing child protection response. As a rule of thumb, all child protection paperwork eg strategy meeting minutes and S47 documents may be completed by the CP Team especially where the FHLP may not be social work qualified. If the case requires an Initial Child Protection Conference, then the social worker in the Child Protection Inquiry Team will support the writing of the conference report and present the child to the ICPC. If a Child protection plan is made, then the child and family will be transferred to the Child Protection Service, where the child must be allocated to a social worker. If the case progresses to a child protection conference and the child is not considered to need an ongoing child protection response, then the allocated FHLP will remain the allocated worker and the role of the CP Team ends. If the allocated FHLP with the family up to this point was not a qualified social worker, the Family Help team manager will decide whether the FHLP remains involved, or there is a need to consider a social work qualified Lead Practitioner, or Senior Lead Practitioner. Where possible continuity of practitioner involvement with families to support relationship-based practice should be maintained. Children habitually resident in another local authority area. When a Child Protection Response eg a strategy meeting is required for a child who is habitually resident in another local authority area, the strategy meeting will be chaired by the CASS Team managers rather than the CP Inquiry Team Manager as we would not be allocating these children or undertaking the inquiry.
Jan 30, 2026
Full time
Allocation of Children in Child Protection Inquiry Teams. When a new referral is received from CASS/MASH, the Team Manager for the CP Inquiry Team will allocate it to a Social Worker/Senior Social Worker for a child protection response. If it emerges after the strategy discussion or S47 Inquiry that a child protection response is not required, and instead a S17 response is required, the child will be referred back to the relevant district Family Help Team for allocation. Where the child needs to be presented to an Initial Child Protection Conference (ICPC), then all child protection tasks will be completed by the social worker/senior social worker in the Child CP Inquiry Team. They will also complete a conference report which will be submitted to the conference. At the ICPC, if the child is made the subject of a child protection plan, then they will be transferred to the Child Protection Service. Where the ICPC determines that a child protection response is not required, and a S17 response is required instead, this will be sent to the relevant district Family Help Team for allocation, as per the postcode. Allocation and/or Response to Children Open to Family Help When Child Protection Issues Arise Child protection concerns may become apparent on an open case in Family Help where the FHLP is not a qualified social worker. In this situation, the family does not immediately need to be re-allocated to a social worker in Family Help whilst the s47 enquiries are undertaken. This will avoid changes of worker for the family in the first instance. If a CP issue emerges on an existing case, any strategy discussion and S47 Inquiry should be carried out by the Team Manager and Social Worker from the Child Protection Inquiry Team. The team manager of the Family Help Team will inform the Team Manager of the Child Protection Inquiry Team as soon as there is a need for a child protection response and a strategy discussion. The Team Manager for the CP Team will chair any resultant strategy discussion, but the FHLP and/or the Practice Supervisor must attend and continue to provide case management service. Discussion must take place with the Family Help team manager and the CP Team Manager to clarify statutory child protection roles and responsibilities where a FHLP remains involved with children requiring an ongoing child protection response. As a rule of thumb, all child protection paperwork eg strategy meeting minutes and S47 documents may be completed by the CP Team especially where the FHLP may not be social work qualified. If the case requires an Initial Child Protection Conference, then the social worker in the Child Protection Inquiry Team will support the writing of the conference report and present the child to the ICPC. If a Child protection plan is made, then the child and family will be transferred to the Child Protection Service, where the child must be allocated to a social worker. If the case progresses to a child protection conference and the child is not considered to need an ongoing child protection response, then the allocated FHLP will remain the allocated worker and the role of the CP Team ends. If the allocated FHLP with the family up to this point was not a qualified social worker, the Family Help team manager will decide whether the FHLP remains involved, or there is a need to consider a social work qualified Lead Practitioner, or Senior Lead Practitioner. Where possible continuity of practitioner involvement with families to support relationship-based practice should be maintained. Children habitually resident in another local authority area. When a Child Protection Response eg a strategy meeting is required for a child who is habitually resident in another local authority area, the strategy meeting will be chaired by the CASS Team managers rather than the CP Inquiry Team Manager as we would not be allocating these children or undertaking the inquiry.
