Experienced Social Workers (Various Teams) Services: Access and Assessment, Safeguarding and Corporate Parenting PO3 £44,862 rising in annual increments to £48,063 pa incl. LW Permanent / Full Time / Hybrid working Can you help positively shape and develop the lives of children in Lambeth? Does the sound of joining a friendly, compassionate, positive, and supportive social work team appeal to you? Would you like to join a council that invest in developing our Social Workers through a clear progression pathway which is aligned with our learning and development training delivered through our ambitious Lambeth Social Care Academy? If yes, we have the perfect role for you! We are looking to recruit full time experienced Social Workers to join our children's social work teams and help play a key role in achieving positive outcomes for children and their families in Lambeth! In return for your hard work, skills, knowledge and experience, you will receive: A competitive starting salary of £44,862 pa that rises to a maximum of £48,063 pa A £1,000 welcome payment, and after 12 months A £1,000 pa market supplement (all Social Work teams) A £1,500 pa retention allowance (Assessment, Safeguarding and Court only) Progression opportunities into team-based Advanced Practitioner, Practice Development and Consultant Social Worker posts (earning up to £51,783 pa) Flexible working opportunities with hybrid working and top of the range technology A manageable caseload (which is below the inner London average) A fantastic, modern working environment in the award-winning Civic Centre building 27 days of annual leave (rising to 33 days for those with continuous service of more than five years) Access to a comprehensive benefits package Our vision Our Children's Services is delivering against a bold ambition for Lambeth's future, focusing on achieving the best possible outcomes for our children and young people. We are dedicated to creating an environment where social work practice can thrive, where Social Workers are encouraged to be innovative and creative to ensure the services we offer to children and families helps improves their lives. "Lambeth - a borough with social and climate justice at its heart. By harnessing the power and pride of our people and partnerships, we will proactively tackle inequalities so that children and young people can have the best start in life and so everyone can feel safe and thrive in a place of opportunity" Lambeth Borough Plan 2023. In Lambeth we put children and their families at the heart of practice, and practice at the heart of all that we do. Our new Borough Plan has social justice at the centre and a clear vision for improving outcomes for our children and families. We are working at pace to create the conditions for effective social work to flourish and for all our children to receive a good service. We are clear on the challenges we face and have the courage and vision to deliver improvements. Following our inspection in 2022 Ofsted recognised the momentum and investment in Children's Services. We are recruiting qualified social workers for the following teams below: Cooperate Parenting Service Children Looked After Team (CLA) Fostering Team (FT) 16 plus Independence Team (IT) Access and Assessments Service Children Assessment Team (CAT) Safeguarding Service Family Support & Child Protection Team (FSCP) Children with Disabilities Team (CWD) Court Team (CT) About the role You will provide high quality statutory social work services to children, young people and their families/carers to ensure an environment which safeguards and promotes their welfare and enables children wherever possible to remain within their family and community. About you As an Experienced Social Worker, you will provide an environment where your practice will flourish to contribute to positive outcomes for our children and young people. You will work within small friendly teams, have a manageable caseload, and be provided with strong learning resources. You will also receive extra personal support from an advanced practitioner, bespoke learning and development and excellent post-qualifying opportunities through the Lambeth Social Care Academy. Lambeth is on an improvement journey to excellence and your experience will contribute to lasting transformation through team spirit, leading by example and sharing your expertise. To be considered for interview, you will: Have a relevant social work qualification (Social Work England) Have passed your ASYE year (please note we run a separate program for newly qualified Social Workers) Have compassion and an understanding of the needs of children and families Have knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance and practices Be an excellent communicator For an informal chat, please contact Rina Wood, Principal Social Worker by email at . How to apply: Interested? Click on the apply button and complete an on-line application, explicitly evidencing in the supporting statement field how you meet the shortlist criteria marked with an 'A' at shortlist stage. Please note we operate an anonymised application process. If you are uploading your CV or a personal statement, please remove your personal details and replace these with your unique candidate application number. Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at You will also be required to undertake a Cifas check. Further information about Cifas can be found here . We are a Stonewall diversity champion; a Living Wage Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. Please click here for a full list of our accreditations. Job Description and Person Specification Recruitment timelines: Closing date: This is a rolling campaign, when we fill all our positions this advert will close. Shortlisting date/s: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing weekly basis Interview date/s: To be confirmed Lambeth aims for quality services and equal opportunities for all and is committed to safer recruitment
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
Experienced Social Workers (Various Teams) Services: Access and Assessment, Safeguarding and Corporate Parenting PO3 £44,862 rising in annual increments to £48,063 pa incl. LW Permanent / Full Time / Hybrid working Can you help positively shape and develop the lives of children in Lambeth? Does the sound of joining a friendly, compassionate, positive, and supportive social work team appeal to you? Would you like to join a council that invest in developing our Social Workers through a clear progression pathway which is aligned with our learning and development training delivered through our ambitious Lambeth Social Care Academy? If yes, we have the perfect role for you! We are looking to recruit full time experienced Social Workers to join our children's social work teams and help play a key role in achieving positive outcomes for children and their families in Lambeth! In return for your hard work, skills, knowledge and experience, you will receive: A competitive starting salary of £44,862 pa that rises to a maximum of £48,063 pa A £1,000 welcome payment, and after 12 months A £1,000 pa market supplement (all Social Work teams) A £1,500 pa retention allowance (Assessment, Safeguarding and Court only) Progression opportunities into team-based Advanced Practitioner, Practice Development and Consultant Social Worker posts (earning up to £51,783 pa) Flexible working opportunities with hybrid working and top of the range technology A manageable caseload (which is below the inner London average) A fantastic, modern working environment in the award-winning Civic Centre building 27 days of annual leave (rising to 33 days for those with continuous service of more than five years) Access to a comprehensive benefits package Our vision Our Children's Services is delivering against a bold ambition for Lambeth's future, focusing on achieving the best possible outcomes for our children and young people. We are dedicated to creating an environment where social work practice can thrive, where Social Workers are encouraged to be innovative and creative to ensure the services we offer to children and families helps improves their lives. "Lambeth - a borough with social and climate justice at its heart. By harnessing the power and pride of our people and partnerships, we will proactively tackle inequalities so that children and young people can have the best start in life and so everyone can feel safe and thrive in a place of opportunity" Lambeth Borough Plan 2023. In Lambeth we put children and their families at the heart of practice, and practice at the heart of all that we do. Our new Borough Plan has social justice at the centre and a clear vision for improving outcomes for our children and families. We are working at pace to create the conditions for effective social work to flourish and for all our children to receive a good service. We are clear on the challenges we face and have the courage and vision to deliver improvements. Following our inspection in 2022 Ofsted recognised the momentum and investment in Children's Services. We are recruiting qualified social workers for the following teams below: Cooperate Parenting Service Children Looked After Team (CLA) Fostering Team (FT) 16 plus Independence Team (IT) Access and Assessments Service Children Assessment Team (CAT) Safeguarding Service Family Support & Child Protection Team (FSCP) Children with Disabilities Team (CWD) Court Team (CT) About the role You will provide high quality statutory social work services to children, young people and their families/carers to ensure an environment which safeguards and promotes their welfare and enables children wherever possible to remain within their family and community. About you As an Experienced Social Worker, you will provide an environment where your practice will flourish to contribute to positive outcomes for our children and young people. You will work within small friendly teams, have a manageable caseload, and be provided with strong learning resources. You will also receive extra personal support from an advanced practitioner, bespoke learning and development and excellent post-qualifying opportunities through the Lambeth Social Care Academy. Lambeth is on an improvement journey to excellence and your experience will contribute to lasting transformation through team spirit, leading by example and sharing your expertise. To be considered for interview, you will: Have a relevant social work qualification (Social Work England) Have passed your ASYE year (please note we run a separate program for newly qualified Social Workers) Have compassion and an understanding of the needs of children and families Have knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance and practices Be an excellent communicator For an informal chat, please contact Rina Wood, Principal Social Worker by email at . How to apply: Interested? Click on the apply button and complete an on-line application, explicitly evidencing in the supporting statement field how you meet the shortlist criteria marked with an 'A' at shortlist stage. Please note we operate an anonymised application process. If you are uploading your CV or a personal statement, please remove your personal details and replace these with your unique candidate application number. Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at You will also be required to undertake a Cifas check. Further information about Cifas can be found here . We are a Stonewall diversity champion; a Living Wage Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. Please click here for a full list of our accreditations. Job Description and Person Specification Recruitment timelines: Closing date: This is a rolling campaign, when we fill all our positions this advert will close. Shortlisting date/s: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing weekly basis Interview date/s: To be confirmed Lambeth aims for quality services and equal opportunities for all and is committed to safer recruitment
Team Manager - Support and Safeguarding Our benefits We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do. We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including: 2 Day Induction Programme 2 days Signs of Safety training (social care colleagues) Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions Local government Pension Scheme Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme Employee Discount Scheme 28 days' annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years' service Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days Employee Assistance Programme Monthly quality supervision SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues) About the role We are seeking a Social Work Team Manager, with current Social Work England registration, and previous leadership experience in a similar role. You will provide leadership to your team, who will consist of each team consists of a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner, who holds complex cases and supports 5 or 6 Social Workers / Senior Social Workers and a Newly Qualified Social Worker within their team. You will be responsible for allocating and prioritising workloads effectively to ensure the care of the child is paramount, whilst also ensuring you develop your team to provide an effective and efficient service. The right candidate will have responsibility for the team plan to meet objectives and ensure performance targets are achieved. What will you be doing? Children's support and safeguarding teams complete work with children who are subject to child protection plans, child-in-need plans and Public Law Outline/initial care proceedings. They also support multi-agency practice in completing pre-birth and parenting assessments and work with adolescents focusing on contextualised safeguarding. Utilising a relationship-based approach, where the young person is at the heart of everything we do, the service will undertake assessments, both statutory and non-statutory, and will focus on intensive, direct work to meet complex needs and manage associated risks. Some packages of support will be led by social workers, others by lead professionals from across the service, including from CFN's partners. The service wants good outcomes for young people and for them to be safe; adequately housed and supported (with their families wherever possible); physically and emotionally healthy and achieving good outcomes through education, training or employment. About you The right candidate will be a qualified Social Worker, with current Social Work England registration, and ideally with a Level 5 NVQ Management qualification, or equivalent relevant experience. You will have the ability to manage a team and ensure development and performance issues are addressed though support and coaching. You will have previous budgetary control experience, ICT skills and the ability to represent the service at a more senior level if required. About us Northamptonshire Children's Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children's Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Team Manager - Support and Safeguarding Our benefits We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do. We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including: 2 Day Induction Programme 2 days Signs of Safety training (social care colleagues) Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions Local government Pension Scheme Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme Employee Discount Scheme 28 days' annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years' service Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days Employee Assistance Programme Monthly quality supervision SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues) About the role We are seeking a Social Work Team Manager, with current Social Work England registration, and previous leadership experience in a similar role. You will provide leadership to your team, who will consist of each team consists of a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner, who holds complex cases and supports 5 or 6 Social Workers / Senior Social Workers and a Newly Qualified Social Worker within their team. You will be responsible for allocating and prioritising workloads effectively to ensure the care of the child is paramount, whilst also ensuring you develop your team to provide an effective and efficient service. The right candidate will have responsibility for the team plan to meet objectives and ensure performance targets are achieved. What will you be doing? Children's support and safeguarding teams complete work with children who are subject to child protection plans, child-in-need plans and Public Law Outline/initial care proceedings. They also support multi-agency practice in completing pre-birth and parenting assessments and work with adolescents focusing on contextualised safeguarding. Utilising a relationship-based approach, where the young person is at the heart of everything we do, the service will undertake assessments, both statutory and non-statutory, and will focus on intensive, direct work to meet complex needs and manage associated risks. Some packages of support will be led by social workers, others by lead professionals from across the service, including from CFN's partners. The service wants good outcomes for young people and for them to be safe; adequately housed and supported (with their families wherever possible); physically and emotionally healthy and achieving good outcomes through education, training or employment. About you The right candidate will be a qualified Social Worker, with current Social Work England registration, and ideally with a Level 5 NVQ Management qualification, or equivalent relevant experience. You will have the ability to manage a team and ensure development and performance issues are addressed though support and coaching. You will have previous budgetary control experience, ICT skills and the ability to represent the service at a more senior level if required. About us Northamptonshire Children's Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children's Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.
Advanced Practitioner Social Workers It's an exciting time to be joining Brent's Adult Social Care service as we implement an ambitious transformation programme. This programme has created some fantastic new opportunities for Advanced Practitioner Social Workers across different teams within Adult Social Care. We are dedicated to developing the careers of our Social Workers and are committed to enhancing your Continued Professional Development through our innovative Skills Academy. About the role As an Advanced Practitioner Social Worker, you will respond to individuals in our community to provide social care support and utilise appropriate interventions. You will use a strength-based approach to promote the independence, interests, and rights of our residents and their families. As an Advanced Practitioner, you will also be able responsible for managing more complex cases and supervising a small number of staff. Across our Adult Social Care service, we strive to deliver a culture of working together, positive risk-taking, and accountability. Our core aim is to support our residents to be influential, active members of our community. As part of your Continued Professional Development you can choose a pathway to support your career interests and ambitions. Opportunities are also available to train as an Approved Mental Health Professional, Best Interest Assessor and Practice Educator. About you You will be a qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England. You will also have experience of working within social care or a community-focused multi-disciplinary setting. A good understanding of relevant Adult Social Care legislation is essential for success in these roles. You will have the opportunity to put this legislation into action, further enhancing your skills to support and empower our service users to live meaningful lives within the community. You will be able to work independently to deadlines and adapt to changing circumstances, as well as demonstrate skills in: Communication Prioritisation Caseload management Time management Multi-disciplinary working We will provide training for an exceptional candidate who cannot demonstrate all of the above criteria. About us Adult Social Care is part of the Care Health and Wellbeing department, and together we have a clear focus on working together to support residents, families, and communities. The department brings together a range of services and support. This enables us to have a clear focus on accommodation as a building block for long-term wellbeing and independence, as well as deliver genuinely multi-disciplinary working for people of any age with more complex needs. We have strong partnerships with health organisations and work closely on a range of practical and impactful projects. To find out more about working for Brent and our benefits package, please visit Additional information Salary Details -PO3 roles attract a golden hello payment of £5000 and a annual retention payment of £3,000 per annum. Additional payments are available for Practice Educators, Best Interest Assessors and AMPs. We have positions available in the hospital discharge team. We will be regularly reviewing applications and conducting weekly interview panels. We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances. The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here. As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on .
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Advanced Practitioner Social Workers It's an exciting time to be joining Brent's Adult Social Care service as we implement an ambitious transformation programme. This programme has created some fantastic new opportunities for Advanced Practitioner Social Workers across different teams within Adult Social Care. We are dedicated to developing the careers of our Social Workers and are committed to enhancing your Continued Professional Development through our innovative Skills Academy. About the role As an Advanced Practitioner Social Worker, you will respond to individuals in our community to provide social care support and utilise appropriate interventions. You will use a strength-based approach to promote the independence, interests, and rights of our residents and their families. As an Advanced Practitioner, you will also be able responsible for managing more complex cases and supervising a small number of staff. Across our Adult Social Care service, we strive to deliver a culture of working together, positive risk-taking, and accountability. Our core aim is to support our residents to be influential, active members of our community. As part of your Continued Professional Development you can choose a pathway to support your career interests and ambitions. Opportunities are also available to train as an Approved Mental Health Professional, Best Interest Assessor and Practice Educator. About you You will be a qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England. You will also have experience of working within social care or a community-focused multi-disciplinary setting. A good understanding of relevant Adult Social Care legislation is essential for success in these roles. You will have the opportunity to put this legislation into action, further enhancing your skills to support and empower our service users to live meaningful lives within the community. You will be able to work independently to deadlines and adapt to changing circumstances, as well as demonstrate skills in: Communication Prioritisation Caseload management Time management Multi-disciplinary working We will provide training for an exceptional candidate who cannot demonstrate all of the above criteria. About us Adult Social Care is part of the Care Health and Wellbeing department, and together we have a clear focus on working together to support residents, families, and communities. The department brings together a range of services and support. This enables us to have a clear focus on accommodation as a building block for long-term wellbeing and independence, as well as deliver genuinely multi-disciplinary working for people of any age with more complex needs. We have strong partnerships with health organisations and work closely on a range of practical and impactful projects. To find out more about working for Brent and our benefits package, please visit Additional information Salary Details -PO3 roles attract a golden hello payment of £5000 and a annual retention payment of £3,000 per annum. Additional payments are available for Practice Educators, Best Interest Assessors and AMPs. We have positions available in the hospital discharge team. We will be regularly reviewing applications and conducting weekly interview panels. We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances. The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here. As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on .
Social Workers It's an exciting time to be joining Brent's Adult Social Care service as we implement an ambitious transformation programme. This programme has created some fantastic new opportunities for passionate Social Workers to join our teams across Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, and Hospital Discharge. We are dedicated to developing the careers of our Social Workers and are committed to enhancing your Continued Professional Development through our innovative Skills Academy. About the role As a Social Worker in Adult Social Care, you'll respond to individuals in our community to provide social care support and utilise appropriate interventions. You'll use a strength-based approach to promote the independence, interests, and rights of our residents and their families. Across our Adult Social Care service, we strive to deliver a culture of working together, positive risk-taking, and accountability. Our core aim is to support our residents to be influential, active members of our community. As part of your Continued Professional Development you can choose a pathway to support your career interests and ambitions. Opportunities are also available to train as an Approved Mental Health Professional, Best Interest Assessor or Practice Educator. About you You will be a qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England. You will also have experience of working within social care or a community-focused multi-disciplinary setting. A good understanding of relevant Adult Social Care legislation is essential for success in these roles. You will have the opportunity to put this legislation into action, further enhancing your skills to support and empower our service users to live meaningful lives within the community. You will be able to work independently to deadlines and adapt to changing circumstances, as well as demonstrate skills in: Communication Prioritisation Caseload management Time management Multi-disciplinary working We will provide training for an exceptional candidate who cannot demonstrate all of the above criteria. About us Adult Social Care is part of the Care Health and Wellbeing department, and together we have a clear focus on working together to support residents, families, and communities. The department brings together a range of services and support. This enables us to have a clear focus on accommodation as a building block for long-term wellbeing and independence, as well as deliver genuinely multi-disciplinary working for people of any age with more complex needs. We have strong partnerships with health organisations and work closely on a range of practical and impactful projects. To find out more about working for Brent and our benefits package, please visit Additional information Salary Details-PO2 roles attract a golden hello payment of £5,000 and a annual retention payment of £3,000 per annum.Additional payments are available for Practice Educators, Best Interest Assessors and AMPs. We have positions available in the mental health team SW,learning disabilities team SW, hospital discharge team SW, assessment & well being team North,assessment & well-being team South,community review team and access & information team. We will be regularly reviewing applications and conducting weekly interview panels. We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances. The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here. As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on .
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
Social Workers It's an exciting time to be joining Brent's Adult Social Care service as we implement an ambitious transformation programme. This programme has created some fantastic new opportunities for passionate Social Workers to join our teams across Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, and Hospital Discharge. We are dedicated to developing the careers of our Social Workers and are committed to enhancing your Continued Professional Development through our innovative Skills Academy. About the role As a Social Worker in Adult Social Care, you'll respond to individuals in our community to provide social care support and utilise appropriate interventions. You'll use a strength-based approach to promote the independence, interests, and rights of our residents and their families. Across our Adult Social Care service, we strive to deliver a culture of working together, positive risk-taking, and accountability. Our core aim is to support our residents to be influential, active members of our community. As part of your Continued Professional Development you can choose a pathway to support your career interests and ambitions. Opportunities are also available to train as an Approved Mental Health Professional, Best Interest Assessor or Practice Educator. About you You will be a qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England. You will also have experience of working within social care or a community-focused multi-disciplinary setting. A good understanding of relevant Adult Social Care legislation is essential for success in these roles. You will have the opportunity to put this legislation into action, further enhancing your skills to support and empower our service users to live meaningful lives within the community. You will be able to work independently to deadlines and adapt to changing circumstances, as well as demonstrate skills in: Communication Prioritisation Caseload management Time management Multi-disciplinary working We will provide training for an exceptional candidate who cannot demonstrate all of the above criteria. About us Adult Social Care is part of the Care Health and Wellbeing department, and together we have a clear focus on working together to support residents, families, and communities. The department brings together a range of services and support. This enables us to have a clear focus on accommodation as a building block for long-term wellbeing and independence, as well as deliver genuinely multi-disciplinary working for people of any age with more complex needs. We have strong partnerships with health organisations and work closely on a range of practical and impactful projects. To find out more about working for Brent and our benefits package, please visit Additional information Salary Details-PO2 roles attract a golden hello payment of £5,000 and a annual retention payment of £3,000 per annum.Additional payments are available for Practice Educators, Best Interest Assessors and AMPs. We have positions available in the mental health team SW,learning disabilities team SW, hospital discharge team SW, assessment & well being team North,assessment & well-being team South,community review team and access & information team. We will be regularly reviewing applications and conducting weekly interview panels. We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances. The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here. As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on .
Care Assessors It's an exciting time to be joining Brent's Adult Social Care service as we implement an ambitious transformation programme. As a result of this programme our Social Workers are progressing into senior positions, and we have a variety of fantastic new opportunities opening across different teams in Adult Social Care. We're looking for Care Assessors who are passionate about working with vulnerable adults to join us and deliver an excellent service for residents of Brent. About the role As a Care Assessor in Adult Social Care, you'll respond to individuals in our community who need social care support and utilise appropriate interventions. You'll use a strength-based approach to promote the independence, interests, and rights of our residents and their families. Across our Adult Social Care service, we strive to deliver a culture of working together, positive risk-taking, and accountability. Our core aim is to support our residents to be influential, active members of our community. As part of your Continued Professional Development you can choose a pathway to support your career interests and ambitions. Opportunities are also available to train as an Approved Mental Health Professional, Best Interest Assessor or Practice Educator. About you You will be a qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England. You will also have experience of working within social care or a community-focused multi-disciplinary setting. A good understanding of relevant Adult Social Care legislation is essential for success in these roles. You will have the opportunity to put this legislation into action, further enhancing your skills to support and empower our service users to live meaningful lives within the community. You will be able to work independently to deadlines and adapt to changing circumstances, as well as demonstrate skills in: Communication Prioritisation Caseload management Time management Multi-disciplinary working We will provide training for an exceptional candidate who cannot demonstrate all of the above criteria. About us Adult Social Care is part of the Care Health and Wellbeing department, and together we have a clear focus on working together to support residents, families, and communities. The department brings together a range of services and support. This enables us to have a clear focus on accommodation as a building block for long-term wellbeing and independence, as well as deliver genuinely multi-disciplinary working for people of any age with more complex needs. We have strong partnerships with health organisations and work closely on a range of practical and impactful projects. To find out more about working for Brent and our benefits package, please visit Additional information We have a care assessor position available. We will be regularly reviewing applications and conducting weekly interview panels. We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances. The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here. As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on .
Apr 15, 2024
Full time
Care Assessors It's an exciting time to be joining Brent's Adult Social Care service as we implement an ambitious transformation programme. As a result of this programme our Social Workers are progressing into senior positions, and we have a variety of fantastic new opportunities opening across different teams in Adult Social Care. We're looking for Care Assessors who are passionate about working with vulnerable adults to join us and deliver an excellent service for residents of Brent. About the role As a Care Assessor in Adult Social Care, you'll respond to individuals in our community who need social care support and utilise appropriate interventions. You'll use a strength-based approach to promote the independence, interests, and rights of our residents and their families. Across our Adult Social Care service, we strive to deliver a culture of working together, positive risk-taking, and accountability. Our core aim is to support our residents to be influential, active members of our community. As part of your Continued Professional Development you can choose a pathway to support your career interests and ambitions. Opportunities are also available to train as an Approved Mental Health Professional, Best Interest Assessor or Practice Educator. About you You will be a qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England. You will also have experience of working within social care or a community-focused multi-disciplinary setting. A good understanding of relevant Adult Social Care legislation is essential for success in these roles. You will have the opportunity to put this legislation into action, further enhancing your skills to support and empower our service users to live meaningful lives within the community. You will be able to work independently to deadlines and adapt to changing circumstances, as well as demonstrate skills in: Communication Prioritisation Caseload management Time management Multi-disciplinary working We will provide training for an exceptional candidate who cannot demonstrate all of the above criteria. About us Adult Social Care is part of the Care Health and Wellbeing department, and together we have a clear focus on working together to support residents, families, and communities. The department brings together a range of services and support. This enables us to have a clear focus on accommodation as a building block for long-term wellbeing and independence, as well as deliver genuinely multi-disciplinary working for people of any age with more complex needs. We have strong partnerships with health organisations and work closely on a range of practical and impactful projects. To find out more about working for Brent and our benefits package, please visit Additional information We have a care assessor position available. We will be regularly reviewing applications and conducting weekly interview panels. We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances. The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here. As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on .
Senior Social Worker - Children's - Assessment Service Job Description We Are Newham. We're a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and bags of potential. We're a challenging yet rewarding place to practise social work, with the networks in place to enable you to be the best social worker you can be and make a real difference to our children and their families. Our social care services were rated to be GOOD overall by Ofsted , with leadership rated as OUTSTANDING, but we have not stopped striving to be better. We've been working tirelessly to establish a Centre of Excellence for Children's Services through investment, co-production and by continuously developing our 'Circles of Support' practice model; centring on systemic and restorative practice and a specialist support offer for our practitioners. Ofsted described Newham as having a positive culture of learning and development and we always try to develop talent in-house. We've promoted 40 internal social work colleagues during the past two years, and have put 46 practitioners through further education since 2020. We value your development and at Newham career progression is reality for many. We understand that social work can be a challenging yet ultimately very rewarding profession that makes demands of you personally and professionally. In Newham we value your wellbeing and ensure that you have the support needed for a better work/life balance through a remote working offer when you are not visiting your children and families, a pleasant, modern office space for when you are in the office, a flexible working policy where all requests are considered, and a clinical offer to support you to do your best work. Read more about practising with Newham and our work here ABOUT THE JOB Senior Social Workers have a vital case holding role delivering high quality Assessments to best serve our children and families whilst supporting lesser experienced colleagues. We have 6 teams in our Assessment Service, our large workforce being intended to keep caseloads manageable. This also means duty weeks come few and far between for our staff; duty is once every 6 weeks at Newham. SSWs will potentially take on responsibility for supervising social work students on placement at Newham so we welcome Practice Educators, though this is not essential for the role. We value our Senior Social Workers and understand the importance of supporting your learning, development and ambition, as well as your wellbeing. With this in mind, in the Assessment Service we recognise the rewards as well as the challenges that the nature of the work brings. We have a bespoke offer through our very own clinical service and support to social work teams is provided following duty week through our 'Duty Debrief' meeting. Our embedded systemic family psychotherapist facilitates group discussion and the processing of the duty week experience, and it is an opportunity to share observations among the team, to identify and address challenges, and to prioritise staff wellbeing. The family therapist is also available for joint work with social workers on visits and consultations. Our social workers have fed back that this offer has enhanced their practice and development and helped them with embedding systemic practice into the service. ABOUT YOU You have at least 3 years' post qualified experience and an understanding of working effectively within a diverse, urban community. You share our ambition and energy in embracing new ways of working. You have high working standards and are conscious of your own professional development and that of those around you, especially less experienced and student social workers starting out on their social work careers. You are always open to learning and to helping others learn so that children and families can benefit from our best practice. You have experience working in a statutory referral and assessment service. We're looking for people who have a genuine interest in a restorative, relationship based practice model drawing on systemic thinking to inform your approach to building effective relationships with children, families and communities. You will be a qualified social worker who is registered with Social Work England. WHY WORK WITH US? We've been working hard to make Newham a great place to practise. We're a GOOD local authority focused on reaching excellence. Ofsted graded our senior leadership as OUTSTANDING. We offer genuinely flexible/hybrid working as long as children and families are supported. Stability: 100% of our Service Managers and 71% of Team Managers are permanent. Our firmly established practice model, Circles of Support , was recently nominated for the prestigious MJ Award for Innovation in Children's Services and allows systemic, restorative practice to flourish. Career progression; we promoted 30 internal colleagues in 2023. Social Care Academy - 47 social workers have studied for systemic higher education with us since 2020. Our Academy offer received significant praise from Ofsted. A competitive package for Senior Social workers of up to £57,116. Oyster card/parking permit for business use. Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits (Council scheme). Travel season ticket loan, cycle scheme, Local Authority pension. TO APPLY To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement (1-2 sides of A4) through our online recruitment portal . The supporting statement should demonstrate how you meet the relevant requirements listed in the person specification in the job description. Shortlisting decisions will be based on candidates' relevant experience and on candidates' suitability for the role in line with the person specification, as described in their supporting statement and CV. Closing date: 27/04/2023 at 23:59 - please apply ASAP as we may interview suitable applicants before the closing date Interviews: ASAP If you have any questions about the recruitment process or want to discuss joining Newham Children's Services with one of our managers, please contact our Recruitment Team . Additional Information We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that's all that matters to us. The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role. We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload. The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by . ABOUT US The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London. It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east. It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR. When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London. The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock. Newham has the youngest overall population in the country. It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium. It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family. There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock. It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre in Stratford which has all the major retailers there. Newham has a large housing regeneration programme that will build over 1,000 new council homes by 2022.
Apr 15, 2024
Full time
Senior Social Worker - Children's - Assessment Service Job Description We Are Newham. We're a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and bags of potential. We're a challenging yet rewarding place to practise social work, with the networks in place to enable you to be the best social worker you can be and make a real difference to our children and their families. Our social care services were rated to be GOOD overall by Ofsted , with leadership rated as OUTSTANDING, but we have not stopped striving to be better. We've been working tirelessly to establish a Centre of Excellence for Children's Services through investment, co-production and by continuously developing our 'Circles of Support' practice model; centring on systemic and restorative practice and a specialist support offer for our practitioners. Ofsted described Newham as having a positive culture of learning and development and we always try to develop talent in-house. We've promoted 40 internal social work colleagues during the past two years, and have put 46 practitioners through further education since 2020. We value your development and at Newham career progression is reality for many. We understand that social work can be a challenging yet ultimately very rewarding profession that makes demands of you personally and professionally. In Newham we value your wellbeing and ensure that you have the support needed for a better work/life balance through a remote working offer when you are not visiting your children and families, a pleasant, modern office space for when you are in the office, a flexible working policy where all requests are considered, and a clinical offer to support you to do your best work. Read more about practising with Newham and our work here ABOUT THE JOB Senior Social Workers have a vital case holding role delivering high quality Assessments to best serve our children and families whilst supporting lesser experienced colleagues. We have 6 teams in our Assessment Service, our large workforce being intended to keep caseloads manageable. This also means duty weeks come few and far between for our staff; duty is once every 6 weeks at Newham. SSWs will potentially take on responsibility for supervising social work students on placement at Newham so we welcome Practice Educators, though this is not essential for the role. We value our Senior Social Workers and understand the importance of supporting your learning, development and ambition, as well as your wellbeing. With this in mind, in the Assessment Service we recognise the rewards as well as the challenges that the nature of the work brings. We have a bespoke offer through our very own clinical service and support to social work teams is provided following duty week through our 'Duty Debrief' meeting. Our embedded systemic family psychotherapist facilitates group discussion and the processing of the duty week experience, and it is an opportunity to share observations among the team, to identify and address challenges, and to prioritise staff wellbeing. The family therapist is also available for joint work with social workers on visits and consultations. Our social workers have fed back that this offer has enhanced their practice and development and helped them with embedding systemic practice into the service. ABOUT YOU You have at least 3 years' post qualified experience and an understanding of working effectively within a diverse, urban community. You share our ambition and energy in embracing new ways of working. You have high working standards and are conscious of your own professional development and that of those around you, especially less experienced and student social workers starting out on their social work careers. You are always open to learning and to helping others learn so that children and families can benefit from our best practice. You have experience working in a statutory referral and assessment service. We're looking for people who have a genuine interest in a restorative, relationship based practice model drawing on systemic thinking to inform your approach to building effective relationships with children, families and communities. You will be a qualified social worker who is registered with Social Work England. WHY WORK WITH US? We've been working hard to make Newham a great place to practise. We're a GOOD local authority focused on reaching excellence. Ofsted graded our senior leadership as OUTSTANDING. We offer genuinely flexible/hybrid working as long as children and families are supported. Stability: 100% of our Service Managers and 71% of Team Managers are permanent. Our firmly established practice model, Circles of Support , was recently nominated for the prestigious MJ Award for Innovation in Children's Services and allows systemic, restorative practice to flourish. Career progression; we promoted 30 internal colleagues in 2023. Social Care Academy - 47 social workers have studied for systemic higher education with us since 2020. Our Academy offer received significant praise from Ofsted. A competitive package for Senior Social workers of up to £57,116. Oyster card/parking permit for business use. Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits (Council scheme). Travel season ticket loan, cycle scheme, Local Authority pension. TO APPLY To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement (1-2 sides of A4) through our online recruitment portal . The supporting statement should demonstrate how you meet the relevant requirements listed in the person specification in the job description. Shortlisting decisions will be based on candidates' relevant experience and on candidates' suitability for the role in line with the person specification, as described in their supporting statement and CV. Closing date: 27/04/2023 at 23:59 - please apply ASAP as we may interview suitable applicants before the closing date Interviews: ASAP If you have any questions about the recruitment process or want to discuss joining Newham Children's Services with one of our managers, please contact our Recruitment Team . Additional Information We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that's all that matters to us. The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role. We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload. The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by . ABOUT US The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London. It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east. It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR. When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London. The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock. Newham has the youngest overall population in the country. It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium. It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family. There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock. It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre in Stratford which has all the major retailers there. Newham has a large housing regeneration programme that will build over 1,000 new council homes by 2022.
Job Description QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORKERS, SENIOR SOCIAL WORKERS, ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGERS, TEAM MANAGERS CHILDREN'S SERVICES SEND CV TO: QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORK TALENT POOL - CHILDREN'S If you are a qualified social worker, senior social worker, or social work manager who is considering practising with us at Newham we'd love to hear from you. Please declare interest by email to be added to our QSW talent pool and we will let you know when suitable vacancies become available. We're interested in speaking to qualified social work staff at all levels: Social Workers (£42,336 - £54,083) Senior Social Workers (£54,083 - £57,116) Assistant Team Managers (£56,903 - £59,129) Team Managers (£42,336 - £62,201) Note for NQSWs - our ASYE programme will reopen to applications in 2024. Join us as we make more and more progress towards becoming a centre of excellence for Children's Services. WHY WORK WITH US? Click here to view our recruitment video. We're a GOOD local authority set on becoming a centre of excellence for Children's Services. Ofsted reported that we have OUTSTANDING senior leadership. Stability: 100% of our Service Managers and 71% of Team Managers are permanent. Our practice model, Circles of Support , was recently nominated for the prestigious MJ Award for Innovation in Children's Services. Restorative, reflective, conscientious systemic practice. We offer genuine flexible working, with no more than 2 days in the office per week. Career progression; we've promoted 37 internal colleagues in the past 2 years. Social Care Academy - 47 social workers have studied for systemic higher education with us since 2020. Our social workers have support from our in-house clinical team and from specialist practice development social workers. HOW THE TALENT POOL WORKS - HOW TO DECLARE INTEREST 1. Send your CV and contact details by email to . 2. Make sure your email informs us of your desired teams/services and your career level. 3. We will let you know if/when we have a vacancy that matches your interest. 4. You apply for the relevant job. Please make sure you follow point number 2 and specify your career level and the teams/services you have interest in - this is really important so we can contact you about relevant vacancies. We will only contact you about vacancies as specified - no junk mail. Our current teams and services are below: Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Assessment Service Safeguarding and Intervention Service Children in Care Service Leaving Care Service Fostering Service (SGO and Supervising SWs) Contextual Safeguarding Service (Edge of Care, Exploitation, Children at risk) DCYPS (Children with Disabilities SW Service) We look forward to hearing from you. Any questions? Please get in touch by email: . USEFUL LINKS Ofsted report September 2022 Circles of Support - Our Practice Framework WE ARE GOOD! Social worker JD Senior Social Worker JD Assistant Team Manager JD Team Manager JD In sending us your CV you permit us to hold your details only for the purpose of informing you about upcoming vacancies. Data will not be used for any other purpose. Additional Information We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that's all that matters to us. The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please note that data submitted by email will only be used for recruitment purposes and in submitting this data you are authorising us to contact you. Future removal from the Talent Pool can be requested by emailing . The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by .
Apr 15, 2024
Full time
Job Description QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORKERS, SENIOR SOCIAL WORKERS, ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGERS, TEAM MANAGERS CHILDREN'S SERVICES SEND CV TO: QUALIFIED SOCIAL WORK TALENT POOL - CHILDREN'S If you are a qualified social worker, senior social worker, or social work manager who is considering practising with us at Newham we'd love to hear from you. Please declare interest by email to be added to our QSW talent pool and we will let you know when suitable vacancies become available. We're interested in speaking to qualified social work staff at all levels: Social Workers (£42,336 - £54,083) Senior Social Workers (£54,083 - £57,116) Assistant Team Managers (£56,903 - £59,129) Team Managers (£42,336 - £62,201) Note for NQSWs - our ASYE programme will reopen to applications in 2024. Join us as we make more and more progress towards becoming a centre of excellence for Children's Services. WHY WORK WITH US? Click here to view our recruitment video. We're a GOOD local authority set on becoming a centre of excellence for Children's Services. Ofsted reported that we have OUTSTANDING senior leadership. Stability: 100% of our Service Managers and 71% of Team Managers are permanent. Our practice model, Circles of Support , was recently nominated for the prestigious MJ Award for Innovation in Children's Services. Restorative, reflective, conscientious systemic practice. We offer genuine flexible working, with no more than 2 days in the office per week. Career progression; we've promoted 37 internal colleagues in the past 2 years. Social Care Academy - 47 social workers have studied for systemic higher education with us since 2020. Our social workers have support from our in-house clinical team and from specialist practice development social workers. HOW THE TALENT POOL WORKS - HOW TO DECLARE INTEREST 1. Send your CV and contact details by email to . 2. Make sure your email informs us of your desired teams/services and your career level. 3. We will let you know if/when we have a vacancy that matches your interest. 4. You apply for the relevant job. Please make sure you follow point number 2 and specify your career level and the teams/services you have interest in - this is really important so we can contact you about relevant vacancies. We will only contact you about vacancies as specified - no junk mail. Our current teams and services are below: Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Assessment Service Safeguarding and Intervention Service Children in Care Service Leaving Care Service Fostering Service (SGO and Supervising SWs) Contextual Safeguarding Service (Edge of Care, Exploitation, Children at risk) DCYPS (Children with Disabilities SW Service) We look forward to hearing from you. Any questions? Please get in touch by email: . USEFUL LINKS Ofsted report September 2022 Circles of Support - Our Practice Framework WE ARE GOOD! Social worker JD Senior Social Worker JD Assistant Team Manager JD Team Manager JD In sending us your CV you permit us to hold your details only for the purpose of informing you about upcoming vacancies. Data will not be used for any other purpose. Additional Information We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that's all that matters to us. The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please note that data submitted by email will only be used for recruitment purposes and in submitting this data you are authorising us to contact you. Future removal from the Talent Pool can be requested by emailing . The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by .
SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER LEAVING CARE SERVICE £54,083 - £57,116 (includes market supplement) Hybrid role - Newham Dockside E16 2QU Closing date: 23/04/2024 at 23:59 Job Description WE ARE NEWHAM It's a great time to join our Leaving Care service, with the dedicated support provided by Newham to care-experienced young people being highlighted following our recent focused visit from Ofsted (January 2024). Ofsted acknowledged that Newham has continued to provide effective Circles of Support for our care-experienced young people since our 2022 ILACS inspection, and is now providing services that encapsulate young people's holistic needs, taking the necessary steps to support young people towards independence at a pace which is comfortable for them. Why join Newham's Leaving Care Service? Great colleagues, outstanding leadership, diligent partnership work and a stable service. Ofsted stated that 'workforce stability has helped ensure that the needs of most care-experienced young people are met' , and praised 'highly determined and committed staff' who know their young people well and ' work diligently with partners.' The partnership response to sharing information was singled out for particular praise and was described as 'impressive, pioneering and well-defined.' Leadership was described as Outstanding in 2022, and there was further commendation for Leaving Care management following January's focused visit: 'Leaders and managers at Newham know their service well. Staff enjoy working in Newham and feel well supported by visible and caring managers and senior leaders'. Care-experienced young people are at the heart of what we do. Care-experienced young people 'are actively involved in the improvement of services' and are represented at boards, meetings and through contact with senior leaders; 'their voices are listened to and acted on and used to inform decision making for the future.' Our Circes of Support focus on listening to a young person, and plans for care-experienced young people at Newham are 'sensitively written, with care-experienced young people incorporating their views and aspirations'. You can find out more about our practice model, Circles of Support, here. There has been significant investment to help support our care-experienced young people. This includes The Cove, our dedicated meeting, training, work and leisure space for care-experienced young people. Activities including EET, cooking lessons, financial wellbeing and sexual health - as providing an opportunity to connect with peers and acting as a respite centre catering for essential needs. We recognise the importance of and value your role as a social worker. We understand that social work can be a challenging yet ultimately very rewarding profession that makes demands of you personally and professionally. In Newham we value your wellbeing and ensure that you have the support needed for a better work/life balance through a remote working offer; a pleasant, modern office space for when you are in the office; a flexible working policy where all requests are considered, and a clinical offer to support you to do your best work. We value career progression and look to develop our own, with 30 qualified social work promotions across Children's Services in 2023 alone. Download the job Description to find out more Read Ofsted's letter following the Jan 2024 focused visit to Newham Leaving Care Services here For an informal discussion please contact Leaving Care Service Manager, Leigh-Anne Elliott: ABOUT YOU We're looking for practitioners who have a genuine interest in a restorative, relationship based practice model drawing on systemic thinking to inform your approach to building effective relationships with care-experienced young people and their communities. You will be a qualified social worker who is registered with Social Work England, with experience working in a statutory leaving care service and a strong working knowledge of all relevant legislation relating to looked after children and care-experienced young people. Your experience includes working with care-experienced young people within a diverse, urban community - it is essential that you have an understanding of the issues, concerns, and aspirations of care-experienced young people and how as a practitioner you can support them towards living fulfilled, safe and independent lives. TO APPLY To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement (1-2 sides of A4) through our online recruitment portal . Shortlisting decisions will be based on candidates' relevant experience and on candidates' suitability for the role in line with the person specification, as described in their supporting statement and CV. Closing date: 17/03/2024 at 23:59 Interviews: ASAP following the closing date If you have any questions about the recruitment process or want to discuss joining Newham Children's Services with one of our managers, please contact our Recruitment Team . ADDITIONAL INFORMATION We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that's all that matters to us. The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role. We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload. The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by . The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London. It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east. It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR. When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London. The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock. Newham has the youngest overall population in the country. It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium. It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family. There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock. It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre in Stratford which has all the major retailers there. Newham has a large housing regeneration programme that will build over 1,000 new council homes by 2022.
Apr 15, 2024
Full time
SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER LEAVING CARE SERVICE £54,083 - £57,116 (includes market supplement) Hybrid role - Newham Dockside E16 2QU Closing date: 23/04/2024 at 23:59 Job Description WE ARE NEWHAM It's a great time to join our Leaving Care service, with the dedicated support provided by Newham to care-experienced young people being highlighted following our recent focused visit from Ofsted (January 2024). Ofsted acknowledged that Newham has continued to provide effective Circles of Support for our care-experienced young people since our 2022 ILACS inspection, and is now providing services that encapsulate young people's holistic needs, taking the necessary steps to support young people towards independence at a pace which is comfortable for them. Why join Newham's Leaving Care Service? Great colleagues, outstanding leadership, diligent partnership work and a stable service. Ofsted stated that 'workforce stability has helped ensure that the needs of most care-experienced young people are met' , and praised 'highly determined and committed staff' who know their young people well and ' work diligently with partners.' The partnership response to sharing information was singled out for particular praise and was described as 'impressive, pioneering and well-defined.' Leadership was described as Outstanding in 2022, and there was further commendation for Leaving Care management following January's focused visit: 'Leaders and managers at Newham know their service well. Staff enjoy working in Newham and feel well supported by visible and caring managers and senior leaders'. Care-experienced young people are at the heart of what we do. Care-experienced young people 'are actively involved in the improvement of services' and are represented at boards, meetings and through contact with senior leaders; 'their voices are listened to and acted on and used to inform decision making for the future.' Our Circes of Support focus on listening to a young person, and plans for care-experienced young people at Newham are 'sensitively written, with care-experienced young people incorporating their views and aspirations'. You can find out more about our practice model, Circles of Support, here. There has been significant investment to help support our care-experienced young people. This includes The Cove, our dedicated meeting, training, work and leisure space for care-experienced young people. Activities including EET, cooking lessons, financial wellbeing and sexual health - as providing an opportunity to connect with peers and acting as a respite centre catering for essential needs. We recognise the importance of and value your role as a social worker. We understand that social work can be a challenging yet ultimately very rewarding profession that makes demands of you personally and professionally. In Newham we value your wellbeing and ensure that you have the support needed for a better work/life balance through a remote working offer; a pleasant, modern office space for when you are in the office; a flexible working policy where all requests are considered, and a clinical offer to support you to do your best work. We value career progression and look to develop our own, with 30 qualified social work promotions across Children's Services in 2023 alone. Download the job Description to find out more Read Ofsted's letter following the Jan 2024 focused visit to Newham Leaving Care Services here For an informal discussion please contact Leaving Care Service Manager, Leigh-Anne Elliott: ABOUT YOU We're looking for practitioners who have a genuine interest in a restorative, relationship based practice model drawing on systemic thinking to inform your approach to building effective relationships with care-experienced young people and their communities. You will be a qualified social worker who is registered with Social Work England, with experience working in a statutory leaving care service and a strong working knowledge of all relevant legislation relating to looked after children and care-experienced young people. Your experience includes working with care-experienced young people within a diverse, urban community - it is essential that you have an understanding of the issues, concerns, and aspirations of care-experienced young people and how as a practitioner you can support them towards living fulfilled, safe and independent lives. TO APPLY To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement (1-2 sides of A4) through our online recruitment portal . Shortlisting decisions will be based on candidates' relevant experience and on candidates' suitability for the role in line with the person specification, as described in their supporting statement and CV. Closing date: 17/03/2024 at 23:59 Interviews: ASAP following the closing date If you have any questions about the recruitment process or want to discuss joining Newham Children's Services with one of our managers, please contact our Recruitment Team . ADDITIONAL INFORMATION We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that's all that matters to us. The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role. We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload. The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by . The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London. It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east. It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR. When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London. The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock. Newham has the youngest overall population in the country. It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium. It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family. There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock. It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre in Stratford which has all the major retailers there. Newham has a large housing regeneration programme that will build over 1,000 new council homes by 2022.
SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER CHILDREN IN CARE SERVICE £54,083 - £57,116 (includes market supplement) Hybrid role - Newham Dockside E16 2QU Closing date: 24/04/2024 at 23:59 - please apply ASAP as we may interview shortlistable candidates before the closing date. Job Description WE ARE NEWHAM We're a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and limitless potential. We're a challenging yet rewarding place to practise social work, with the networks in place to enable you to be the best social worker you can be and make a real difference to our children in care and their families. We've been working tirelessly to establish a Centre of Excellence for Children's Services through investment, co-production and by continuously developing our 'Circles of Support' practice model; centring on systemic and restorative practice and a specialist support offer for our practitioners. Ofsted described Newham as having a positive culture of learning and development and we always try to develop talent in-house. We promoted 30 internal colleagues in 2023 alone, and have put more than 47 practitioners through further education since 2020. We value your development and at Newham career progression is reality for many. We understand that social work can be a challenging yet ultimately very rewarding profession that makes demands of you personally and professionally. In Newham we value your wellbeing and ensure that you have the support needed for a better work/life balance through a remote working offer when you are not visiting your children and families, a pleasant, modern office space for when you are in the office, a flexible working policy where all requests are considered, and a clinical offer to support you to do your best work. Our recent (Jan 24) visit from Ofsted was focused our services for Children in Care and Care Leavers, we'd love for you to read the positive report here before considering joining us. ABOUT THE JOB Social Work in Newham is underpinned by a culture of Systemic and Restorative practice with high quality relationships at the heart of our approach. Our children in care service work closely with children and young people who are in the care of the local authority, from care proceedings, during placements, to eventual transfer to leaving care services or hopefully returning to family. Senior Social Workers have a vital case holding role delivering high quality practice to best serve our children and families, whilst supporting lesser experienced colleagues. SSWs will potentially take on responsibility for supervising social work students on placement at Newham so we welcome Practice Educators, though this is not essential for this role. You'll be joining an experienced and friendly service, where progression is a genuine possibility; we've seen two Senior Social Workers make the upwards step to Assistant Team Manager, and one Assistant Team Manager to move up to Team Manager, within the last 12 months. We value our practitioners and understand the importance of supporting your learning, development and ambition, as well as your wellbeing. We have a bespoke offer through our very own clinical service and support to social work teams is provided following duty week through our 'Duty Debrief' meeting. Our embedded systemic family psychotherapist facilitates group discussion and the processing of the duty week experience, and it is an opportunity to share observations among the team, to identify and address challenges, and to prioritise staff wellbeing. The family therapist is also available for joint work with social workers on visits and consultations. Our social workers have fed back that this offer has enhanced their practice and development and helped them with embedding systemic practice into the service. ABOUT YOU You have at least 3 years' post qualified experience and an understanding of working effectively within a diverse urban community, with particular career focus on supporting looked after children. We're looking for people who have a genuine interest in a restorative, relationship based practice model drawing on systemic thinking to inform your approach to building effective relationships with children, families and communities. We do require court work experience (and confidence) to enter this service at Senior Social Worker level. You share our ambition and energy in embracing new ways of working. You have high working standards and are conscious of your own professional development and that of those around you, especially less experienced and student social workers starting out on their social work careers. You are always open to learning and to helping others learn so that children and families can benefit from our best practice. You have experience working in a statutory looked after children focused service. You will be a qualified social worker who is registered with Social Work England. WHY WORK WITH US? We've been working hard to make Newham a great place to practise social work. We're a GOOD local authority focused on reaching excellence. Ofsted graded our senior leadership as OUTSTANDING. We offer genuinely flexible/hybrid working as long as children and families are supported. Stability: 100% of our Service Managers and 71% of Team Managers are permanent. Our firmly established practice model, Circles of Support , was recently nominated for the prestigious MJ Award for Innovation in Children's Services and allows systemic, restorative practice to flourish. Career progression; we promoted 30 internal colleagues in 2023. Social Care Academy - 47 social workers have studied for systemic higher education with us since 2020. Our Academy offer received significant praise from Ofsted. A competitive package for social workers of up to £54,083 (includes market supplement). Oyster card/parking permit for business use. Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits (Council scheme). Travel season ticket loan, cycle scheme, Local Authority pension. TO APPLY To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement (1-2 sides of A4) through our online recruitment portal . Shortlisting decisions will be based on candidates' relevant experience and on candidates' suitability for the role in line with the person specification , as described in their supporting statement and CV. Closing date: 24/04/2024 at 23:59 - please apply ASAP as we may interview shortlistable candidates before the closing date. Interviews: ASAP If you have any questions about the recruitment process or want to discuss joining Newham Children's Services with one of our managers, please contact our Recruitment Team . Additional Information We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that's all that matters to us. The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role. We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload. The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by . About Us The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London. It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east. It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR. When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London. The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock. Newham has the youngest overall population in the country. It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium. It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family. There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock. It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre in Stratford which has all the major retailers there.
Apr 15, 2024
Full time
SENIOR SOCIAL WORKER CHILDREN IN CARE SERVICE £54,083 - £57,116 (includes market supplement) Hybrid role - Newham Dockside E16 2QU Closing date: 24/04/2024 at 23:59 - please apply ASAP as we may interview shortlistable candidates before the closing date. Job Description WE ARE NEWHAM We're a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and limitless potential. We're a challenging yet rewarding place to practise social work, with the networks in place to enable you to be the best social worker you can be and make a real difference to our children in care and their families. We've been working tirelessly to establish a Centre of Excellence for Children's Services through investment, co-production and by continuously developing our 'Circles of Support' practice model; centring on systemic and restorative practice and a specialist support offer for our practitioners. Ofsted described Newham as having a positive culture of learning and development and we always try to develop talent in-house. We promoted 30 internal colleagues in 2023 alone, and have put more than 47 practitioners through further education since 2020. We value your development and at Newham career progression is reality for many. We understand that social work can be a challenging yet ultimately very rewarding profession that makes demands of you personally and professionally. In Newham we value your wellbeing and ensure that you have the support needed for a better work/life balance through a remote working offer when you are not visiting your children and families, a pleasant, modern office space for when you are in the office, a flexible working policy where all requests are considered, and a clinical offer to support you to do your best work. Our recent (Jan 24) visit from Ofsted was focused our services for Children in Care and Care Leavers, we'd love for you to read the positive report here before considering joining us. ABOUT THE JOB Social Work in Newham is underpinned by a culture of Systemic and Restorative practice with high quality relationships at the heart of our approach. Our children in care service work closely with children and young people who are in the care of the local authority, from care proceedings, during placements, to eventual transfer to leaving care services or hopefully returning to family. Senior Social Workers have a vital case holding role delivering high quality practice to best serve our children and families, whilst supporting lesser experienced colleagues. SSWs will potentially take on responsibility for supervising social work students on placement at Newham so we welcome Practice Educators, though this is not essential for this role. You'll be joining an experienced and friendly service, where progression is a genuine possibility; we've seen two Senior Social Workers make the upwards step to Assistant Team Manager, and one Assistant Team Manager to move up to Team Manager, within the last 12 months. We value our practitioners and understand the importance of supporting your learning, development and ambition, as well as your wellbeing. We have a bespoke offer through our very own clinical service and support to social work teams is provided following duty week through our 'Duty Debrief' meeting. Our embedded systemic family psychotherapist facilitates group discussion and the processing of the duty week experience, and it is an opportunity to share observations among the team, to identify and address challenges, and to prioritise staff wellbeing. The family therapist is also available for joint work with social workers on visits and consultations. Our social workers have fed back that this offer has enhanced their practice and development and helped them with embedding systemic practice into the service. ABOUT YOU You have at least 3 years' post qualified experience and an understanding of working effectively within a diverse urban community, with particular career focus on supporting looked after children. We're looking for people who have a genuine interest in a restorative, relationship based practice model drawing on systemic thinking to inform your approach to building effective relationships with children, families and communities. We do require court work experience (and confidence) to enter this service at Senior Social Worker level. You share our ambition and energy in embracing new ways of working. You have high working standards and are conscious of your own professional development and that of those around you, especially less experienced and student social workers starting out on their social work careers. You are always open to learning and to helping others learn so that children and families can benefit from our best practice. You have experience working in a statutory looked after children focused service. You will be a qualified social worker who is registered with Social Work England. WHY WORK WITH US? We've been working hard to make Newham a great place to practise social work. We're a GOOD local authority focused on reaching excellence. Ofsted graded our senior leadership as OUTSTANDING. We offer genuinely flexible/hybrid working as long as children and families are supported. Stability: 100% of our Service Managers and 71% of Team Managers are permanent. Our firmly established practice model, Circles of Support , was recently nominated for the prestigious MJ Award for Innovation in Children's Services and allows systemic, restorative practice to flourish. Career progression; we promoted 30 internal colleagues in 2023. Social Care Academy - 47 social workers have studied for systemic higher education with us since 2020. Our Academy offer received significant praise from Ofsted. A competitive package for social workers of up to £54,083 (includes market supplement). Oyster card/parking permit for business use. Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits (Council scheme). Travel season ticket loan, cycle scheme, Local Authority pension. TO APPLY To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement (1-2 sides of A4) through our online recruitment portal . Shortlisting decisions will be based on candidates' relevant experience and on candidates' suitability for the role in line with the person specification , as described in their supporting statement and CV. Closing date: 24/04/2024 at 23:59 - please apply ASAP as we may interview shortlistable candidates before the closing date. Interviews: ASAP If you have any questions about the recruitment process or want to discuss joining Newham Children's Services with one of our managers, please contact our Recruitment Team . Additional Information We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that's all that matters to us. The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role. We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload. The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by . About Us The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London. It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east. It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR. When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London. The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock. Newham has the youngest overall population in the country. It was one of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Summer Olympics and contains most of the Olympic Park including the London Stadium. It has a thriving arts quarter with the Theatre Royal Stratford East offering excellent entertainment for all the family. There is the University of East London which has two campuses in Newham, one in Stratford and another next to the regenerated Royal Albert Dock. It also has a large Westfield shopping Centre in Stratford which has all the major retailers there.
Vision for Education - Teesside Secondary
Bishop Auckland, County Durham
Cover Supervisor South Durham £500 per week Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are recent relevant experience and ideally a degree. Vision for Education is seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our successful supply teaching team and to work in local secondary schools across the South Durham area for a start in ASAP for a full time role. The Role The desired Cover Supervisor will be supported by an outstanding and passionate management team, and will work alongside some excellent practitioners, who put children at the heart of everything they do. Cover Supervisors do not require Qualified Teacher Status. They involve delivering pre-set work for a variety of subjects while ensuring the continuation of education for all pupils. The Cover Supervisor role is ideal for those looking to go into teaching. They provide a perfect opportunity to gain experience, giving you a great insight into working in schools. Requirements To be considered for the Cover Supervisor position, you will: Have a passion for working with children Great classroom management skills Experience of working with young people in some capacity, e.g. coaching Ideally a degree, but this is not essential Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service. About Vision for Education Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. We are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. The Edwin Group is a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group. What Vision for Education offer As a valued employee of Vision for Education you will receive: Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria). Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period). Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to. FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates. Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme. Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support How to apply If you are a Cover Supervisor who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and would like the challenge of working in a demanding and rewarding environment, then we want to hear from you. Apply today via this website, or for more information about this role and other opportunities across Vision for Education, please contact our Teesside secondary team on (phone number removed). Due to the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure we are fully compliant with Government guidance relating to social distancing, interviews with shortlisted candidates will take place by video call
Apr 13, 2024
Contractor
Cover Supervisor South Durham £500 per week Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are recent relevant experience and ideally a degree. Vision for Education is seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our successful supply teaching team and to work in local secondary schools across the South Durham area for a start in ASAP for a full time role. The Role The desired Cover Supervisor will be supported by an outstanding and passionate management team, and will work alongside some excellent practitioners, who put children at the heart of everything they do. Cover Supervisors do not require Qualified Teacher Status. They involve delivering pre-set work for a variety of subjects while ensuring the continuation of education for all pupils. The Cover Supervisor role is ideal for those looking to go into teaching. They provide a perfect opportunity to gain experience, giving you a great insight into working in schools. Requirements To be considered for the Cover Supervisor position, you will: Have a passion for working with children Great classroom management skills Experience of working with young people in some capacity, e.g. coaching Ideally a degree, but this is not essential Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service. About Vision for Education Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. We are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. The Edwin Group is a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group. What Vision for Education offer As a valued employee of Vision for Education you will receive: Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria). Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period). Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to. FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates. Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme. Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support How to apply If you are a Cover Supervisor who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and would like the challenge of working in a demanding and rewarding environment, then we want to hear from you. Apply today via this website, or for more information about this role and other opportunities across Vision for Education, please contact our Teesside secondary team on (phone number removed). Due to the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure we are fully compliant with Government guidance relating to social distancing, interviews with shortlisted candidates will take place by video call
Vision for Education - Teesside Secondary
Bishop Auckland, County Durham
Cover Supervisor South Durham £500 per week Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are recent relevant experience and ideally a degree. Vision for Education is seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our successful supply teaching team and to work in local secondary schools across the South Durham area for a start in ASAP for a full time role. The Role The desired Cover Supervisor will be supported by an outstanding and passionate management team, and will work alongside some excellent practitioners, who put children at the heart of everything they do. Cover Supervisors do not require Qualified Teacher Status. They involve delivering pre-set work for a variety of subjects while ensuring the continuation of education for all pupils. The Cover Supervisor role is ideal for those looking to go into teaching. They provide a perfect opportunity to gain experience, giving you a great insight into working in schools. Requirements To be considered for the Cover Supervisor position, you will: Have a passion for working with children Great classroom management skills Experience of working with young people in some capacity, e.g. coaching Ideally a degree, but this is not essential Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service. About Vision for Education Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. We are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. The Edwin Group is a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group. What Vision for Education offer As a valued employee of Vision for Education you will receive: Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria). Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period). Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to. FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates. Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme. Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support How to apply If you are a Cover Supervisor who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and would like the challenge of working in a demanding and rewarding environment, then we want to hear from you. Apply today via this website, or for more information about this role and other opportunities across Vision for Education, please contact our Teesside secondary team on (phone number removed). Due to the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure we are fully compliant with Government guidance relating to social distancing, interviews with shortlisted candidates will take place by video call
Apr 13, 2024
Contractor
Cover Supervisor South Durham £500 per week Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are recent relevant experience and ideally a degree. Vision for Education is seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our successful supply teaching team and to work in local secondary schools across the South Durham area for a start in ASAP for a full time role. The Role The desired Cover Supervisor will be supported by an outstanding and passionate management team, and will work alongside some excellent practitioners, who put children at the heart of everything they do. Cover Supervisors do not require Qualified Teacher Status. They involve delivering pre-set work for a variety of subjects while ensuring the continuation of education for all pupils. The Cover Supervisor role is ideal for those looking to go into teaching. They provide a perfect opportunity to gain experience, giving you a great insight into working in schools. Requirements To be considered for the Cover Supervisor position, you will: Have a passion for working with children Great classroom management skills Experience of working with young people in some capacity, e.g. coaching Ideally a degree, but this is not essential Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service. About Vision for Education Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. We are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. The Edwin Group is a Top 10 UK-employer in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. Rated as 'Excellent' by our staff in all categories and recognised as having industry leading and world-class levels of employee engagement across the Group. What Vision for Education offer As a valued employee of Vision for Education you will receive: Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria). Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period). Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to. FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates. Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme. Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support How to apply If you are a Cover Supervisor who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and would like the challenge of working in a demanding and rewarding environment, then we want to hear from you. Apply today via this website, or for more information about this role and other opportunities across Vision for Education, please contact our Teesside secondary team on (phone number removed). Due to the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure we are fully compliant with Government guidance relating to social distancing, interviews with shortlisted candidates will take place by video call
Suffolk County Council are looking for Children's Newly Qualified Social Workers to join their teams at various locations across Suffolk .You will join us on a full time or part-time, permanent basis . In return, you will earn a competitive salary of £32,076 per annum (rising to £34,834 per annum) (pro rata for part time), plus a joining payment of £1,500 and a £4,000 retention payment upon successful completion of the ASYE (Assessed and Supported Year in Employment) programme. About Us As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We're driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities. In return, you'll enjoy: up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase training and encouragement to expand your knowledge a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation diverse and active staff networks flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day plus more! About the Children's Newly Qualified Social Worker role: When you join the Children and Young Peoples Service as a Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW) , we will support your development from the start. We will help you to play to your strengths, diversify your skills and build an influential and impactful career. With a variety of career paths and learning opportunities to explore, if you're motivated and passionate there's no limit to how far your ambition could take you. We have opportunities available for Newly Qualified Social Workers across the following teams: social care teams working with children subject to s17 and s47 assessment, a child in need, and child protection plans child in care teams working with our children in care, both children in long-term placements and subject to care proceedings. At Suffolk County Council, we are passionate about providing the highest quality care and support to children and young people in need. That's why we are looking for flexible, highly motivated, and motivated Newly Qualified Social Workers to join our teams. We believe that a healthy work-life balance is essential to providing good quality care, which is why we've created a positive environment where you will be fully supported to achieve your goals and reach your full potential during your Assessed and Support Year in Employment (ASYE). What we're looking for in our Children's Newly Qualified Social Worker: You will need a relevant social work qualification and Social Work England registration . You will have: the commitment and full support from our management team and colleagues within the service to ensure you achieve your goals and get the best out of your ASYE protected development and time for reflection, regular supervision with your Practice Manager, including ongoing CPD (Continuing Professional Development) and PDP (Personal Development Plan) to enable professional growth and a reduced caseload (from 15 cases in the first 6 months clinical supervision by a seasoned professional. This does not only benefit your personal wellbeing but directly affects the experience of the children and young people within our care. Closing date: 11.30 pm, 30 April 2024. If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this Children's Newly Qualified Social Worker role, even if you don't meet all the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application. This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.
Apr 12, 2024
Full time
Suffolk County Council are looking for Children's Newly Qualified Social Workers to join their teams at various locations across Suffolk .You will join us on a full time or part-time, permanent basis . In return, you will earn a competitive salary of £32,076 per annum (rising to £34,834 per annum) (pro rata for part time), plus a joining payment of £1,500 and a £4,000 retention payment upon successful completion of the ASYE (Assessed and Supported Year in Employment) programme. About Us As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We're driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities. In return, you'll enjoy: up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase training and encouragement to expand your knowledge a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation diverse and active staff networks flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day plus more! About the Children's Newly Qualified Social Worker role: When you join the Children and Young Peoples Service as a Newly Qualified Social Worker (NQSW) , we will support your development from the start. We will help you to play to your strengths, diversify your skills and build an influential and impactful career. With a variety of career paths and learning opportunities to explore, if you're motivated and passionate there's no limit to how far your ambition could take you. We have opportunities available for Newly Qualified Social Workers across the following teams: social care teams working with children subject to s17 and s47 assessment, a child in need, and child protection plans child in care teams working with our children in care, both children in long-term placements and subject to care proceedings. At Suffolk County Council, we are passionate about providing the highest quality care and support to children and young people in need. That's why we are looking for flexible, highly motivated, and motivated Newly Qualified Social Workers to join our teams. We believe that a healthy work-life balance is essential to providing good quality care, which is why we've created a positive environment where you will be fully supported to achieve your goals and reach your full potential during your Assessed and Support Year in Employment (ASYE). What we're looking for in our Children's Newly Qualified Social Worker: You will need a relevant social work qualification and Social Work England registration . You will have: the commitment and full support from our management team and colleagues within the service to ensure you achieve your goals and get the best out of your ASYE protected development and time for reflection, regular supervision with your Practice Manager, including ongoing CPD (Continuing Professional Development) and PDP (Personal Development Plan) to enable professional growth and a reduced caseload (from 15 cases in the first 6 months clinical supervision by a seasoned professional. This does not only benefit your personal wellbeing but directly affects the experience of the children and young people within our care. Closing date: 11.30 pm, 30 April 2024. If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this Children's Newly Qualified Social Worker role, even if you don't meet all the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application. This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.
The role Qualified Social Worker - Adolescent / Contextual Safeguarding Team Up to £46,206 per annum Fixed term (12 months) - Secondments can be considered Full time (36 hours) Wandsworth Ofsted Rating: 'Good' Are you a passionate and dedicated social worker with the skills to engage and make a difference in the lives of young people and help them to see a positive future? Wandsworth Children's Services Adolescent Team is a small but specialist social work team under our Specialist Services for Families. As part of our evolving and ambitious team, you will adopt a trauma-informed and relational framework to address extra-familial harm through the lens of child protection. You will work intensively with young people and their families to mitigate risk of harm outside of the family home including Child Sexual Exploitation, Criminal Exploitation, Serious Youth Violence, Gangs, Missing and online / social media abuse. Can you help these young people by applying your creative approach, working with them in a flexible and dynamic way? About the Role In this specialist role, you will undertake the breadth of statutory social work interventions from initial assessments to CIN / CP and CLA work. You will have a lower than usual caseload of around 8-10 young people with whom you will work intensively and creatively using a contextual safeguarding approach. Collaboratively with the young person, family and friends, and professional network, you will develop targeted intervention plans with the aim of mitigating risks of extra familial harm, promoting safety in different contexts, and supporting our young people to achieve their full potential free from harm. You will have a relationship-based and trauma informed approach to your interventions and will be required to offer reliable, consistent, and persistent efforts to engage young people; to understand and assess their experiences in the community; and to work collaboratively with multi-agency partners to plan, implement and review interventions intended to create safety in different contexts. This is a specialist area of practice, and it is important that all practitioners, supervisors, and senior leaders are diligent in ensuring that young people are kept safe, are treated fairly, with dignity and respect, and that anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice is at the heart of our work. Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England and have relevant statutory practice experience of working with children, young people and their families. Understanding of Trauma Informed, Systematic Practice, and the key issues for young people at risk of extra-familial harm including Child Sexual Exploitation, Criminal Exploitation, Serious Youth Violence, Gangs, Missing and online/social media abuse. Skilled in building trusting relationships and great communication skills in different contexts. Experience of multi-agency working, working collaboratively, creatively, and flexibly to obtain young people's wishes and feelings and ensure these are central to decision making and intervention plans. Knowledge and experience of applying anti-discriminatory, anti-oppressive, and anti-racist practice. Experience and confidence in undertaking high quality assessments and reports, managing risk, and continually reviewing impact of interventions. If you are a social worker who is confident in your practice, hold strong assessment and planning skills; and able to work alongside families within their contexts to assess, plan, implement and review interventions confidently and skilfully - we encourage you to apply for this opportunity. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Harriet Crofts at All internal applicants for this secondment must seek permission from their current line manager before applying. Failure to do so may result in the secondment not being authorised. Closing Date: 11:59pm on Tuesday 30th April 2024 Shortlisting Date: Wednesday 1st May 2024 Interview Date : Week commencing Monday 6th May 2024 Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
Apr 09, 2024
Full time
The role Qualified Social Worker - Adolescent / Contextual Safeguarding Team Up to £46,206 per annum Fixed term (12 months) - Secondments can be considered Full time (36 hours) Wandsworth Ofsted Rating: 'Good' Are you a passionate and dedicated social worker with the skills to engage and make a difference in the lives of young people and help them to see a positive future? Wandsworth Children's Services Adolescent Team is a small but specialist social work team under our Specialist Services for Families. As part of our evolving and ambitious team, you will adopt a trauma-informed and relational framework to address extra-familial harm through the lens of child protection. You will work intensively with young people and their families to mitigate risk of harm outside of the family home including Child Sexual Exploitation, Criminal Exploitation, Serious Youth Violence, Gangs, Missing and online / social media abuse. Can you help these young people by applying your creative approach, working with them in a flexible and dynamic way? About the Role In this specialist role, you will undertake the breadth of statutory social work interventions from initial assessments to CIN / CP and CLA work. You will have a lower than usual caseload of around 8-10 young people with whom you will work intensively and creatively using a contextual safeguarding approach. Collaboratively with the young person, family and friends, and professional network, you will develop targeted intervention plans with the aim of mitigating risks of extra familial harm, promoting safety in different contexts, and supporting our young people to achieve their full potential free from harm. You will have a relationship-based and trauma informed approach to your interventions and will be required to offer reliable, consistent, and persistent efforts to engage young people; to understand and assess their experiences in the community; and to work collaboratively with multi-agency partners to plan, implement and review interventions intended to create safety in different contexts. This is a specialist area of practice, and it is important that all practitioners, supervisors, and senior leaders are diligent in ensuring that young people are kept safe, are treated fairly, with dignity and respect, and that anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice is at the heart of our work. Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England and have relevant statutory practice experience of working with children, young people and their families. Understanding of Trauma Informed, Systematic Practice, and the key issues for young people at risk of extra-familial harm including Child Sexual Exploitation, Criminal Exploitation, Serious Youth Violence, Gangs, Missing and online/social media abuse. Skilled in building trusting relationships and great communication skills in different contexts. Experience of multi-agency working, working collaboratively, creatively, and flexibly to obtain young people's wishes and feelings and ensure these are central to decision making and intervention plans. Knowledge and experience of applying anti-discriminatory, anti-oppressive, and anti-racist practice. Experience and confidence in undertaking high quality assessments and reports, managing risk, and continually reviewing impact of interventions. If you are a social worker who is confident in your practice, hold strong assessment and planning skills; and able to work alongside families within their contexts to assess, plan, implement and review interventions confidently and skilfully - we encourage you to apply for this opportunity. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Harriet Crofts at All internal applicants for this secondment must seek permission from their current line manager before applying. Failure to do so may result in the secondment not being authorised. Closing Date: 11:59pm on Tuesday 30th April 2024 Shortlisting Date: Wednesday 1st May 2024 Interview Date : Week commencing Monday 6th May 2024 Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
Job Advert: Children Assessment Team (CAT) Location: Lambeth, London Salary: PO3 44,862 rising in annual increments to 48,063 per annum incl. LW Employment Type: Permanent / Full Time / Hybrid working Are you passionate about conducting thorough assessments to ensure the safety and well-being of children at risk of harm? Do you have experience in child protection and a commitment to safeguarding vulnerable children and families? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Children Assessment Team (CAT) at Lambeth Council. As a Social Worker in our CAT team, you will play a crucial role in assessing and managing risks to children, ensuring timely interventions and appropriate support services are provided to families in need. Working collaboratively with internal and external partners, you will help to create safe and nurturing environments for children to thrive. Key Responsibilities: Conduct comprehensive assessments of children and families referred to the team, identifying risks and protective factors. Develop and implement child protection plans in collaboration with children, families, carers, and other professionals, ensuring they are responsive to the individual needs of each child. Provide direct support and intervention to children and families at risk of harm, working to reduce risks and promote positive outcomes. Work collaboratively with social work teams, schools, health professionals, and other agencies to coordinate holistic support services for children and families. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies, and procedures related to child protection. Requirements: Relevant social work qualification (Social Work England). Experience in child protection or working with children and families at risk of harm. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with children, families, carers, and professionals. Knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance, and best practices in child protection. Commitment to promoting the rights and well-being of children and young people. If you are ready to make a positive difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families, apply now to join our Children Assessment Team (CAT) at Lambeth Council. Together, let's ensure every child grows up in a safe and nurturing environment. Contact Phil Puaca at Ackerman Pierce on (phone number removed) or
Apr 09, 2024
Full time
Job Advert: Children Assessment Team (CAT) Location: Lambeth, London Salary: PO3 44,862 rising in annual increments to 48,063 per annum incl. LW Employment Type: Permanent / Full Time / Hybrid working Are you passionate about conducting thorough assessments to ensure the safety and well-being of children at risk of harm? Do you have experience in child protection and a commitment to safeguarding vulnerable children and families? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Children Assessment Team (CAT) at Lambeth Council. As a Social Worker in our CAT team, you will play a crucial role in assessing and managing risks to children, ensuring timely interventions and appropriate support services are provided to families in need. Working collaboratively with internal and external partners, you will help to create safe and nurturing environments for children to thrive. Key Responsibilities: Conduct comprehensive assessments of children and families referred to the team, identifying risks and protective factors. Develop and implement child protection plans in collaboration with children, families, carers, and other professionals, ensuring they are responsive to the individual needs of each child. Provide direct support and intervention to children and families at risk of harm, working to reduce risks and promote positive outcomes. Work collaboratively with social work teams, schools, health professionals, and other agencies to coordinate holistic support services for children and families. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies, and procedures related to child protection. Requirements: Relevant social work qualification (Social Work England). Experience in child protection or working with children and families at risk of harm. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with children, families, carers, and professionals. Knowledge of relevant legislation, guidance, and best practices in child protection. Commitment to promoting the rights and well-being of children and young people. If you are ready to make a positive difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families, apply now to join our Children Assessment Team (CAT) at Lambeth Council. Together, let's ensure every child grows up in a safe and nurturing environment. Contact Phil Puaca at Ackerman Pierce on (phone number removed) or
Are you a passionate and dedicated educator ready to make a positive impact in the lives of young learners? Our vibrant and welcoming schools are looking for talented Primary Teachers to support them on a Supply basis from September. If you are committed to fostering a love of learning and nurturing the potential in every child, we want to hear from you! Position: Primary Teacher Start Date: September Location: Dudley and Sandwell Contract: Full-time, part-time, Day to day support, long-term and short-term assignments Responsibilities: Plan and deliver engaging and differentiated lessons in accordance with the school's curriculum and educational objectives. Create a positive and inclusive classroom environment that promotes active learning and student participation. Assess and monitor student progress, providing constructive feedback and support to facilitate growth and development. Collaborate with colleagues, parents, and external stakeholders to support the holistic development of each child. Participate in school events, extracurricular activities, and professional development opportunities if on a long-term basis. Requirements: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent teaching qualification. Experience teaching in a primary school setting is essential. Strong knowledge of the national curriculum and effective teaching strategies. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills. A genuine passion for education and a commitment to fostering a positive learning environment. Pay Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are QTS status and experience we are able to obtain references for in a Primary School Setting. About ABC Teachers ABC Teachers is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service. ABC Teachers is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. What ABC Teachers offer As a valued employee of ABC Teachers, you will receive: Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria). Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period). Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to. FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates. Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme. Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support. How to apply If you are a primary teacher who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and would like the challenge of working in a demanding and rewarding environment, then we want to hear from you. Apply today via this website, or for more information about this role and other opportunities across ABC Teachers, please contact our Primary team on (phone number removed). Due to the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure we are fully compliant with Government guidance relating to social distancing, interviews with shortlisted candidates will take place by video call.
Apr 09, 2024
Contractor
Are you a passionate and dedicated educator ready to make a positive impact in the lives of young learners? Our vibrant and welcoming schools are looking for talented Primary Teachers to support them on a Supply basis from September. If you are committed to fostering a love of learning and nurturing the potential in every child, we want to hear from you! Position: Primary Teacher Start Date: September Location: Dudley and Sandwell Contract: Full-time, part-time, Day to day support, long-term and short-term assignments Responsibilities: Plan and deliver engaging and differentiated lessons in accordance with the school's curriculum and educational objectives. Create a positive and inclusive classroom environment that promotes active learning and student participation. Assess and monitor student progress, providing constructive feedback and support to facilitate growth and development. Collaborate with colleagues, parents, and external stakeholders to support the holistic development of each child. Participate in school events, extracurricular activities, and professional development opportunities if on a long-term basis. Requirements: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent teaching qualification. Experience teaching in a primary school setting is essential. Strong knowledge of the national curriculum and effective teaching strategies. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills. A genuine passion for education and a commitment to fostering a positive learning environment. Pay Salary is dependent on experience, training or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position are QTS status and experience we are able to obtain references for in a Primary School Setting. About ABC Teachers ABC Teachers is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service. ABC Teachers is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. What ABC Teachers offer As a valued employee of ABC Teachers, you will receive: Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system. Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria). Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period). Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to. FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates. Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme. Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support. How to apply If you are a primary teacher who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and would like the challenge of working in a demanding and rewarding environment, then we want to hear from you. Apply today via this website, or for more information about this role and other opportunities across ABC Teachers, please contact our Primary team on (phone number removed). Due to the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure we are fully compliant with Government guidance relating to social distancing, interviews with shortlisted candidates will take place by video call.
Salary : Unqualified: Base salary of £27,431.04 to £28,326.48 on successful completion of probation period with the potential to earn up to a total of £31,535.04 to £32,430.48 with sleep in shifts Qualified Salary: Base salary of £28,959.84 with a potential to earn up to a total of £33,063.84 with sleep in shifts. Specific Hours : 08:00am - 20:00pm (12 hour shifts) Location : Soham, Cambridgeshire (Qualified Support Worker salary is based on the proven existing completion Children Workforce Diploma or equivalent) Area Camden The ethos and culture of the Area Camden Group, as part of Polaris Community, is founded on core values of mutual respect and good parenting whilst being respectful to the values of privacy, dignity, independence, choice, rights and fulfilment. Our purpose is to provide the highest quality care within very high quality settings in Soham and to offer young people care, accommodation and support as close to a family environment as possible. The residential care we provide is for 11 to 18-year olds and our focus is centred on the needs of the child. The welfare of our young people is paramount in the role of a Support Worker. Not only do Support Workers keep our young people safe, but as the daily care provider they also make a fundamental contribution to their care, learning and development. A key figure within the team, you'll build invaluable bridges between Area Camden and the local community, promoting social inclusion as you support people with emotional and behavioural difficulties to reach their full potential. Main Responsibilities: You will work with the team to promote and support the young people in our care, in leading a life of positive development by providing a safe and nurturing environment. A vital part of your role will be providing the young people with emotional and social support, helping them to develop meaningful relationships with other children and adults, as well as encouraging them to become involved with local communities. You will encourage and enable each young person's self-esteem to be raised in a positive manner and ensure that they are respected and valued. Encourage, support and enable each young person to make positive life choices and achievable levels of independence that help them develop to their full potential, and receive the essential care and attention. Responsible for a high level of recording. Great emphasis and importance is attached to the recording of events and observations which will include young people's daily and monthly progress, updating of children's files, child protection records, notification to appropriate people and health and safety checks. Continually assess the children and young peoples' needs. Under the direction of your manager, and other appropriate personnel, you will be responsible for the formulation, implementation and review of care plans. You will work closely with your manager, your team, the health advisor, social workers, therapists, teachers and other professionals. You may also be involved with the young people's families, especially when supervising contacts. Encourage and support the young people with all of their daily living needs in line with their individual care plan. Carry out domestic duties within the home, involving the children and young people where appropriate and plan, shop and prepare meals, ensuring they have a varied and well balanced diet. Required Attributes: Have the ability to engage with young people in a positive and proactive approach Be self-motivated with a positive nature Be sensitive and reflective Have the ability to listen and empathise Be able to work individually and within a team Have experience working in the care sector or residential care Hold a relevant qualification or be committed to undertake a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare - we are looking for passionate and caring individuals who we will support to gain a qualification. Be willing to work some Bank Holidays Benefits: A robust Induction and mandatory training program to up skill our workforce Progression within the organisation on promotion and development of given role Weekly rota on rotation 08:00am-20:00pm i.e. (1 week) - Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday= 36 hours. (2 week) - Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday= 48 hours A sleep in allowance of up to £85.50 per night (10pm-7am)- potential extra earning of up to £4104 Minimum average of 168 hours per calendar month Waking Night contracts are also available 236 hours annual leave per annum (including bank holidays) Holiday increase per year - 12 extra hours for 3 years (capped at 272 hours) Pension scheme after a qualifying period- 3% Employer contribution Enrolment and funding to required qualification Area Camden is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.
Apr 08, 2024
Full time
Salary : Unqualified: Base salary of £27,431.04 to £28,326.48 on successful completion of probation period with the potential to earn up to a total of £31,535.04 to £32,430.48 with sleep in shifts Qualified Salary: Base salary of £28,959.84 with a potential to earn up to a total of £33,063.84 with sleep in shifts. Specific Hours : 08:00am - 20:00pm (12 hour shifts) Location : Soham, Cambridgeshire (Qualified Support Worker salary is based on the proven existing completion Children Workforce Diploma or equivalent) Area Camden The ethos and culture of the Area Camden Group, as part of Polaris Community, is founded on core values of mutual respect and good parenting whilst being respectful to the values of privacy, dignity, independence, choice, rights and fulfilment. Our purpose is to provide the highest quality care within very high quality settings in Soham and to offer young people care, accommodation and support as close to a family environment as possible. The residential care we provide is for 11 to 18-year olds and our focus is centred on the needs of the child. The welfare of our young people is paramount in the role of a Support Worker. Not only do Support Workers keep our young people safe, but as the daily care provider they also make a fundamental contribution to their care, learning and development. A key figure within the team, you'll build invaluable bridges between Area Camden and the local community, promoting social inclusion as you support people with emotional and behavioural difficulties to reach their full potential. Main Responsibilities: You will work with the team to promote and support the young people in our care, in leading a life of positive development by providing a safe and nurturing environment. A vital part of your role will be providing the young people with emotional and social support, helping them to develop meaningful relationships with other children and adults, as well as encouraging them to become involved with local communities. You will encourage and enable each young person's self-esteem to be raised in a positive manner and ensure that they are respected and valued. Encourage, support and enable each young person to make positive life choices and achievable levels of independence that help them develop to their full potential, and receive the essential care and attention. Responsible for a high level of recording. Great emphasis and importance is attached to the recording of events and observations which will include young people's daily and monthly progress, updating of children's files, child protection records, notification to appropriate people and health and safety checks. Continually assess the children and young peoples' needs. Under the direction of your manager, and other appropriate personnel, you will be responsible for the formulation, implementation and review of care plans. You will work closely with your manager, your team, the health advisor, social workers, therapists, teachers and other professionals. You may also be involved with the young people's families, especially when supervising contacts. Encourage and support the young people with all of their daily living needs in line with their individual care plan. Carry out domestic duties within the home, involving the children and young people where appropriate and plan, shop and prepare meals, ensuring they have a varied and well balanced diet. Required Attributes: Have the ability to engage with young people in a positive and proactive approach Be self-motivated with a positive nature Be sensitive and reflective Have the ability to listen and empathise Be able to work individually and within a team Have experience working in the care sector or residential care Hold a relevant qualification or be committed to undertake a Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare - we are looking for passionate and caring individuals who we will support to gain a qualification. Be willing to work some Bank Holidays Benefits: A robust Induction and mandatory training program to up skill our workforce Progression within the organisation on promotion and development of given role Weekly rota on rotation 08:00am-20:00pm i.e. (1 week) - Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday= 36 hours. (2 week) - Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday= 48 hours A sleep in allowance of up to £85.50 per night (10pm-7am)- potential extra earning of up to £4104 Minimum average of 168 hours per calendar month Waking Night contracts are also available 236 hours annual leave per annum (including bank holidays) Holiday increase per year - 12 extra hours for 3 years (capped at 272 hours) Pension scheme after a qualifying period- 3% Employer contribution Enrolment and funding to required qualification Area Camden is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.
About the role: The Care and Support teams work with children, young people and their families when it has been identified they are in need of additional support and services. This may be children in need of care and support or protection plans, private Law proceedings, families in the Public Law Outline (PLO) process and initiating Care proceedings. The team is well established and supportive with a permanent Team Manager and Principal Social Worker. The Senior Social Worker will work alongside the Social Workers, Newly Qualified Social Workers, Wellbeing Workers and team coordinators. We are committed to supporting professional development and career progression. About you: Be motivated and determined to achieve successful outcomes for children and young people. Be confident in communicating with children, young people and their families whose needs may be complex. Possess a wide range of knowledge and skills to identify risks to children and help manage those risks; ensuring proportionate and timely intervention is provided and help to build family relationships and identify individuals support networks. Be competent in maintaining up to date records and report writing. What you will do: Assess and manage risk in more complex cases, and support others to develop risk management skills. Attend and contribute to meetings as part of the care planning process, including Child Protection conferences, core groups and legal meetings. Complete assessments which will inform the plan for a child, this could include preparing statements and attending court. Show a commitment to providing a high standard of social work practice by meeting our statutory duties and following policy and procedure.
Apr 08, 2024
Full time
About the role: The Care and Support teams work with children, young people and their families when it has been identified they are in need of additional support and services. This may be children in need of care and support or protection plans, private Law proceedings, families in the Public Law Outline (PLO) process and initiating Care proceedings. The team is well established and supportive with a permanent Team Manager and Principal Social Worker. The Senior Social Worker will work alongside the Social Workers, Newly Qualified Social Workers, Wellbeing Workers and team coordinators. We are committed to supporting professional development and career progression. About you: Be motivated and determined to achieve successful outcomes for children and young people. Be confident in communicating with children, young people and their families whose needs may be complex. Possess a wide range of knowledge and skills to identify risks to children and help manage those risks; ensuring proportionate and timely intervention is provided and help to build family relationships and identify individuals support networks. Be competent in maintaining up to date records and report writing. What you will do: Assess and manage risk in more complex cases, and support others to develop risk management skills. Attend and contribute to meetings as part of the care planning process, including Child Protection conferences, core groups and legal meetings. Complete assessments which will inform the plan for a child, this could include preparing statements and attending court. Show a commitment to providing a high standard of social work practice by meeting our statutory duties and following policy and procedure.
Advanced Social Worker Salary: £46,041 - £52,116 Grade: PO4/PO5 Hours per Week: 36 Nature of Employment: Permanent DBS Required: Enhanced Location: Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 3EB. Job Reference: R About Us at Hounslow We'd love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we've built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London's most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before. About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in "Harness the Mix". It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There's space for you to tell us what you need within our application form. Our Benefits If you join us, you'll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these on our website. About The Role This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the Specialist Intensive Support Programme. We are a multidisciplinary team benefitting from the joint knowledge and experience of parenting practitioners, advanced social workers, clinical psychologist, and systemic family therapists. In the role of advanced social worker in SISP you will be afforded the opportunity to hone skills in systemic practice and develop your own area of specialist knowledge/expertise as a clinical social worker. The post requires you to work closely and collaboratively with other team members and to take a lead in compiling specialist parenting assessments for court and in pre proceedings. There is further opportunity to develop your skills in offering case consultation, supervision and working creatively in time limited child focused interventions aimed at preventing children from becoming LAC. In SISP your professional skills can be enhanced and developed whilst working as part of a highly motivated and supportive team where all contributions are valued, and supervision and training is prioritised. About The Team You'll Be Working In SISP is well established multidisciplinary team providing a wide range of services to children and their families in the London Borough of Hounslow. The team has been in established in the borough for over ten years. It is positioned within Children's Specialist Services. SISP offers specialist interventions to families i.e., independent parenting assessments for court or PLO; psychological assessments, parenting support and therapeutic services led by the systemic family therapist. The team utilises a range of evidence-based practices in their work, PAMs Together and Apart Assessment, Parent Assess Model, child and adult psychology, systemic family psychotherapy and social work. The team is a supportive and collaborative one, with regular access to high quality reflective individual, group, and clinical supervision. The established method of co working alongside carefully managed caseloads means that staff retention and job satisfaction are both reported to be positive. About You The Advanced Social Worker plays a key role within the team by taking a lead in producing the independent parenting assessments. The quality and robustness of SISP's assessments and report writing are well regarded within the Family Proceedings Courts. Advanced Social Workers are also involved in the team's clinical/therapeutic and consultancy work under SISP's prevent LAC remit. In line with SISP's systemic practice the APs frequently work jointly alongside the family therapist, clinical psychologist, and parenting practitioners to address the complex needs of the children and families referred to the team. This is an independent non-case holding role set within Children's Services. Key Responsibilities: To take the lead role in undertaking specialist parenting assessments in care proceedings or under pre proceedings, in line with the public law outline (PLO) incorporating relevant theory and up-to-date research. To undertake clinical/therapeutic interventions with children and their families who are subject to a child protection plan and at risk of becoming Looked After or supporting rehabilitation of children from care. To attend and contribute to the SISP's weekly systemic group supervision, offering a professional perspective/case analysis, as part of live clinical case discussions. To offer specialist consultation to social workers from the wider service. Your Skills: To be a qualified social worker, with a minimum of three years practice experience in safeguarding/child protection. Sound knowledge and experience of family court work, including the legal framework, report writing and giving oral evidence. Ability to consistently provide high-quality, comprehensive, and analytical court reports, in accordance with court's timeframe and deadlines. Additional post qualifying clinical experience in areas such as assessment of risk, attachment, domestic abuse, substance misuse and/or specialism in a particular theoretical model, such as psychodynamic, systemic, or psychoanalytical. Professional Qualifications: Degree in Social Work or recognised Social Work Qualification. Social Work England (SWE) Registered. Enhanced DBS check is required. We value diversity in its broadest sense. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves, give of their best and reach their full potential. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to better understand our communities and deliver the best services for our residents. We want to receive applications from all regardless of age, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, or social economic background. We want to harness the mix and ensure that everybody can apply and be part of our recruitment processes. We will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. If working in this specialist, creative and well supported team; where the child and their wellbeing are always held in focus, resonates with you, then SISP would love to hear from you. The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact: Email: Telephone: Interviews for this job will be held 15th and 16th May 2024. Closing Date: 2 nd May 2024
Apr 06, 2024
Full time
Advanced Social Worker Salary: £46,041 - £52,116 Grade: PO4/PO5 Hours per Week: 36 Nature of Employment: Permanent DBS Required: Enhanced Location: Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 3EB. Job Reference: R About Us at Hounslow We'd love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we've built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London's most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before. About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in "Harness the Mix". It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There's space for you to tell us what you need within our application form. Our Benefits If you join us, you'll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these on our website. About The Role This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the Specialist Intensive Support Programme. We are a multidisciplinary team benefitting from the joint knowledge and experience of parenting practitioners, advanced social workers, clinical psychologist, and systemic family therapists. In the role of advanced social worker in SISP you will be afforded the opportunity to hone skills in systemic practice and develop your own area of specialist knowledge/expertise as a clinical social worker. The post requires you to work closely and collaboratively with other team members and to take a lead in compiling specialist parenting assessments for court and in pre proceedings. There is further opportunity to develop your skills in offering case consultation, supervision and working creatively in time limited child focused interventions aimed at preventing children from becoming LAC. In SISP your professional skills can be enhanced and developed whilst working as part of a highly motivated and supportive team where all contributions are valued, and supervision and training is prioritised. About The Team You'll Be Working In SISP is well established multidisciplinary team providing a wide range of services to children and their families in the London Borough of Hounslow. The team has been in established in the borough for over ten years. It is positioned within Children's Specialist Services. SISP offers specialist interventions to families i.e., independent parenting assessments for court or PLO; psychological assessments, parenting support and therapeutic services led by the systemic family therapist. The team utilises a range of evidence-based practices in their work, PAMs Together and Apart Assessment, Parent Assess Model, child and adult psychology, systemic family psychotherapy and social work. The team is a supportive and collaborative one, with regular access to high quality reflective individual, group, and clinical supervision. The established method of co working alongside carefully managed caseloads means that staff retention and job satisfaction are both reported to be positive. About You The Advanced Social Worker plays a key role within the team by taking a lead in producing the independent parenting assessments. The quality and robustness of SISP's assessments and report writing are well regarded within the Family Proceedings Courts. Advanced Social Workers are also involved in the team's clinical/therapeutic and consultancy work under SISP's prevent LAC remit. In line with SISP's systemic practice the APs frequently work jointly alongside the family therapist, clinical psychologist, and parenting practitioners to address the complex needs of the children and families referred to the team. This is an independent non-case holding role set within Children's Services. Key Responsibilities: To take the lead role in undertaking specialist parenting assessments in care proceedings or under pre proceedings, in line with the public law outline (PLO) incorporating relevant theory and up-to-date research. To undertake clinical/therapeutic interventions with children and their families who are subject to a child protection plan and at risk of becoming Looked After or supporting rehabilitation of children from care. To attend and contribute to the SISP's weekly systemic group supervision, offering a professional perspective/case analysis, as part of live clinical case discussions. To offer specialist consultation to social workers from the wider service. Your Skills: To be a qualified social worker, with a minimum of three years practice experience in safeguarding/child protection. Sound knowledge and experience of family court work, including the legal framework, report writing and giving oral evidence. Ability to consistently provide high-quality, comprehensive, and analytical court reports, in accordance with court's timeframe and deadlines. Additional post qualifying clinical experience in areas such as assessment of risk, attachment, domestic abuse, substance misuse and/or specialism in a particular theoretical model, such as psychodynamic, systemic, or psychoanalytical. Professional Qualifications: Degree in Social Work or recognised Social Work Qualification. Social Work England (SWE) Registered. Enhanced DBS check is required. We value diversity in its broadest sense. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves, give of their best and reach their full potential. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to better understand our communities and deliver the best services for our residents. We want to receive applications from all regardless of age, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, or social economic background. We want to harness the mix and ensure that everybody can apply and be part of our recruitment processes. We will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. If working in this specialist, creative and well supported team; where the child and their wellbeing are always held in focus, resonates with you, then SISP would love to hear from you. The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact: Email: Telephone: Interviews for this job will be held 15th and 16th May 2024. Closing Date: 2 nd May 2024
Advanced Social Worker Salary: £46,041 - £52,116 Grade: PO4/PO5 Hours per Week: 36 Nature of Employment: Permanent DBS Required: Enhanced Location: Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 3EB. Job Reference: R About Us at Hounslow We'd love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we've built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London's most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before. About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in "Harness the Mix". It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There's space for you to tell us what you need within our application form. Our Benefits If you join us, you'll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these on our website. About The Role This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the Specialist Intensive Support Programme. We are a multidisciplinary team benefitting from the joint knowledge and experience of parenting practitioners, advanced social workers, clinical psychologist, and systemic family therapists. In the role of advanced social worker in SISP you will be afforded the opportunity to hone skills in systemic practice and develop your own area of specialist knowledge/expertise as a clinical social worker. The post requires you to work closely and collaboratively with other team members and to take a lead in compiling specialist parenting assessments for court and in pre proceedings. There is further opportunity to develop your skills in offering case consultation, supervision and working creatively in time limited child focused interventions aimed at preventing children from becoming LAC. In SISP your professional skills can be enhanced and developed whilst working as part of a highly motivated and supportive team where all contributions are valued, and supervision and training is prioritised. About The Team You'll Be Working In SISP is well established multidisciplinary team providing a wide range of services to children and their families in the London Borough of Hounslow. The team has been in established in the borough for over ten years. It is positioned within Children's Specialist Services. SISP offers specialist interventions to families i.e., independent parenting assessments for court or PLO; psychological assessments, parenting support and therapeutic services led by the systemic family therapist. The team utilises a range of evidence-based practices in their work, PAMs Together and Apart Assessment, Parent Assess Model, child and adult psychology, systemic family psychotherapy and social work. The team is a supportive and collaborative one, with regular access to high quality reflective individual, group, and clinical supervision. The established method of co working alongside carefully managed caseloads means that staff retention and job satisfaction are both reported to be positive. About You The Advanced Social Worker plays a key role within the team by taking a lead in producing the independent parenting assessments. The quality and robustness of SISP's assessments and report writing are well regarded within the Family Proceedings Courts. Advanced Social Workers are also involved in the team's clinical/therapeutic and consultancy work under SISP's prevent LAC remit. In line with SISP's systemic practice the APs frequently work jointly alongside the family therapist, clinical psychologist, and parenting practitioners to address the complex needs of the children and families referred to the team. This is an independent non-case holding role set within Children's Services. Key Responsibilities: 1. To take the lead role in undertaking specialist parenting assessments in care proceedings or under pre proceedings, in line with the public law outline (PLO) incorporating relevant theory and up-to-date research. 2. To undertake clinical/therapeutic interventions with children and their families who are subject to a child protection plan and at risk of becoming Looked After or supporting rehabilitation of children from care. 3. To attend and contribute to the SISP's weekly systemic group supervision, offering a professional perspective/case analysis, as part of live clinical case discussions. 4. To offer specialist consultation to social workers from the wider service. Your Skills: 1. To be a qualified social worker, with a minimum of three years practice experience in safeguarding/child protection. 2. Sound knowledge and experience of family court work, including the legal framework, report writing and giving oral evidence. 3. Ability to consistently provide high-quality, comprehensive, and analytical court reports, in accordance with court's timeframe and deadlines. 4. Additional post qualifying clinical experience in areas such as assessment of risk, attachment, domestic abuse, substance misuse and/or specialism in a particular theoretical model, such as psychodynamic, systemic, or psychoanalytical. Professional Qualifications: 1. Degree in Social Work or recognised Social Work Qualification. 2. Social Work England (SWE) Registered. 3. Enhanced DBS check is required. We value diversity in its broadest sense. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves, give of their best and reach their full potential. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to better understand our communities and deliver the best services for our residents. We want to receive applications from all regardless of age, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, or social economic background. We want to harness the mix and ensure that everybody can apply and be part of our recruitment processes. We will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. If working in this specialist, creative and well supported team; where the child and their wellbeing are always held in focus, resonates with you, then SISP would love to hear from you. The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact: Email: Telephone: Interviews for this job will be held 15th and 16th May 2024. Closing Date: 2 nd May 2024
Apr 05, 2024
Full time
Advanced Social Worker Salary: £46,041 - £52,116 Grade: PO4/PO5 Hours per Week: 36 Nature of Employment: Permanent DBS Required: Enhanced Location: Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW3 3EB. Job Reference: R About Us at Hounslow We'd love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we've built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London's most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before. About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in "Harness the Mix". It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There's space for you to tell us what you need within our application form. Our Benefits If you join us, you'll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these on our website. About The Role This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the Specialist Intensive Support Programme. We are a multidisciplinary team benefitting from the joint knowledge and experience of parenting practitioners, advanced social workers, clinical psychologist, and systemic family therapists. In the role of advanced social worker in SISP you will be afforded the opportunity to hone skills in systemic practice and develop your own area of specialist knowledge/expertise as a clinical social worker. The post requires you to work closely and collaboratively with other team members and to take a lead in compiling specialist parenting assessments for court and in pre proceedings. There is further opportunity to develop your skills in offering case consultation, supervision and working creatively in time limited child focused interventions aimed at preventing children from becoming LAC. In SISP your professional skills can be enhanced and developed whilst working as part of a highly motivated and supportive team where all contributions are valued, and supervision and training is prioritised. About The Team You'll Be Working In SISP is well established multidisciplinary team providing a wide range of services to children and their families in the London Borough of Hounslow. The team has been in established in the borough for over ten years. It is positioned within Children's Specialist Services. SISP offers specialist interventions to families i.e., independent parenting assessments for court or PLO; psychological assessments, parenting support and therapeutic services led by the systemic family therapist. The team utilises a range of evidence-based practices in their work, PAMs Together and Apart Assessment, Parent Assess Model, child and adult psychology, systemic family psychotherapy and social work. The team is a supportive and collaborative one, with regular access to high quality reflective individual, group, and clinical supervision. The established method of co working alongside carefully managed caseloads means that staff retention and job satisfaction are both reported to be positive. About You The Advanced Social Worker plays a key role within the team by taking a lead in producing the independent parenting assessments. The quality and robustness of SISP's assessments and report writing are well regarded within the Family Proceedings Courts. Advanced Social Workers are also involved in the team's clinical/therapeutic and consultancy work under SISP's prevent LAC remit. In line with SISP's systemic practice the APs frequently work jointly alongside the family therapist, clinical psychologist, and parenting practitioners to address the complex needs of the children and families referred to the team. This is an independent non-case holding role set within Children's Services. Key Responsibilities: 1. To take the lead role in undertaking specialist parenting assessments in care proceedings or under pre proceedings, in line with the public law outline (PLO) incorporating relevant theory and up-to-date research. 2. To undertake clinical/therapeutic interventions with children and their families who are subject to a child protection plan and at risk of becoming Looked After or supporting rehabilitation of children from care. 3. To attend and contribute to the SISP's weekly systemic group supervision, offering a professional perspective/case analysis, as part of live clinical case discussions. 4. To offer specialist consultation to social workers from the wider service. Your Skills: 1. To be a qualified social worker, with a minimum of three years practice experience in safeguarding/child protection. 2. Sound knowledge and experience of family court work, including the legal framework, report writing and giving oral evidence. 3. Ability to consistently provide high-quality, comprehensive, and analytical court reports, in accordance with court's timeframe and deadlines. 4. Additional post qualifying clinical experience in areas such as assessment of risk, attachment, domestic abuse, substance misuse and/or specialism in a particular theoretical model, such as psychodynamic, systemic, or psychoanalytical. Professional Qualifications: 1. Degree in Social Work or recognised Social Work Qualification. 2. Social Work England (SWE) Registered. 3. Enhanced DBS check is required. We value diversity in its broadest sense. We're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves, give of their best and reach their full potential. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to better understand our communities and deliver the best services for our residents. We want to receive applications from all regardless of age, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, or social economic background. We want to harness the mix and ensure that everybody can apply and be part of our recruitment processes. We will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. If working in this specialist, creative and well supported team; where the child and their wellbeing are always held in focus, resonates with you, then SISP would love to hear from you. The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact: Email: Telephone: Interviews for this job will be held 15th and 16th May 2024. Closing Date: 2 nd May 2024
Are you an experienced Children's Social Worker? Do you have a passion for supporting and protecting children? Do you have the mindset of "offering the right help at the right time"? Yes? Randstad are recruiting for a Qualified Social Worker to join Trafford Council's Family Support and Protect Team. This is a full time position offering a fantastic pay rate of 35. Benefits: Hybrid working Supervision Mileage reimbursement Competitive rates of pay Weekly pay One committed and dedicated point of contact An unlimited referrals incentive, giving you a 300 voucher for anyone you refer to us (T&Cs apply) A full range of free training available Access to 100s of discounts through the Hapi App Free healthcare, medical and financial advice available Responsibilities: Manage a complex caseload. Complete performance management reports of caseloads. There will be times where there is a level of flexibility required to meet the needs of the service or for individual children you work with, particularly in times of crisis. Be ambitious for our children and our practitioners. Create high quality and purposeful relationships with professionals. Help create the best opportunities to empower change. Our vision is that at all levels, our interventions make life better for children and families and we have the core value of 'would this be good enough for my child' Provide practitioners and managers with the best conditions in which they can thrive Support and Protect (localities) - As we have created a dedicated Child in Need Service, this has allowed us to create a dedicated service to work with children and families when things escalated to Child Protection in the Support and Protect Service. Report writing. Court attendance. Requirements: Social Work England Registered Enhanced DBS Social Work Degree Experience: Children If you have any further questions, or wish to apply for this role then please contact Hannah on (phone number removed) otherwise Apply Below and I will be in touch soon. Are you thinking about a change in your career but not sure about this role? Whether you are an existing candidate, new to the locum market and are exploring some options or looking for a new permanent role, we have several exciting opportunities with competitive pay & flexibility. If you wish to discuss this further please call (phone number removed) and we would be happy to have a confidential discussion. Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone. Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
Apr 04, 2024
Contractor
Are you an experienced Children's Social Worker? Do you have a passion for supporting and protecting children? Do you have the mindset of "offering the right help at the right time"? Yes? Randstad are recruiting for a Qualified Social Worker to join Trafford Council's Family Support and Protect Team. This is a full time position offering a fantastic pay rate of 35. Benefits: Hybrid working Supervision Mileage reimbursement Competitive rates of pay Weekly pay One committed and dedicated point of contact An unlimited referrals incentive, giving you a 300 voucher for anyone you refer to us (T&Cs apply) A full range of free training available Access to 100s of discounts through the Hapi App Free healthcare, medical and financial advice available Responsibilities: Manage a complex caseload. Complete performance management reports of caseloads. There will be times where there is a level of flexibility required to meet the needs of the service or for individual children you work with, particularly in times of crisis. Be ambitious for our children and our practitioners. Create high quality and purposeful relationships with professionals. Help create the best opportunities to empower change. Our vision is that at all levels, our interventions make life better for children and families and we have the core value of 'would this be good enough for my child' Provide practitioners and managers with the best conditions in which they can thrive Support and Protect (localities) - As we have created a dedicated Child in Need Service, this has allowed us to create a dedicated service to work with children and families when things escalated to Child Protection in the Support and Protect Service. Report writing. Court attendance. Requirements: Social Work England Registered Enhanced DBS Social Work Degree Experience: Children If you have any further questions, or wish to apply for this role then please contact Hannah on (phone number removed) otherwise Apply Below and I will be in touch soon. Are you thinking about a change in your career but not sure about this role? Whether you are an existing candidate, new to the locum market and are exploring some options or looking for a new permanent role, we have several exciting opportunities with competitive pay & flexibility. If you wish to discuss this further please call (phone number removed) and we would be happy to have a confidential discussion. Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone. Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.