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Social Worker - Family & Friends Assessment Team

Employer
Telford & Wrekin Council
Location
Darby House
Salary
£35,411 - £38,296
Closing date
13 Nov 2022
Reference
TWC000005672

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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Social care
Contract Type
Fixed Term Contract
Working Pattern
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Hours
Full-Time

Job Details

Social Worker (Family & Friends assessment Team)

Full-time – 37 hours per week
Fixed term 12 Months

PO3 Experienced £35,411-£38,296
Market factor allowance of £7500

Do you aspire to work for an ‘Outstanding’ Local Authority?
Here at Telford and Wrekin Council, we have been judged to be outstanding overall in terms of effectiveness (the only Authority in the West Midlands with this judgement). Here’s just some of the great things Ofsted had to say when they visited us recently:
• Children are cared for and cared about
• Social Workers and other staff who support children are very committed and they are
exceptionally well trained
• Children are listened to and their experiences are well understood
• Senior Leaders aspire to a service for every child that they would welcome for their own
• Children benefit from a stable workforce which is highly committed and experienced
• Staff experience a wide range of development opportunities.

We are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home – our approach is to promote greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments.

We value our practitioners and offer staff rewards and plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression including:
Free on-site parking
Essential car user allowance
Relocation allowance
Flexible and mobile working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which
includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home – our approach is to promote
greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments
Private lettings are available from ‘Nuplace’ who give priority to social work professionals
We have a great opportunity for a fulltime social worker who has experience in working with children and families and court directed work and who is passionate and creative when working with children and their families.
This busy team is very experienced, highly supportive, friendly and enthusiastic about what they do.
The successful applicant must have good communication skills and show professional curiosity.
They must have experience of completing assessments and can adhere to court directed time scales.
Main accountabilities of the role: The successful applicant will work with family and friends within a child’s network, to support, upskill and assess their ability to care for a connected child. They will complete a range of work that will feed into assessments such as viability, Form C fostering assessments and Special Guardianship assessments, supporting where appropriate children to reside within their network.
An understanding of the fostering minimum standards and Special Guardian regulations would be a benefit, as well as experience of analysis and report writing. This is a highly rewarding area of social work, with training and support offered to develop analysis, skills and report writing.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join our service: alongside making a difference to the lives of individuals and families, we’re adopting exciting new strengths-based approaches and are passionate about delivering continuous service improvement. Our people are at the heart of this progress: that’s why from tailored in-house training to the West Midlands Teaching Partnership, we make sure they have access to the best development opportunities. If you share our passion for making a difference, we would be delighted if you joined us. Telford & Wrekin Council values social work careers and believes in providing good quality experiences to social workers.

We are committed to both you and to developing the future social work workforce. We have a robust supervision policy which is geared towards achieving positive outcomes for you as a worker and for the children and families we work with. You will have regular, quality supervision with your line manager. Telford and Wrekin Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children and young people entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people. This post is covered by the Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers.
see Job Description
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Please note employees who are at risk will be considered first for this position. Only if an appointment is not made will other candidates be considered.

We are committed to equality and diversity. Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check. Sorry but CVs will not be accepted.

For more information about working for Telford & Wrekin Children's Social Care, please view our recruitment page: https://www.telford.gov.uk/info/20811/childrens_social_care_recruitment

Please contact Gemma Laird on 07929 85310 if you have any queries.

Supporting documents
4056 Fostering Experienced Qualified SW.docx

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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. 

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve. 

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. 

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here

If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk

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Telephone
01952 380000
Location
Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom

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