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WILTSHIRE COUNCIL
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Salisbury, Wiltshire
Senior Social Worker - Children In Care Team
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £34,788 - £36,876 |
Overview
Senior Social Worker - Children In Care Team Salary: £34,788 - £36,876 Ref Number: CS01796 Working Pattern: Permanent Full Time Location: Bourne Hill, Salisbury Summary LIVE∙ WORK ∙EMPOWER What are we doing for our social workers? We will: Give you the option to apply for full time (37 hours) or part time (18.5 hours) and offer flexible working options from your base office in Salisbury, including working from other hubs, working from home, as well as the option to work full-time hours over a compressed fortnight. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service, as well as the option to purchase an additional ten days. Offer an attractive, modern, bright, spacious office equipped with the latest technology. Provide you with a laptop and mobile phone, so you can work flexibly in alternative environments; including working from home; supporting practitioners to be more effective and flexible in their practice. Offer an attractive rewards package, with an excellent range of discounted products and services with national and local retailers via our Wiltshire Rewards scheme Offer a variety of progression opportunities ; including Practice Educator training, CMI accredited leadership programs and career paths into management, via our Aspiring Manager and Assistant Team Manager roles. Enable you to practice within a ‘one child, one worker’ journey, where as an experienced social worker you will have the opportunity to work innovatively with children, young people, care leavers and their families whilst these children are accommodated by the local authority. Provide you with the opportunity to work with young people using a long-term relationship-based model and approach; once their permanency plan has been established. Locate you within a team which includes experienced Personal Advisors with whom you will co-work in preparation and planning with young people as they transition into adulthood. Support you through providing monthly management feedback and reflective supervision in a collaborative environment where innovative practice is encouraged. Why Wiltshire? We help all families to thrive, and we are looking for bright, innovative people to help us, building upon the considerable progress we have already made across our services including the launch of our PAUSE, No Wrong door and Early support hub in our MASH team. We in the Children in Care Team are planning ahead to meet increasing demand, whilst ensuring varied and manageable caseloads. This includes significant investment in new positions at management, social worker and personal advisor levels to ensure the best outcomes for our Children and Families. We have recently launched our local offer for care leavers and ‘The Leaving Care Forum’, which compliments the Children in Care Council, as we strive to increase inclusion and participation of all our looked after and care experienced young people. Experience “EPIC” and find out more about how we empower our people to innovate and collaborate to build stronger communities About You: You will have evidenced experience of professional and personal development and be looking to build upon this and further your career aspirations within an innovative unitary local authority. As a Social Work England registered social worker you will possess extensive post qualification experience, ideally within Children in Care. However, a Children’s Services background is essential. Find out more and apply We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as an employee you will be expected to share this commitment. Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply (see below), as well as our values and behaviours framework (Approximately half of all interview questions relate to the framework). You can then make your application online by clicking the apply button at the bottom of this web page. If you are submitting a CV please ensure you read our CV and cover letter criteria carefully to avoid your CV being rejected. For specific information about this job, please contact Neil Adlam, Team Manager. Email: Neil.Adlamwiltshire.gov.uk Telephone: 01722 438165 or Sarah Fraser, Recruitment Consultant. Email: Sarah.Fraserwiltshire.gov.uk Telephone: 01225 713164 This role is subject to certain successful security checks; please see role description for more information. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as an employee you will be expected to share this commitment. Values and Behaviours Framework All candidates are assessed against the council’s behaviours framework (available below) during the interviewing process. Approximately half of all questions relate to the framework Click here to download our behaviours framework Download Attached Documents: CA11-0411 Social Worker Children in Care RD.docx CA12-1847 Level 4 SW (CiC).pd f To Apply, Click the APPLY Button Closing Date :31st March 2020 Interviews will be taking place on 15th and 17th April 2020.