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Experienced Social Worker

2 months ago


Solihull, United Kingdom Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council Full time

Experienced Social Worker

Team: Assessment Teams 

Salary up to £45,441 per year

Hours: Permanent full-time, Monday to Friday with flexible working 


About the Role
 

We are looking for experienced Social Workers who are passionate about providing a high-quality social work service to vulnerable children, young people and their families that positively promotes their welfare and life changes. 

 

We currently have vacancies across the service, including our Children’s Assessment Teams, based in our modern offices at the Bluebell Centre, Chelmsley Wood. 

 

As an experienced social worker in Assessment, you will complete child and family assessments and section 47 enquiries. Working to a 5-week duty model ensures you have ample time to produce high quality child and family assessments. You will work with families until the point of the first court hearing, ICPC, CIN or TAF meeting.

 

Our stable Assessment Teams also hold many long standing, incredibly knowledgeable and experienced social workers who are keen to share their expertise with others within our culture of continual shared learning and development. Each of our assessment teams has an experienced family support worker who will undertake direct work, wishes and views, applications and referrals and a range of practical tasks to support the families you work with. 

 

And within our Assessment Teams, social workers will work with no more than 12 families at a time, enabling you to give each child the attention they deserve. 


 For more information about all our teams, please click here.

 

Our Offer to You
 

Earn one of highest salaries in the region. In a recent independent analysis of pay data across the West Midlands, comparing our maximum grade salaries to 13 other local authorities we were proud to learn that our offering is in the top three for both Social Worker and Senior Social worker. Earn up to £45,441 per annum as a Social worker. Manageable workloads – Social Workers in our Assessment teams have an average of 20 children, and never more than 12 families, giving you the time to give dedicated support where it is needed. You will receive guaranteed supervision every 5 weeks, to ensure you feel supported and are on the right track. Local government pension with 6.8% (subject to annual review/change) section contribution.25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. We also offer the opportunity to buy up to 10 days of additional leave per year. Flexible working in our modern refurbished offices. Our Children's Social Care Academy provides training and coaching for practitioners, with year-round training to progress in your career. Working in partnership with Bournemouth University, we deliver academic programs in-house to help you attain the Practice Education Award at either Honours or Masters level. 

We are ambitious in Solihull and are building a stronger Solihull for our children, families and workforce.  Connecting Families is the name of Solihull Children’s Services practice framework. At its core Connecting Families demonstrates the beliefs, values and principles of restorative practice and gives us a consistent relationship-based way of practicing to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families. 

We believe that families and their connected networks are of primary importance and are the most important influence on improving outcomes for children. We believe that children and their family networks are experts in their own lives and that children and their family networks have strengths, on which they should be empowered to build and draw on through effective family decision making.

About You

 

You will be a Professional Social Worker, holding a Qualification and Social Work England registration. You will have significant post qualifying experience and you will be looking for a new challenge in a caring forward thinking organisation. 
 

You will be a solution-focussed and capable worker, with a sound knowledge of current national and regional social work policies/practices. Knowledge of relevant childcare legislation, including a clear understanding of ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’. 
 

You will hold a driving licence and own your own vehicle, as this is an essential car user post due to the demands of the job. For disabled applicants, reasonable adjustments will be made where required. 
 

You will also be committed to delivering a high quality transparent service and ensuring the wellbeing of children, young people and their families.  

About Us


 We place children and young people at the heart of all we do to enable them to achieve their potential and lead fulfilling lives. This means our workforce needs to be effectively led, supported, and well trained. It’s our aim to offer high-quality supervision and guidance to all team members. This includes supporting you, as you support others in the team.

 

We pride ourselves on a strong culture of child-focused practice. This means transparency, cooperation, and a real commitment to the young people we will care for.


For more information about this fabulous opportunity to join our team, please click here

 

Contact Us

 

If you have a specific question regarding these opportunities, please contact Toni Clifton, Assessment Manager, on toni.clifton@solihull.gov.uk 

 

To apply, please click the link.

Your application should be in your own words and reflect your own personal experiences.

Closing Date: Wednesday 25th September 2024

Interview Date: Week commencing 7th October 2024

 This post will require a DBS check.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

Solihull Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. 

Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk, and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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