Social Worker
1 month ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Social Worker to join our Emergency Duty Team in Abingdon. As a key member of our team, you will provide a high-quality response to emergency referrals out of normal working hours, working closely with our partner agencies and co-located with Thames Valley Police in Abingdon Police Station.
Key Responsibilities- Provide a high-quality response to emergency referrals out of normal working hours.
- Work a rotational shift pattern, including weekends and Bank Holidays.
- Provide appropriate support and interventions to vulnerable adults, children and families to address safeguarding concerns.
- Provide out of hours advice and guidance to professionals, as well as factually accurate and reflective reports.
- Be the first point of contact for professionals, vulnerable adults, children, families or members of the public who have a concern which cannot wait until normal office hours resume.
- Carry out thorough high-quality crisis led assessments for children and families, promptly identifying level of risk, need and services required to promote and ensure safe outcomes.
- Actively apply legal and professional knowledge and skills - balancing protection, risk and support to achieve positive outcomes for those requiring our service.
Your pattern is carefully managed, is fair and equitable with a combination of 'block' shift patterns. Shifts are as follows:
Mon – Thursday 5pm – 12:00 or 12:00 – 8.30am
Friday 4 – 12:00 or 12: -8.30am.
Weekends: 8.30am-5pm or 5pm-12:00 or 12:00 – 8.30am.
About YouWe would like to hear from you if you are...
- Always learning, with three years post qualifying Social Worker experience and a passion to grow and develop your skills, so that you can be a positive role model for children and their families.
- Kind and caring, providing a proactive personalised approach, responding to needs in a timely manner with good communication skills and a professional telephone manner.
- Advocating for equality and integrity in all you do, providing tailored advice and information to children and families acknowledging the uniqueness of individual needs or situations, referring to other agencies where applicable within the emergency response.
- Willing to take responsibility and contribute to the delivery of Oxfordshire County Council's vision and maintain a 'child/person' focused model of working by exercising professional curiosity in all areas of work.
- Driven to do things differently to embark on a journey of continuous improvement.
- Culture of flexible working
- Welcome and Loyalty payment of £3,500
- Relocation allowance of up to £8,000
- Technology to support agile working where role permits
- Up to 33 day's holiday p.a. plus bank holidays
- Option to 'buy' additional holiday
- Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support
- Membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, with an employer's contribution of up to 19.9%
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Local and national discounts for shopping and travel
- Great learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing development
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