Social Workers

**MASH, Assessment & C&FFT Social Workers**

We are looking for enthusiastic and committed, qualified social workers (Social Work England registration required) social workers of all levels of experience to join us here at Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council. You will be arriving at an exciting time. We have already secured our new permanent senior management team across Children’s Services and are now looking for experienced social workers to join us in making a difference in Children's lives.

We offer a range of learning opportunities in different ways which will suit different learning styles through our Academy:

- Formal learning and development e.g. specialist training courses and post qualifying programmes through our partnership with Bournemouth University.
- Informal learning e.g., Workshops, Group Supervision.
- Self-directed learning and development through our on-line resources, for example CC Inform Children, Research in Practice and our Academy website.

Every practitioner will be able to engage in our Practice Fundamentals Programme when they join us. We will also provide a range of more specialised training opportunities to support career progression as well as provide leadership and management development opportunities. We want a clear direction of travel. If you join BCP as a newly qualified social worker; we want to support you to work towards becoming an advanced practitioner, a Practice Educator, a Team Manager and even a Director of Children’s Services in the future

We want BCP Council to be a place where people want to live and work. We value our workforce and recognise that they are our most valuable asset. We want to deliver high quality, professional development opportunities for all our staff.

The Academy’s priorities are:

- Embedding and sustaining good practice right from the start; getting the basics right.
- Developing career pathways and staff that are committed to best practice standards.
- Embedding a strengths-based model of practice ensuring the child is at the front and centre of everything we do.

**We currently have vacancies within our front-line MASH, Assessment & Children & Families First Teams**.

As a Social Worker, your key responsibilities will be to:

- Complete assessments under the Children Act 1989 (Section 17 and 47) to immediately safeguard children deemed at risk of significant harm.
- Offer support to children and families or signpost to relevant support agencies where necessary/appropriate to ensure outstanding care services are in place and children can reach their full potential
- Communicate with other agencies and share information to safeguard children.
- Work with the police to carry out joint investigations which promote the safety of children deemed at risk of significant harm.
- Create long-term solutions to improve the children’s lives and strive for the best possible outcomes.
- Support and monitor children who have a child in need or child protection plan
- Work with families to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people
- Seek permanency for children who cannot live with their birth families

Our pledge to you:

- Maintain a manageable caseload
- Monthly individual supervision and regular group supervision within your team
- We offer a model of reflection personal supervision to support professional development
- A wide programme of training and the opportunity for career progression in BCP. For further information, please click here (link)
- Small friendly teams which work collaboratively and are passionate about children and young people
- Flexible/family friendly working hours
- Transport options include a pool car scheme available, cycling and electric scooter schemes
- Staff discount scheme available

To find out more about BCP Children’s Services and our offer to you please see our new BCP website Children's social care (bcpcouncil.gov.uk)
- This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Person Specification for more details._