Advanced Social Worker - Child in Need and Child Protection

We have a vacancy for an Advanced Social Worker to join us in our Child Protection and Child in Need service for a period of 12 months. Want to know more about why Salford or fancy a laugh watching our blooper video: Blog: Best in the Northwest | greater jobs Our Child Protection and Child in Need service is made up of 5 teams, each with their own Practice Manager, two Advanced Social Workers and seven Social Workers. There are opportunities to work with our cared for children, within care proceedings and pre proceedings alongside managing the plans of children at CIN and CP threshold to support them, in partnership with families, to achieve better outcomes. Workers in this department seize the opportunity to support families to make progress so risks are reduced for children and young people. Our social work teams are supported by a bespoke team of family practitioners co-located with the social work teams, dedicated administration support alongside minute taking pools to help to reduce the time spent on administrative tasks and close working relationships with our integrated family time service. Have a keen interest in an area? As an Advanced Social Worker we are keen for you to have specialisms or be a 'champion' of practice in a certain area and we also offer the opportunity for you to become a practice educator if you wish to do so. In Salford, we are interested in you as a person and the practitioner you are or who you aspire to be. Your role will include:

• Effectively manage a limited caseload of complex cases in accordance with statutory responsibilities.
• Undertaking a variety of assessment types depending on the needs of the family
• Building effective relationships with children, young people and their families enabling full participation in assessment, planning, review and decision making.
• Effectively manage safeguarding risk including child protection, working within a multi-agency environment, providing a professional social work service. You will secure access to services, negotiating and challenging other professionals and organisations to provide the help required.
• Offering formal, informal, and reflective supervision to qualified social work staff, ASYEs and trainees and contribute to the development of the wider workforce
• Supporting the Practice Manager with the development and performance of the team
• Chairing Strategy Meetings and providing case direction when appropriate
• Leading by example and delivering best practice
  
  Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character.
  
  Competitive salary following pay and grading review in 2023.
• Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance.
• Recently refurbished office space with free parking on site. The majority of our teams are sat together in Swinton at Unity House.
• Rich in resources to help you with any child or family you work with.
• Robust training offer and mentoring scheme to support you with your career and aspirations.
• A comprehensive Wellbeing Offer
• Regular, quality, reflective supervision from a consistent management and leadership team.