Social Worker - Family Safeguarding

We have some exciting opportunities for social workers to join our Family Safeguarding Team. If you are looking for a friendly, creative, and dynamic working culture that supports and enables social work professionals to make a real difference for the most vulnerable then we would welcome an application from you., To make effective use of time and be able to prioritise workload, ensuring timeliness in visiting, report writing and other deadlines
With the Supervisor, be able to set clear goals and strategies as part of individual and group case supervision
To contribute to service development and learning of others
We know that working in social care can be challenging. Bracknell Children's Services offer training and reflective coaching to support social workers to continue to develop their skills and knowledge.

We are looking for passionate, reliable and motivated social workers who are excited by a new way of delivering support to children and families to join our family safeguarding team. We are looking for social workers who are registered with social work England and have completed their ASYE.

You will need to understand and have experience of permanence/ PLO/ legal processes and an in-depth knowledge of what works for children and families, relevant legislation, and know what good looks like in practice.

By applying for a social worker position, you will have a highly developed specialist knowledge of social work practice. Your skills and expertise will enable you to take the lead with the most complex situations.

If you have chosen social work as a profession and are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people, then join us in Family Safeguarding to contribute to a service that works with families to enable lasting change for children.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and their families. Applicants should be aware that the post will only be offered to successful candidates subject to an enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances, Disability Confident
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We provide children, young people and families with the right service at the right time. Put simply, we change lives for the better.

Bracknell Forest Council is the local authority of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire, England. It is a unitary authority; The council office is in the heart of the vibrant town centre. Our borough offers great transport links with the M4, M3, M25 and the South Western Railway is local to us, so you can travel to work with ease, with free parking. We also offer a hybrid working arrangements, with time balanced between the office and home.

Favouring a relational approach in all that we do, over 80% of our workforce are permanent employees, caseloads are manageable and caring for 'you and your family' is a priority for the Council.

We use the Family Safeguarding Model in our approach to collaborating with families to keep them together, where it is safe to do so, supported by Motivational Interviewing (MI). This approach empowers families, children, and young people, enabling parents to make positive changes that lead to improved outcomes for their children and enhance their own wellbeing.

What it's like working in our team…

We know that social work, whilst rewarding, is not always easy. To support high quality consistent social work, we have a comprehensive learning and development offer, driven by our passionate Principal Social Worker. We have resilience groups, well-being days and events, group supervision as well as peer support.

We are graded by Ofsted as "Outstanding". In June 2022 Ofsted identified during the inspection.

Children receive the right support at the right time'.

You will be supported to carry out the following duties, responsibilities and training…

To identify the needs of children and promote intervention and safeguarding
To work alongside other professionals and Adult Workers as part of a multi-disciplinary team
To manage a caseload of Child in Need, Child Protection, Care Proceedings and Children Looked After
To take part in the team duty system responding to concerns as and when they arise

Generous annual leave commencing at 28 days increasing after 3 years' service to 33 days (pro rata for part time). With additional annual leave purchase policy.
Opportunities for flexible and agile working, we offer a hybrid model of working to promote flexible working around personal and family commitments.
An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks.
Regular opportunities for development with internal and external training courses.
A great office location next to travel links and the regenerated town centre.
Internal sports and social club opportunities.
An extensive employee assistance programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing.
Discounted leisure centre and gym membership.
Supermarket discount.
Local government pension scheme / Life insurance cover.