Social Workers

This is a fixed term post for 12 months covering maternity leave in the Children in Care and Care Leavers team in Stafford. Our Social Workers make a huge difference to the lives of people across our county, and we remain passionate about investing in retaining our own and developing practice and this an exciting opportunity which offers just that. If you are looking for more responsibility, a supportive role with your colleagues whilst continuing to support and safeguard some of our most vulnerable/high risk children and young people, then this could be just for you. We also have a career progression framework in place to support you which also includes:

• Practice Educator Programme
• Aspiring Senior Practice Lead and Aspiring Team Manager programme
We are ambitious in our learning and development programme with strong links within the West Midlands and our teaching partnership., As an advanced social worker you will:
• work in our Child in Care Team and support children to maintain relationships with their families, reunification and permanence. be supporting families facing challenging situations, and managing complex issues.
• offer informal and formal mentoring to less experienced social workers, and use your practice wisdom to champion specific areas of practice.
• work within the framework of legislation, agreed council policies and procedures to work with or on behalf of children, young people and their families, to improve their well-being, and promote their independence.
  
  You will be an experienced social worker and have:
• a social work degree and be Social Work England (SWE) registered.
• post qualifying experience of working with vulnerable children and knowledge of safeguarding and children in care.
• knowledge of legislation and guidance underpinning delivery of children's social care e.g. Children's Act, Working Together, Adoption Act, Every Child Matters.
• full UK Driving Licence.
• knowledge and skills in supporting assessment and formulating plans for children and young people.
• experience in mentoring.
• demonstrated ability in improving outcomes for children and young people
• examples of creative social work practice to keep children and young people within their families where safe to do so.
  
  The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy: We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. Our benefits: We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire