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WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Worcester

Social Workers

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WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Worcester

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 4 days ago, 9 Nov | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: f6f7b5ce49c84a9d985256354e966bca

Full Job Description

  • Do you love working with children and young people?
  • Are you looking for a new challenge or change?
  • Do you want to further develop your social work career and knowledge working with permanent experienced colleagues and line managers?
  • Do you want to work for a service that has recently been rated as 'Good' by Ofsted?
    • Then Worcestershire Children First needs to be your next move! Why work in Worcestershire? Social Workers have access to our Social Work Academy - ensuring they have the right training & CPD opportunities to do their best work and support them in their Social Worker career. The service is well supported with access to Advanced Social Work Practitioners, staff are also able to access advice, support & services from our Family Time Services and Get Safe (working with young people at risk or vulnerable to exploitation/undertaking return interviews). The combination of these services means Social Workers have more time to focus on their role and undertake direct work with children. You will be supported by and working with a stable management group in teams where the culture of 'team' being a supportive learning environment is embedded with regular supervision, manageable caseloads, and regular team meetings. We know how important this is in achieving forward thinking and progressive social work practice where children and young people experience a great consistent and responsive service, and our partners have trust and confidence in us. Our teams are area based, meaning you work within local communities - able to build links with families and partner agencies! We provide staff with the technology to enable them to work in a flexible & mobile environment and we have local area touch-point offices, ensuring staff have less travel in their roles. We have a range of roles for experienced Social Workers across the service to include our Assessment Teams, Safeguarding Services and Through Care. Safeguarding Services: Social Workers in the Locality Safeguarding Area are responsible for implementing complex child in need planning, child protection plans, private and public court proceedings. The focus of the work is supporting families to care for their children safely. As Social Workers you will work closely with Specialist Family Support Services and a multi-disciplinary team working with families who are affected by substance use, mental health difficulties and domestic violence - this supporting you to have more time to undertake direct work with children & young people! For more information contact Group Manager Ruth Hill for more information on the Locality Safeguarding roles on Through Care: The Through Care Service supports children and young people who have permanent plans to remain looked after, we also support all the UASC young children within the service. Your work will be supporting young people to ensure that they have the correct care plan, and this is progressed in a timely way. Our Through Care Service is aligned to our Family Time Service and our Health & Wellbeing Service - ensuring timely access to wellbeing support to our looked after children and carers. For more information contact Alice Gillett for more information on the Through Care roles on , When completing the application form, please let us know at the start of your personal statement which role you are interested in so we can ensure that your application reaches the correct individual.

    While you are working hard, doing your best for the people of Worcestershire, we will do our best to provide an environment that supports and inspires you. Here are some of the top reasons why you should work here.

    The work we do at Worcestershire County Council matters! We are there for the most vulnerable people in society who need us the most, we are helping to build a successful and growing local economy, we protect our environment, we improve outcomes for our children, young people and families, and we help ensure our residents are healthier, live longer and have a better quality of life. In short, what we do makes a difference to people's lives! With so many ways to contribute, the chances are we have a job opportunity that's the career for you.

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