Job Title: Social Worker / Senior Social Worker - Safeguarding
Location: Kingston
Salary:

• Social Worker: £39,951 - £40,614
• Senior Social Worker: £46,041 - £49,083

Contract: Full-time, Permanent
About the Role
This role will involve supporting children and young people who are subject to Child Protection plans and Child in Need plans.
Key Responsibilities:

• Understanding when to transfer cases from the Safeguarding team to the Permanence team
• Building strong and respectful working relationships with families, their support network and our partner agencies
• Regular assessment writing, threshold application, home visits, direct work, care planning, chairing meetings and case recording in line with our policies and procedures
• Ensuring that children and young people are actively involved in our work and their voice is captured in our case recording
• Actively taking part in reflective supervision and group supervision

About You

• An effective communicator
• Resilient worker, able to work effectively in a team or on your own, taking ownership and responsibility for the cases you are assigned
• Confident and competent with the relevant statutory and regulatory framework and have knowledge of an appropriate range of professional interventions
• Evidence of championing inclusion and diversity whilst making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people
• Solution-focused person with the ability to deal with sensitive issues.

Qualifications

• Relevant Social Work qualification
• Completion of ASYE
• Active Social Work England registration

Experience:

• Preferably recent experience in a similar role.

Benefits
We are focused on creating a positive, supportive environment, where you will have access to a wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and the technology and equipment to enable hybrid working.
You will also have access to:

• A welcome payment and retention bonus for selected roles
• Access to free parking at your main place of work
• 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after four years with bank holidays in addition
• Local government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
• Hybrid working, enabling you to work from home, office or the community, with access to the technology and equipment to support you
• Working with a wide range of families from diverse backgrounds with different presenting issues
• Travel assistance package for business use, including car and cycle mileage reimbursement, annual season ticket loan or business Oyster cards
• A minimum of 12 protected Development Days each year for all staff
• Support and recognition from a stable senior leadership team with an open door culture
• Managers who recognise complexity of cases and load, value hard work, provide reassurance, build confidence and facilitate career development and progression opportunities
• A huge range of additional professional development opportunities as part of our regional Social Work Teaching Partnership.

Important Notes:

• This is a hybrid role. Candidates will be expected to be in the office/community 3 times a week.
• At the moment we are not accepting candidates that require sponsorship.
• We are offering a £3000 welcome payment + £3000 market supplement for this role.