Job title: Social Worker
Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Specialist Safeguarding Unit, Castle House, Barracks Road, ST5 1BL
Salary: Grade 9 £32,234 – 36,992
Contract: Permanent – 37 hrs full time or part time, Job share – we are flexible to requests
Our team
We have a great opportunity to join the Newcastle & Kidsgrove Specialist Safeguarding Team 1 as a Social Worker. We’re a great team, headed up by Claire Cartwright and many of us have worked here at Newcastle for a long time. We stay because we feel supported by our colleagues, we feel empowered to do our very best and we know the work we do really makes a difference to our community.
Our approach
In Staffordshire, we have embedded a new restorative practice model. We want to improve the lives of all children and young people, using a whole system approach enabling children to be happy, healthy, and safe. And we do this by supporting families to enable children to remain at home wherever possible. We confidently manage risks and are supported to be courageous and ambitious as an organisation. Restorative approaches are widely accepted as a highly effective way of achieving better outcomes for children, young people, and their families.
What you’ll do
As a qualified Social Worker you’ll have experience working with children and families and you’ll be committed to supporting children to remain with their families. Your allocation will include completing Initial Visits, Child Social Work Assessments and S47 enquiries. You’ll manage child in need and child protection plans and do direct work with children. Your role will include care proceedings work and some work with looked after children.
What you’ll have:
You’ll be a great communicator so building those key relationships with children, families and other professionals will come naturally to you. You’ll also be committed to striving for the best outcomes for children. We work using a restorative practice model so it would be great if you have experience of this but if you don’t, we’ll train you in this approach.
How we’ll support you:
Making sure you are well supported and given the opportunity to develop is a high priority at Staffordshire. That’s why we offer an excellent staff development programme including a new aspiring team managers programme and we support colleagues through regular supervision including ¼ Group Supervision. We also offer other employed benefits such as:
How do I apply?
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Closing date for applications is : 18 April 2021
For further information about this position, please contact Kay Jones on tel. 07773032522.
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This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.