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Social Worker - Leaving Care Team

Employer
Achieving For Children
Location
Kingston upon Thames
Salary
£32628 - £39147 per annum
Closing date
22 Jul 2018

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Job Details

Salary - £32, 628 - £39,147
Location - Guildhall Two, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 1EU and 91 Queens Road, Twickenham, TW1 4EU
Directorate - Specialist Children's Service
Service -Leaving Care

About the role
To be a Social Worker for the Leaving Care Team you will be a qualified social worker who is HCPC registered and has experience of working with Looked After Children, UASC and care leavers. You must be committed to making positive changes for young people. You will be passionate about working with young people, especially where there are safeguarding concerns. Sound verbal and written skills are a necessity and will be tested at interview. Full support and regular supervision will be given for case management, personal development, career progression and excellent training opportunities.

Excellent skills in communication are needed to engage with the most vulnerable children and young people through direct work as well as liaison with other key professionals and partners. There will be an expectation on the successful candidate to evidence competence in and to promote multi-professional working.
In return, we will offer you high-quality support and development opportunities, including Signs of Safety training, Systemic Family Therapy support and much, much more

About us
Working for Achieving for Children, you will have the opportunity to operate at the cutting edge of children's services delivery. We are an award-winning social enterprise created by Kingston and Richmond Councils in 2014, joined in 2017 by Windsor and Maidenhead, and responsible for delivering the boroughs' children's services.

We have been up and running for four years, and in that time we have established a reputation as one of the leading children's services providers in the country. We are one of the Department for Education's eight 'Partners in Practice', tasked with leading improvement across the sector. 6

Achieving for Children is committed to enabling social workers to develop their potential within an inspirational and supportive learning environment. New recruits receive a thorough induction programme, tailored to their role requirements. A new continuing professional development (CPD) framework for social workers has been established with a comprehensive development programme, including bite-size workshops, learning lunches, seminars, action learning sets and CPD portfolio-building support. Continuing professional development social work qualifications, external training and conference attendance are fully funded, along with corporate membership of The College of Social Work and subscription to online research resources.

Our social work promise
We are able to offer the successful candidate a multi-professional, supportive and engaging environment in which to practice. Our social work support programmes are underpinned by a practice framework that broadens and deepens your knowledge of social work. In addition, we have recently introduced an exciting, bespoke 'hub model' funded our Partner in Practice work. This model encourages social workers, family support workers and systemic family therapists to work in partnership, driving down caseloads and collaborating on cases.

Benefits of working for Achieving for Children
In 2016 was named as Social Work Employer of the Year at the prestigious Social Worker of the Year awards ceremony, beating off competition from local authorities and national agencies to win the award. As a social enterprise owned by three local authorities, we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government.

The successful candidate will have access to;

  • Generous annual leave entitlements, cycle to work scheme, annual season ticket loan, childcare vouchers, and discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres and much more.
  • Excellent learning and development opportunities and schemes of support
  • A competitive and desirable retention package (to include a generous local government pension scheme)
  • Retention of continuous service benefits, for those moving from a local government post
  • A clear progression path when key qualification milestones are reached
  • Tools and models to support, including Signs of Safety
  • Reflective supervision from an experienced management team

You will find out more about our organisation at https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/

How to apply
Before applying please refer to the role profile and ensure you meet the essential criteria. You will then need to complete the online application, adding a supporting statement addressing how you meet the criteria outlined the role profile.

Achieving for Children is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All candidates will be required to undertake a Criminal Record Check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. However, should you not declare an offence that is subsequently revealed, e.g. through the DBS check, then this may place your appointment in jeopardy.

Closing Date: 22nd July 2018

 

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