Senior Social Worker - Children's - Reset Service (Edge of Care/Contextual Safeguarding)
15 days left to apply
Greater London (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£50,000 - £74,999
FULLTIME
SENIOR SOCIAL WORKERS – CHILDREN’S SERVICES
RESET SERVICE (EDGE OF CARE, CONTEXTUAL SAFEGUARDING)
UP TO £54,890pa (includes £5k market supplement)
Hybrid, flexible working – 1 day per week at Newham Dockside
Closing date: 12/09/2023 at 23:59
We Are Newham.
We’re a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and bags of potential. We’re a challenging yet rewarding place to practise social work, with the networks in place to enable you to be the best social worker you can be and make a real difference to our children and their families. Our social care services were rated to be GOOD overall by Ofsted, with leadership rated as OUTSTANDING, but we have not stopped striving to be better.
We’ve been working tirelessly to establish a Centre of Excellence for Children’s Services through investment, co-production and by continuously developing our 'Circles of Support' practice model; centring on systemic and restorative practice and a specialist support offer for our practitioners. Don’t just take our word for it – Circles of Support was recently nominated for the prestigious MJ Innovation in Children’s/Adults Services award.
Ofsted described Newham as having a positive culture of learning and development and we always try to develop talent in-house. We’ve promoted 40 internal colleagues during the past two years, and have put 46 practitioners through systemic higher education since 2020. We value your development and at Newham career progression is reality for many. We also understand how tough social work can be – so most of our QSW posts involve only 1 day per week in the office alongside flexible working. We want to maximise your wellbeing and make life easier.
Apply now, and be part of our success.
Find out a bit more about working for us by watching our recruitment video.
ABOUT THE JOB
Newham’s Reset Service consists of two teams, STAY and TEN2. Both teams may take on cases but also work on a co-allocation basis alongside colleagues in the wider service and external organisations, so partnership working is key for Senior Social Workers in the service. Senior Social Workers are expected to provide effective, empathetic, restorative work with families alongside the necessary interventions for children where there is a safeguarding concern. As senior members of the team, Senior Social Workers deliver intensive, time-limited support to children, young people and families who find themselves on the ‘Edge of Care’, where there is an emerging risk of exploitation, where there is risk of extra-familial harm, and where there is a plan for reunification. Our Senior Social Workers are looking to create positive change and enable families to remain together.
Senior Social Workers at Newham are expected to support less experienced colleagues by sharing their knowledge and providing insight into what makes our practice great. Senior Social Workers in Divert will share their knowledge and expertise across the rest of children’s social car eon a regular basis and part of the role is to continue learning and develop specialisms in issues affecting children who are at risk or entering care, or exploitation.
For more information on the Senior Social Worker role at Newham please download the job description or contact Service Manager Michelle Martin:, michelle.martin@newham.gov.uk.
ABOUT YOU
You have at least 3 years’ post qualified experience and an understanding of working effectively within a diverse, urban community. Senior Social Workers in Divert may have different specialisms. We are looking for social workers with considerable experience approaching complex cases positively and empathetically; experience within an edge of care or contextual safeguarding team in a systemic local authority would be hugely advantageous. We are looking for social workers with experience working with children at risk or involved in any of the following: CSE, CCE, Modern Slavery and/or trafficking – ideally within a local authority with a similar profile to Newham (large young population, vastly different cultures and communities, high on deprivation index, inner city – especially inner London).
We’re looking for people who have a genuine interest in a restorative, relationship based practice model drawing on systemic thinking to inform your approach to building effective relationships with children, families and communities.
You will be a qualified social worker who is registered with Social Work England.
WHY WORK WITH US?
We’ve been working hard to make Newham a great place to practise.
- We’re a GOOD local authority and have established a centre of excellence for Children’s Services.
- Ofsted reported that we have OUTSTANDING senior leadership.
- Stability: 100% of our Service Managers and 71% of Team Managers are permanent.
- Our firmly established practice model, Circles of Support, was recently nominated for the prestigious MJ Award for Innovation in Children’s Services and allows systemic, restorative practice to flourish.
- We offer genuine flexible working, with only 1 day in the office per week (off duty)
- Career progression; we’ve promoted 39 internal colleagues in the past 2 years.
- Social Care Academy – 47 social workers have studied for systemic higher education with us since 2020.
- A competitive package of up to £54,890 (includes market supplement).
- Oyster card/parking permit for business use.
- Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits (Council scheme).
- Travel season ticket loan, cycle scheme, Local Authority pension.
TO APPLY
To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement (1-2 sides of A4) through our online recruitment portal.
The supporting statement should demonstrate how you meet the relevant requirements listed in the person specification in the job description.
Shortlisting decisions will be based on candidates' relevant experience and on candidates' suitability for the role in line with the person specification, as described in their supporting statement and CV.
https://www.newham.gov.uk/downloads/file/6156/qsw-senior-social-worker-jd-1-
Closing date: 12/09/2023 at 23:59 – please apply ASAP as we may interview shortlistable candidates before the closing date.
Interviews: ASAP
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or want to discuss joining Newham Children’s Services with one of our managers, please contact our Recruitment Team.
Additional Information
We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.
The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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