Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, Middlesex (Hybrid)
Permanent, Full time
Enhanced DBS check required
£40,755 - £49,551
36 hours
We are looking for skilled Social Workers to join our Children and Young People department.
Come and Grow your Social Work Career in Brent
• Completing assessments of family members or friends as potential carers for children known to them e.g., Viability Assessments, Connected Persons Fostering assessments, Special Guardianship assessments.
• Supervising Connected Person/Regulation 24 fostering placements whilst assessments are in progress.
• Share expertise and work in partnership with colleagues across other children’s teams and agencies.
• Participate in a duty rota.
We are a team that is passionate about the work we undertake with a clear focus on partnership working with carers, children, and their families and with the professional network.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and a self-motivated social worker who is passionate about working with our kinship carers and providing them support and guidance.
Candidate must have 3 years post qualifying experience of working as a Social Worker in a statutory, with excellent verbal and written communications skills, good assessment skills, good understanding and working knowledge of the relevant legislation, have good IT skills and an ability to adapt to changing situations.
Some of our benefits package for staff:
• A £5000 ‘golden hello’ payment.
• Retention payments of £2,500 or £4,500 per year depending on team.
• A framework that informs and supports your professional growth.
• Minimum of 10 days of training per year. Our learning opportunities are designed to enhance direct social work practice using the Signs of Safety model.
• A career progression framework that maps out how you will grow your career in Brent – from ASYE to Team Manager and beyond.
For more information, please visit: www.brent.gov.uk/socialworkbrent.
Closing Date: 09 February 2025 (23:00)
If you require further information or would like an informal discussion, please contact: Head of LACP Kelli Eboji - kelli.eboji@brent.gov.uk
If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.
Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.