Impactful Child In Need & Protection Social Worker

Salford Council; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Free parking

Training in Family Partnership Model

Wellbeing offer

Supervision and mentoring

Job summary

Salford City Council in Salford is seeking social workers for the Child In Need and Child Protection Team (CPCIN). The role involves working with children subject to care plans, and placement into longer-term services when appropriate.

You will benefit from a resource-rich environment and a hybrid working model. We value specialists and champions in areas like safeguarding and domestic abuse, and offer robust supervision, reflective practice, and a comprehensive wellbeing package to support

Qualifications

• Must have social work registration or eligible for registration.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection principles.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Building trusted relationships while ensuring people's wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision making.
• Having conversations with people based on what matters most to them.
• Connecting people to wider networks of opportunity and support.
• Increasing people's creative potential and self-esteem.
• Responding quickly to crisis and supporting families until things improve.
• Maintaining contact with children, young people and families to monitor wellbeing and change needs.

Skills

Relationship building

Communication

Empathy

Crisis intervention

Child protection awareness

Education

Social work qualification

Job description

Salford City Council in Salford is seeking social workers for the Child In Need and Child Protection Team (CPCIN). The role involves working with children subject to care plans, and placement into longer-term services when appropriate.

You will benefit from a resource-rich environment and a hybrid working model. We value specialists and champions in areas like safeguarding and domestic abuse, and offer robust supervision, reflective practice, and a comprehensive wellbeing package to support