Qualified Social Worker Children Services

3D Recruit; Northampton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional children's support organization is seeking a qualified social worker to join their Duty and Assessment Team in Northampton. The role involves responding to referrals and providing front-line support to vulnerable children and families, ensuring their safety and wellbeing. The organization offers an extensive benefits package including bonuses, flexible working arrangements, and professional development opportunities. If you are registered with Social Work England and dedicated to delivering excellent support, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

SWE Registration paid yearly

Recruitment Welcome Bonus of £6,000

Relocation costs up to £8,000

28 days annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working arrangements

Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified social worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Ability to analyze situations and make effective decisions.
• Skill in building strength-based relationships with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Respond to referrals regarding children at risk.
• Provide front-line support to children and families.
• Work collaboratively with various agencies to ensure child safety.

Skills

Effective communication

Analysis and decision making

Building relationships

Education

Qualified social worker with ASYE

Job description

About the role

We have a wonderful Duty and Assessment Team (DAAT) here at Northamptonshire Children's Trust! The DAAT is the single point of contact for all safeguarding concerns relating to children and young people in Northamptonshire.

Professionals from a range of services that have contact with children, young people, their families and carers collaborate to ensure immediate and prompt responses; their combined knowledge and expertise keep children and young people in Northamptonshire safe from harm and work at pace, completing robust short-term quality assessments of need, ensuring the right service provision is in place.

With a rotating duty element, the team works at pace, completing robust short-term quality assessments of need, ensuring the right service provision is in place. Skilled social workers in these teams are friendly and confident professionals, who can work collaboratively to very tight deadlines and ensure the child's voice is evident throughout.

There are six teams within DAAT, each consisting of a Team Manager, an Advanced Practitioner (who holds complex cases and supports five or six Social Workers/Senior Social Workers and a Newly Qualified Social Worker).

The team is fun and supportive, works hard and at pace, and always ensures there is food available to keep them going! They enjoy each other's company and often bond over a shared lunch. Managers within DAAT are always present and available for the team and pitch in to support whenever required.

What will you be doing?

We provide the front line, single point of contact for the public and professionals who are making referrals with concerns for children who are at risk of significant harm or who are children in need. Working with a broad range of agencies and services in our region, you will be responsible for responding to new referrals from professionals and members of the public.

You will have the opportunity to work with children and young people on a short-term basis after the initial referral until your cases transfer from the DAAT to other teams.

About you

You will be a qualified social worker, who has completed your ASYE, registered with Social Work England and have the commitment and passion to be at the forefront of delivering best practice and support to children and families.

As an effective communicator you will be able to build positive, strength-based relationships with a diverse range of children, young people and families.

As a Social Worker you will be confident in your analysis and decision making to deliver purposeful and effective social care supported by experienced colleagues and managers.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. It is also a regulated activity and will be subject to a Barred List check.

Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

• SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues)
• Recruitment Welcome Bonus of £6,000
• Relocation costs of up to £8,000
• Retention bonus payments for established personnel
• 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
• Employee Assistance Programme – health assured runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
• Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

About us

At Northamptonshire Children's Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.

Our workforce is our most valuable asset and is pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.

We value our colleagues and empower them to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.

At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation. We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.

Join our dedicated team

Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.