Senior Social Work Practitioner - Children and Families

Bath River Line; West of England; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a Senior Social Work Practitioner to join a dynamic Local Authority focused on improving lives in the Bath & North East Somerset area. This role involves working collaboratively with families, delivering essential social services, and contributing to a supportive team environment aimed at safeguarding children and families. Join a well-regarded authority gaining accolades for its innovative practices and commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Welcome Payment of 5% of overall salary

Retention Payments of £2,000

Relocation Package of up to £8,000 available

Extensive training opportunities

Paid Social Work England membership renewals

Access to Research in Practice

Laptop and iPhone for flexible working

Qualifications

• Significant social work experience required.
• Knowledge of social work theory and practice essential.

Responsibilities

• Responding and delivering social care services to children and families.
• Undertaking assessments and investigations in safeguarding.
• Supervising and mentoring junior social workers and practitioners.

Skills

Knowledge of legislative framework

Passion for supporting families

IT skills

Education

Relevant social work qualification

Job description

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At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose to improve people’s lives.

Welcome Payment of 5% of overall salary* (pro-rata for part-time roles)

Retention Payments of £2,000 Payable* (pro-rata for part-time roles)

Relocation Package of up to £8,000 available*

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If your passion is around collaborative work with families, centred on building relationships in order to help families develop resilience and make changes for their children, then we are the Local Authority for you. Working with families to keep children at home wherever possible, our dynamic teams work with families from point of contact through to long term support and intervention. Our practice model is underpinned by relationship-based, systemic approaches to facilitate change, alongside trauma informed practice.

Bath and North East Somerset Children’s Social Care are an innovative small Local Authority focused on therapeutic assessment and support. Rated Good by OFSTED, with continued vision and drive to improve further.

We have exciting opportunities for experienced Social Workers to join us in Senior Social Work Practitioner positions. We are committed to being a dynamic and creative Local Authority, working hard to think differently about how we approach our work with families. We are deeply committed to providing tailored high-quality services and well thought out interventions to families to keep children safe. Our practice is values-driven with a strong ethos of child-focused interventions.

About The Role

You will work in partnership with an enthusiastic team consisting of a Team Manager, Deputy Team Manager, Senior Practitioners, Social Workers, Family Support Practitioners and Administrative staff.

Family Support Teams, within the Safeguarding Outcomes Service

This rewarding role will see you responding to, co-ordinating and delivering a range of social care services to children, young people and families in the Bath and North East Somerset area for children subject to Child in Need Plans, Child Protection Plans, Children in Care, and children subject to legal proceedings. The role will include undertaking single assessments and section 47 child protection investigations. We work closely with our Family Support Plus team who deliver extensive Family Group Conferences to utilise resources and support within families to keep children safe, as well as tailored interventions including the New Way domestic abuse service.

Children In Care Teams, within the Care Outcomes Service

This varied role will see you responding to, co-ordinating and delivering a range of social care services to children, young people and families in the Bath and North East Somerset area for children who are looked after and children who have a plan of adoption. We work closely with our colleagues across the service and have established partnerships with agencies across health, education and support services to ensure we can respond as effectively as possible to the needs of children, young people, and their families.

As a Senior Social Work Practitioner, you will have an opportunity to develop your supervisory skills through supervision of a Family Support Practitioner, as well as being able to access Practice Educator Professional Standards (PEPS) training to support a student social worker or taking on a mentoring role for newly qualified social workers on the ASYE programme from other teams.

You Can Expect

• A comprehensive induction
• Regular supervision at a minimum of monthly one to one
• Weekly group reflective supervision to promote thoughtful and creative practice, supported by your peers and managers
• Monthly Peer Circles to ensure strong relationships and support between Senior Social Work Practitioners across the teams
• Extensive training opportunities, which include SARI workshops around culturally sensitive practice, opportunities to join a 6-month long training in Systemic Practice delivered by the Centre for Systemic Social Work, attachment-based workshops, and trauma-informed workshops
• Excellent administrative support with dedicated admin staff supporting each team
• Tri-annual Social Work Conferences with guest speakers who are experts in the field. Examples of previous conferences have included Donald Forrester, Brid Featherstone, Rebecca Carr-Hopkins, ‘Annie’ from Surviving Safeguarding, and Dr Karen Treisman
• Paid Social Work England membership renewals
• Access to Research in Practice
• Laptop and iPhone to promote flexible working, to enhance your work-life balance
• Relocation Payments are available
• A stable leadership team
• A stable and committed team, with very low rates of agency workers, and low vacancy rates
  
  

To Apply You Will Have

• A relevant social work qualification
• Significant social work experience
• Knowledge of the legislative framework that governs children’s services
• Knowledge of theory and practice applicable to social work
• IT skills to enable operation of standard electronic systems
• Passion, commitment, and motivation to support the most vulnerable families in our area
  
  

Interested to find out more?

For more information about what roles are currently available, for Safeguarding Outcomes please call Phoebe Holland, Head of Service (Tue & Wed) on 01225 396709 or email or Sam MacDonald, Head of Service (Mon, Thurs, Fri) on 01225 396860 or email . For Care Outcomes, please call Joanna Parker, Head of Service on 01225 396957 or email .

Interview date: TBC

Please Note: this is a rolling advert applications will be checked weekly and we will shortlist and interview on a rolling basis.

No agencies please.

About Bath & North East Somerset Council.

Working at Bath & North East Somerset provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

Why Bath & North East Somerset Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. Go to

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We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us. Find out more on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at

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The Council is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Safeguarding Statement: The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.

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