Social Worker (ASYE) - Family Support Team

Bath and North East Somerset Council; Keynsham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retention payment

Job summary

Bath and North East Somerset Council is seeking an ASYE Social Worker to join the Safeguarding Outcomes Service in Bath. You will work within a hub of managers, senior practitioners and frontline staff to deliver child welfare services and assessments for families.

You will conduct single assessments and child protection investigations, coordinating with health, education and adult services to support children and families while maintaining a trauma-informed, relationship-based approach.

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker with ASYE status or eligible for ASYE
• Experience working with families to support child welfare
• Strong communication and relationship-based practice principles

Responsibilities

• Respond to and coordinate a range of social care services for children, young people and families
• Undertake single assessments and section 47 child protection investigations
• Collaborate with health, education and partner services to support families and keep children safe

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Collaboration

Relationship-based practice

Trauma-informed practice

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

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

This role is eligible for a £2,000 Retention Payment (pro-rata for part-time roles). To recognise and reward commitment, a £2,000 retention payment is available. This will be paid in two instalments:

• £1,000 after completing 2 years of service
• A further £1,000 after an additional 6 months

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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Social Worker (ASYE) to join one of our Family Support Teams, within the Safeguarding Outcomes Service. 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-focussed interventions.

About the role:

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

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, and Children in Care. The role will include undertaking single assessments and section 47 child protection investigations. We work closely with our colleagues across the service and have established partnerships with agencies across health, education, support services and adult services to ensure we can respond as effectively as possible to the needs of children, young people, and their families.

We work closely with our Family Support Plus team who deliver extensive Family Group Conferences to utilise resources and support within families