Social Worker - Children and Families

Bath & North East Somerset Council; Keynsham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

An established local authority is seeking qualified Social Workers to join their dynamic teams focused on improving children's lives. This rewarding role involves working collaboratively with families to provide tailored support, ensuring children remain safe and thrive. You'll manage your own caseload, utilizing relationship-based practices and trauma-informed approaches. The council is committed to professional development, offering extensive training and a supportive environment. Join a passionate team that values creativity and innovation in social work, making a real difference in the community.

Benefits

Comprehensive Induction

Managed Caseload

Regular Supervision

Extensive Training Opportunities

Laptop and iPhone for Flexible Working

Relocation Payments Available

Paid Social Work England Membership Renewal

Strong ASYE Programme

Qualifications

• Must have a relevant social work qualification and knowledge of children's services.
• Strong ability to analyze information and formulate outcome-focused plans.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children and families with complex needs.
• Conduct assessments and coordinate social care services.

Skills

Social Work Qualification

Knowledge of Child Protection

Assessment Skills

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Relevant Social Work Qualification

Tools

IT Skills for Electronic Systems

Job description

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

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 qualified Social Workers to join us. 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 Teams

You will work in partnership with an enthusiastic team consisting of a Team Manager, Deputy Team Managers, Senior Practitioners, qualified professional Social Workers, Family Support Practitioners/Personal Advisors 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 Team, 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.

Alternative Care Team, within the Care Outcomes Service

You will be joining a dynamic team with an established track record of positive outcomes, where collaborative working with colleagues across the division and creative problem solving is a particular strength. The Family Placement Team works with both foster carers, Special Guardians and Connected Persons, as well as providing a Fostering Families service to children at home. The Team is rated by OFSTED as Outstanding.

Disabled Children’s Team, within the Care Outcomes Service

The team works with children and young people who have diagnosed disabilities or health conditions which has a significant impact on their day to day lives from birth through to 18 years old, when we transition to adult services. As a result, the team can often work with children and their families for the duration of the child’s life. We work closely with our partner agencies in Health, SEND and Education to ensure that children are able to meet their potential. Work within the team is varied and includes children in need, children in need of protection and children looked after by the Local Authority.

Adolescent and Child Experienced Team, within the Care Outcomes Service

The team works with young people in which sexual or criminal exploitation is the primary need, as well as care leavers. It is recognised that some of our most vulnerable adolescents in need, will become care leavers or share similar experiences and therefore have the same need to be safeguarded by the professionals they work with before and after their eighteenth birthday. The team work on developing strategies to keep the young people safe using traditional as well as more up to date research and practice methods relating to risk both in and outside of the home. Primarily, a contextual safeguarding approach will aim to strengthen professional relationships around risk management. The team will support young people to have every opportunity to engage in Education, Employment and Training. Multi agency working is a core element of practice and the team will work closely with colleagues from Police, Health, Education and Adult Social Care (promoting positive transitions into adulthood).

About The Role

The post holder will manage their own caseload, which will include children and families with complex needs. You will be able to evidence a strong ability to analyse information and formulate outcome focused plans for children and families. Applicants must be confident in writing professional assessments/reports as well as presenting their evidence verbally. Applicants need to have very strong organisational skills to manage and prioritise their work effectively and in a timely way and will be committed to working as part of a team to support colleagues in delivering optimum services to children and families.

We are seeking applications from experienced workers or those newly qualified within social work and are looking to enhance and further develop their skills and contribute to service development for vulnerable children.

You Can Expect

• A comprehensive induction
• Managed caseload
• 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 Social Workers across the teams, and opportunities to share good practice
• 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
• Strong ASYE programme, with peer group meetings, regular workshops and training, and a protected caseload
• Paid Social Work England membership renewal
• 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
• Good practice to be recognised and celebrated through a quarterly newsletter
  
  

To Apply You Will Have

• A relevant social work qualification
• Knowledge of the legislative framework and legal proceedings 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

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose to improve peoples live. Find out more about our values at

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

We are a Disability Confident Employer find out more at

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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