Social Worker – Children & Families – DfE (Hybrid

Wax Recruitment Ltd; Shefford; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Wax Recruitment Ltd in the UK is assisting Central Bedfordshire Council to recruit Social Workers who are committed to getting it right for children and families from the start. We seek professionals with at least five years post-qualifying experience, strong knowledge of child-in-need, protection and court work, and registration with Social Work England with a valid DBS.

The role is hybrid, with minimum two days in CBC offices or home-based work, and occasional site attendance as required, all

Qualifications

• Five years post-qualifying experience in childrenin need, child protection or court work.
• Strong understanding of social work theories/models and how to apply them to improve outcomes for children and families.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for high-quality assessments and reports.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of children, visit families and complete direct work with children to understand their views.
• Chair multi-agency meetings and liaise with other professionals to support vulnerable children.
• Contribute to timely, high-quality interventions to reduce needs and prevent care entry.
• Provide assessments and reports that inform safeguarding decisions.

Skills

Post-qualifying experience

Education

Social Work England Registration

DBS Required

Job description

Job Category: Social Care Qualified

Location: Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, Central Bedfordshire, SG17 5TQ, Central Bedfordshire Council

Salary: £29.28 per hour

Social Work England Registration and DBS Required

minimum 2 days a week office based, and office based all week during duta week

37 hours, office based minimum two days a week, and all of duty week. All equipment must be collected from and returned to Priory House, Shefford. Any equipment not returned or damaged we will look to recover costs.

Location: Working from home and any CBC offices, including Priory House, Shefford and Grove View, Dunstable. You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role.

Contract Type: Hybrid contract

About the role

Central Bedfordshire Council is looking for Social Workers who are passionate about getting it right for children and their families the first time.

We are recruiting Social Workers who have at least five years post qualifying experience and a good understanding of how to apply different social work theories and models, which support ideas and the delivery of imaginative ambitious interventions that improve outcomes for children, young people, and their families through child in need, child protection and court work.

Central Bedfordshire is aspiring to progress from the current ‘Good’ Ofsted rating to be an ‘Outstanding’ Children’s Services, ensuring that our children and young people have the best support and achieve their best outcomes.

As part of our Families First journey, Social Workers in Family Help now support children from assessment onwards enabling them to build up meaningful relationships with families and create lasting change. We focus on ensuring children receive timely support and reduce the number of children we have coming into local authority care.

Central Bedfordshire is a Good and award winning Local Authority.

About you

You will have:

• Experience in managing a varied caseload of children, visiting families, completing direct work with children to understand their views and lived experiences.
• Experience chairing multi-agency meetings and liaising with a range of other professionals to support our most vulnerable children.
• Proven experience having an impact on families in achieving positive outcomes for children
• Excellent verbal communication skills to enable you to communicate effectively with children, parents and other agencies, and the written skills to present high-quality assessments and reports.
• A passion for delivery of high quality services and interventions to vulnerable children