Social Worker - Children in Care Team

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Brierley Hill; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Manageable case loads

Learning & development package

High quality supervision

Supportive & collaborative team

Career progression opportunities

Streamlined IT system

Job summary

Dudley Council is seeking two experienced social workers to join the Children in Care Team in Dudley. The role focuses on safeguarding and achieving positive outcomes for children in care, with supervision and development support as part of a stable, supportive team.

Roles are based in Dudley, offering 37 hours per week, and salary grades 9 or 10 dependent on experience. Applications are invited through WM Jobs with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 1 year post-qualifying experience required.
• ASYE not accepted for this vacancy.

Responsibilities

• Support children in care and families to achieve positive outcomes.
• Maintain relationships with children, families and carers.
• Contribute to care planning and permanency work with a focus on restoration and stability.

Job description

We are looking for two experienced social workers to come and join our Children in Care Team here in Dudley. These vacancies have become available due to positive career progression within the service and are a rare opportunity! If you are looking for the challenge of being a corporate parent to young people in care and are driven to achieve the best outcomes then this is the job for you. You will be a practitioner with a big heart, who role models’ relational and restorative practice with children at the heart of everything you do to help achieve amazing outcomes for all our children and young people in care through building positive relationships and connections with our children, young people and their families..The Children in Care Team in Dudley is a stable service, who support all children with permanency plans following proceedings, inclusive of adoption, long term fostering, residential care, connected family placements, progressing SGO and reunification. We work closely with our care experienced personal advisors jointly to secure positive and ambitious transitional plans for our young people reaching 18.

Hours: 37 per week

Salary:- Grade 9 or 10 - grade and salary subject to experience

Working for Dudley you will receive:

Manageable case loads

A comprehensive learning and development package

High quality professional supervision

Supportive and collaborative team working

Excellent progression opportunities

A significantly streamlined IT system allowing more time away from admin and more time to work with children and their families

We require social workers with 1yrs post qualifying only. Candidates who have not completed their ASYE programme will not be considered for this vacancy.

For more information regarding Children in Care please contact Amy Baker on 01384 813098 or email [e-mail]

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

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Attached documents
CPF
Employee Benefits List.pdf
Job Description and Person Specification - Social Worker - Grade 9.pdf
Job Description and Person Specification - Senior Social Worker G10 JDPS.pdf