Social Worker (CIC Team) - INTERNAL

Barnet Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 31 days

Retention bonus

LG Pension scheme

Flexible working

Discounts

Payroll benefits

Training & development

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Barnet Council is seeking 3 skilled and motivated Social Workers for its Children in Care Team. You will handle a varied caseload of Looked After Children, developing and implementing timely care and pathway plans to achieve permanency and stability in placements.

You will lead on risk assessments, safety planning, and collaborate with partners to keep children safe and supported through their journey. You will support assessments, care planning, and life story work, and develop innovative ways

Qualifications

• Experienced social worker with creative and analytical thinking.
• Recent experience as a case holder for Looked After Children.
• Skilled in developing and implementing timely care and pathway plans for children and young people.
• Strong understanding of risk assessments and safety planning.
• Experience working with partners to keep children safe.
• Ability to manage a varied caseload from infancy to 18 years.
• Experience in life story work and transition planning to care leaving service.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of Looked After Children and support their journey to permanency.
• Develop, implement and monitor care and pathway plans.
• Conduct risk assessments and safety planning with multi‑agency partners.
• Deliver life story work and transition planning for children in care.
• Promote innovative and creative approaches to achieve outstanding outcomes.

Skills

Case management

Looked After Children

Care planning

Risk assessment

Partnership working

Analytical thinking

Job description

Important Information for Current Barnet Council Employees

Where possible, employees who have access to Oracle are encouraged to apply via the Opportunity Marketplace (Internal Career Site). This helps to ensure applications are correctly identified as internal and avoids potential delays during the recruitment process.

About Barnet Council

Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of. Our excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces and diverse communities all help make it a great place to live and work. As a council we want to build on these strengths as we move into the future. We are growing and developing as an organisation to meet the challenges facing our borough and we are committed to working with partner organisations and residents to make Barnet even better. As an organisation, our staff are committed to Our Values: Learning to Improve, Caring, Inclusive, Collaborative – which drive everything we do.

About the role

We are looking for 3 x skilled, dynamic and motivated Social Workers within our Children in Care Team who have a passion for achieving excellence and the ability to drive change for children and young people in Barnet. If this is you, you could be the person we are looking for!

About you

An experienced social worker who can demonstrate creative and analytical thinking and share our passion in achieving the best for our looked after children.

You will have recent experience of working as a case holder for Looked After Children and have excellent skills in developing and implementing timely and effective care plans and pathway plans with children and young people to achieve permanency and stability in their placements.

You will have a thorough understanding of risk assessments, safety planning and working with partners to keep our children and young people safe. Working directly with a varied caseload of children in care from a few months old to 18 years old and supporting them through their journey as their corporate parents.

You will be supporting children and young people through your assessments, care planning and life story work. You will also be responsible for developing challenging and creative ways of working and thinking with children in care and support them to develop their independence to progress their transition to the care leaving service in order to achieve outstanding outcomes.

What we offer

• 31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
• A 20% retention bonus to be added to the advertised salary
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, which provides a valuable guaranteed income in your retirement together with security for your dependents
• A comprehensive Flexible Working Policy which supports work-life balance by empowering staff and management to make decisions around when, where, and how work is done
• A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more
• Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Employee well- being training programs including confidential employee assistance

Work arrangements and inclusivity

To deliver Barnet Council’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. As such we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Barnet Council embraces all forms of flexible working (including part-time, compressed hours, and hybrid working) and is committed to offering employees a healthy work-life balance. Candidates are encouraged to talk about relevant requirements and preferences at interview. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply

All posts with the council are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the council satisfaction your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.