Social Worker Family Safeguarding

Tripod Executive; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading authority implementing the Family Safeguarding Model to support families facing challenges. You'll work within a dedicated team of professionals addressing issues ranging from domestic abuse to mental health, contributing to positive outcomes while enjoying competitive salaries and flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Relocation allowance of up to £8,000

Flexible working and home working

Local government pension scheme

Free car parking

Qualifications

• Experience in social work or related fields.
• Commitment to working with families and individuals facing challenges.
• Skills in motivational interviewing and strengths-based approaches.

Responsibilities

• Support families in identifying and making lasting changes.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Utilize motivational interviewing techniques to promote family welfare.

Skills

Motivational interviewing

Support for families

Understanding of domestic abuse issues

Mental health awareness

Recovery support

Job description

Our Family Safeguarding Model

We’re proud to be one of a handful of authorities in the country using the Family Safeguarding Model, bringing together one team of workers with a range of skills and knowledge to offer help and support to families around a wide range of problems.

Our Family Safeguarding Model teams include:

• Social workers – who work directly with families and support them to identify and make lasting changes for themselves that will improve their lives
• Domestic abuse workers – who work with people who have experienced or are experiencing domestic abuse, to help them understand the impact it has on themselves and their children
• Recovery workers – who work with families when they want support with alcohol or drug issues
• Mental health workers – who support parents in understanding their thoughts and emotions and the impact their mental health challenges might be having on their children.

Together, our teams combine their knowledge and expertise to assess the needs of the whole family, providing services and support to meet those needs.

We use motivational interviewing(MI) - a strengths-based conversational approach to counselling that encourages families to improve their children’s welfare by enhancing their motivation to change.

In a recent Peer Review by Hertfordshire Centre of Practice in July 2023, our Children’s Services was commended for our staff’s commitment to working through the Family Safeguarding Model and highlighted many examples of good practice which are resulting in good outcomes for children, including how we use motivational interviewing techniques and strengths-based language.

Our offer to you:

You’ll get exceptional support from managers who will oversee your caseloads. You’ll work with first class colleagues and partners across Swindon and we’ll offer you flexibility and hybrid-working opportunities because we know how important work-life balance is.

We also offer:

• Our salaries are competitive
• Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 (eligibility criteria applies)
• We offer flexible working and home working
• We offer great benefits, including a local government pension scheme
• Free car parking at our central Swindon campus and easy commuter links to many locations