Social Worker - Support and Safeguarding

Northamptonshire Children's Trust; Hardingstone; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional child welfare agency in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Children's Safeguarding Social Worker to protect and promote the welfare of children. This role involves assessing and planning interventions for families in crisis and requires strong communication and analytical skills. Candidates must be qualified social workers with experience in safeguarding. The organization offers a supportive work environment with extensive benefits including a welcoming community and professional growth opportunities.

Benefits

Yearly SWE Registration

Recruitment Welcome Bonus of £6,000

Relocation costs up to £8,000

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working arrangements

Extensive Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Completed ASYE and committed to best practices.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse families.
• Experience in safeguarding and child protection.

Responsibilities

• Assess and plan interventions for children and families in crisis.
• Collaborate with professionals to ensure best outcomes for children.
• Build strength-based relationships with children and families.

Skills

Communication skills

Relationship-building

Analytical skills

Crisis intervention

Education

Qualified, registered social worker

Job description

As a Children's Safeguarding Social Worker, you will play a critical role in protecting and promoting the welfare of children and young people. You will be responsible for assessing, planning, and implementing interventions to safeguard children and support families in crisis. Your work will involve collaboration with various professionals and agencies to ensure the best outcomes for the children in your care. To deliver and provide social work services, at a level appropriate for a professionally qualified post, to children and families to ensure the welfare of children and young people is safeguarded and they are protected in accordance with the legal and statutory obligations of Northamptonshire Children's Trust.

Can you build good strength-based relationships with children, young people, and their families to make a positive difference? You will be an experienced qualified, registered social worker, who has completed your ASYE and have the commitment and passion to be at the forefront of delivering best practice and support to children, young people, and families. As an effective communicator you will be able to build positive, strength-based relationships with a diverse range of children, young people, and families. As a Social Worker you will be confident in your analysis and decision making to deliver purposeful and effective social care supported by experienced colleagues and managers.

“I like working in safeguarding because it is the team that best enables relationship-based practice. I am very keen to develop a connection with the children and families I support, and I put a lot of effort into this. When we reach the end of our journey together and children are safely cared for by their parents or carers, it is very evident why my effort was worthwhile.” – Alora, Social Worker - Support and Safeguarding Team

Our support and safeguarding teams are nurturing and supportive with their own unique identities. They cover a large diverse county with several offices across Northamptonshire including Northampton, Daventry, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough. These teams support children and young people who are subject to a Child Protection Plan, Child in Need plan and, if appropriate, court proceedings. This kind of social work often takes place over several months and involves regular visits with families. Focused on positive outcomes, they work in challenging yet supportive and collaborative ways. Working alongside other professionals, the team helps put together plans to reduce the risks and areas of unmet needs to help children/ young people to remain with their families when it is safe to do so.

About the team

Our friendly, supportive Safeguarding teams work in a creative and solution focused way to keep children, young people and families together when it is safe to do so. The team are highly supportive and use a relational practice approach. Colleagues within the teams describe them as their ‘work family’. Managers within the teams are approachable and supportive.

Locations of these positions

Corby, One Angel Square, Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough

Benefits

• SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues)
• Recruitment Welcome Bonus of £6,000
• Relocation costs of up to £8,000
• Retention bonus payments for established personnel
• 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
• Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
• Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including: (included above)

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do - in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils. Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be. We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed. At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation. We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria. Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.