Social Workers - Children We Care For

Sandwell Children's Trust; Oldbury; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in the UK is looking for qualified Social Workers to join their Children We Care For team. You will assess vulnerabilities, advocate for young people, and promote positive outcomes. The ideal candidate will be both passionate about children's welfare and experienced in social work. With excellent support and career progression opportunities, this role offers competitive compensation, including a relocation allowance and attractive benefits.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Retention bonuses up to £10,000

Flexible working patterns

Comprehensive employee benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Must be social work qualified and registered with Social Work England.
• Experience working with children in care is required.
• Ability to make informed decisions with gathered information.

Responsibilities

• Assess vulnerability of children and improve their quality of life.
• Support and advocate for young people to reach their goals.
• Focus on Pathway Planning for young people approaching adulthood.

Skills

Analytical skills

Self-motivated

Effective communication

Risk assessment

Teamwork

Education

Social Work Qualification

ASYE programme in children and families setting

Job description

We welcome applications from Social Workers with relevant experience working with children we care for. We will also consider applicants interested in gaining new experience. The teams work closely together, and we offer a supportive working environment with many opportunities to develop skills, knowledge and career pathways. As a Social Worker working in the Children We Care For service you will:

Responsibilities

• Assess the vulnerability of Sandwell's children, providing a service that will significantly improve their quality of life.
• Utilise your developing skills and knowledge to inform Care Planning in order to promote change and positive outcomes for our young people.
• You will be passionate about supporting and advocating for young people to ensure they reach their goals and have the best possible futures.
• For young people approaching adulthood, you will focus on Pathway Planning and help young people to prepare for independence. This will involve ensuring young people are at the centre of their plans and fully understand and are involved in their planning.
• Develop and apply your knowledge of specific issues impacting on our older young people including Child Exploitation, missing, substance misuse, mental health, placement breakdown, return to family, accessing Adult Social Care and working with unaccompanied Asylum Seeking children.
• Most importantly you will need to be passionate about listening to our children and young people to ensure that they are heard, using your social work skills to advocate, plan and take action to enhance the opportunities, achievements and their quality of life.

Qualifications

• You must be social work qualified, registered with Social Work England and have completed your ASYE programme in a children and families setting.
• Have excellent analytical skills and be able to make informed decisions with information you have gathered, that has a positive impact on the child's journey.
• A skilled listener, you will demonstrate how you have understood and ensured a child's voice is heard.
• You will need to be self-motivated, organised with effective communication skills both written and verbally.
• Be a clear decision maker and good team worker
• Have an ability to assess risk and the knowledge of the relevant procedures to manage and reduce risk.
• You will need to demonstrate that you have experience of working with children in care, which could have been gained through working in other teams.
• Have knowledge of the relevant legislation and procedures that relate to looked after children and young people.

£39,780 - £50,726 per annum

and a relocation allowance of up to £6,500 plus excellent benefits.

Benefits

• A market supplement of £2,500 per annum.
• Retention bonus of £2,000 in year 1, £3,000 in year 2 and £5,000 in year 3.
• Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
• Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
• You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
• We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme., £39,780 - £50,726 per annum and a relocation allowance of up to £6,500 plus, excellent benefits. Additionally, we pay a retention bonus of up to £10,000 over 3 years.

When people join the team at Sandwell they say it feels like they become part of the family…they have #ComeHomeToSandwell. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it's a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children's Trust and to become part of our Family.

How to Apply

So, if you think your future could lie with Sandwell Children's Trust, then we'd love to hear from you.

Working Hours and Availability

Hybrid Working 37 hours per week We are proud to create an environment where our employees are nurtured, caseloads are manageable and continuous professional development is encouraged. With a culture of collaborative working and the child at the heart of everything we do, there's never been a more exciting time to join the Trust. We currently have full-time vacancies within our Children We Care For Teams. We work with children once a Care Order has been granted and our main focus is on securing permanence via SGO's, long term-fostering and reunification.