Specialist Social Worker

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

North Yorkshire Council is seeking a Specialist Social Worker in Harrogate to join the Children and Young People’s Services. The role focuses on developing relationships with children and families, and working with multi-agency partners to secure positive outcomes.

You will have access to bespoke training on CSE, exploitation, missing and contextual safeguarding, continuing your CPD and sharing learning within the workforce. The team uses Signs of Safety and Family Finding approaches.

Qualifications

• Experience in safeguarding children and working within Children’s Social Care.
• Ability to collaborate with multi-agency partners to secure positive outcomes for children.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and CPD.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with children and families and work with multi-agency partners to ensure the right outcomes.
• Attend varied and bespoke training on topics such as child sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, missing, contextual safeguarding and private fostering.
• Apply solution-focused, strength-based practice models including Signs of Safety, Systemic theory and Family Finding.

Job description

About the Service

North Yorkshire Council have a national reputation for excellence, and we are looking for a Specialist Social Worker. Here at North Yorkshire Council, we are extremely proud of the work our Children's Services do; Ofsted has recently recognised their hard work, rating us as Outstanding across all areas.

About the role

Specialist Social Worker are integral in developing relationships and working alongside multi agency partners to ensure the right outcomes for children.

As Specialist Social worker you will be given the opportunity to attend varied and bespoke training child sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, missing, contextual safeguarding and private fostering furthering your own CPD as well as sharing learning within the wider workforce.

The specialist social work team is committed to work with children and their families/carers, using a range of solution focussed, strength-based relationship practice models, including Signs of Safety, Systemic theory and the Family Finding approach.

We are looking for an individual who can help us continue to offer a unique service and truly make a difference to the young people of our county.

It is an exciting time in Children and Young Peoples Services in North Yorkshire as we plan our approach in respect of the Families First Partnership Programme and how we will be responding to the social care reforms. Work is underway to plan our approach and implementations for 2027. As a result of this, some realignment may happen with job roles in the future, we want to be transparent about this in respect of this role.

For further information regarding the roles contact Heidi Ransome at [e-mail]

Key Dates

Closing date: 25th October

Interview date: w/c 2nd November

Company: North Yorkshire Council

Salary: £44,253 up to £48,738

Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Social Care

Job Role: Social Worker