Social Worker (CAT)

Calderdale Norse Ltd; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 62,000; Full time

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Free car parking permit

Job summary

Calderdale Council is seeking a Social Worker (CAT) to join the Children’s Assessment Team in Halifax. The role focuses on safeguarding and providing a quality service to children in need of support and protection, with a commitment to maintaining manageable caseloads.

The post requires qualified social work status (BA/DipSW/CQSW or equivalent), registration with Social Work England, and experience in statutory children and families’ services. DBS disclosure is required before appointment.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker (BA/DipSW/CQSW or equivalent).
• Registered with Social Work England.

Responsibilities

• Provide a quality service to our children in need of support and protection.
• Undertake child and family single assessments, pre-birth assessments, section 47 enquiries.
• Progress cases via early intervention, child in need, or child protection avenues.
• Initiate care proceedings when required in line with public law outline.
• Contribute to age assessments, human rights assessments, and reports as needed.

Education

BA/DipSW/CQSW or equivalent

Job description

Social Worker (CAT)

Please note: Internal, at risk or redeployee applicants will be seen in the first instance.

Calderdale is a beautiful metropolitan borough in the heart of the Yorkshire Pennines, situated between Manchester and Leeds. The spectacular natural landscape, vibrant towns, quirky culture, and tremendous architecture make it a great place to live and work. Its ideal location allows for easy access via the motorway or rail into the town centre or the surrounding area.

Systemic practice lies at the heart of our vision and we are looking for passionate committed people who can make a meaningful difference to our children. We have a commitment to maintaining low caseloads, which ensures practitioners are given opportunities to work effectively and robustly. Calderdale is a place where you can make a difference.

The benefits of working for Calderdale Children’s Social Care are that you will be supported to provide the very best service for our children. Quality reflective supervision is provided and there is very much a learning culture within the service. We give a commitment to maintaining caseloads at an appropriate level, which ensures practitioners, are given the opportunities to work effectively and robustly. We value our social work staff and in recognition we offer a free car parking permit, given a comprehensive induction program and provided with regular person focused supervision to meet your well-being, training, and development needs.

Children’s Assessment Team has four pods which consist of a practice manager, advanced practitioner and five social workers with administration support. As a social worker within the team, you will be responsible for providing a quality service to our children in need of support and protection. The team undertakes child and family single assessments, comprehensive pre-birth assessments, section 47 enquiries and can cover all aspects of planning, whilst proactively progressing cases via the appropriate means such as early intervention, child in need, child protection, instigating pre proceedings work under the public law outline and at time initiating care proceedings. Case’s are held by the assessing social work team for a short period up until an appropriate transfer point to the relevant locality or children looked after team. At times we are also required to undertake other forms of relevant children’s assessment such as age assessments, human right assessment, section 7 and 37 reports / child impact reports.

We will offer:

• Supportive management and a service-wide commitment to continuous improvement.
• A creative and challenging team with supportive colleagues.
• Opportunities to develop your supervision and management skills in a supportive environment.
• Supervision and appraisal arrangements to build your skills and to assist you in your career development.
• An excellent learning and development programme that reflects your needs and the skills that you will need to develop.

Applications will be considered from qualified social worker (BA/DipSW/CQSW or equivalent), registered with Social Work England and who can demonstrate qualifying experience gained within statutory children and families’ service and practicing at a secure level 2 status. Level 3 social workers are expected to provide evidence of their progression status.We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.

Company: Calderdale Council Salary: £38,510 to £46,579 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Halifax Working pattern: Hybrid - 2 days remote Job type: Permanent

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