Social Worker - Child Protection
Liquid PersonnelKnowsley, Merseyside, United Kingdom · Posted 10 months agoDescription
Job Title: Social Worker - Child Protection
Location: Knowsley (Hybrid)
Salary: £42,839 per annum rising to £44,074 after 12 months
Working Pattern: Full-time and Part-time positions available
Job Description:
Are you a passionate Social Worker looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children and families through effective social care?
Would you like to be part of a supportive team that values your expertise, experience, and individuality?
Our client’s Children’s Services could be the perfect place for you.
Following a recent inspection by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted), our client’s Children’s Social Care Services (CSC) are embarking on an exciting improvement journey - and they would love for you to be part of it.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Full time and part time vacancies available with up to 36 hours per week
- A friendly, supportive team who genuinely cares about their employees
- A smaller local authority in easy commuting distance from across the Northwest
- Hybrid working options
- Free parking
- A new engaging and ambitious leadership team in place, who will ensure that you work in an environment where you feel recognised, valued, and listened to.
- Flexible working, manageable caseloads and a vast array of employee benefits details of which can be found below
As a Child Protection/Child in Need Social Worker you will also be responsible for carrying duty, assessment and the case up to the initial first court hearing and removal via ICO, after these cases will be transferred over to the looked after Children’s Team.
Benefits:
- Our client is Disability Confident Employer, meaning they offer Inclusive & accessible recruitment, offering an interview to disabled people, providing reasonable adjustments, & supporting existing employees.
- Flexible working, Hybrid working arrangements & family friendly initiatives; their flexible working scheme allows you to manage your hours & plan your life more easily. They will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.
- Generous Holiday Entitlement: starting at 28 days leave with an option to buy additional 10 days leave
- Manageable Workloads - directors of their service work closely with the Heads of Service & Team Managers to ensure caseloads are manageable & you are supported.
- Differentiated sickness absence for individuals living with a disability.
- Menopause policy supporting women in the workplace.
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Newly Developed Bespoke Four-Week Induction Programme
- High Quality IT Kit supporting agile working arrangements
- Learning & Career Development: Knowsley offer a wide range of blended learning opportunities available to all employees, which will be relevant to your job & progression
- Supportive Practice Improvement Team – They have a team of experienced staff who build positive working relationships with staff to work alongside you to embed learning from audits or reviews.
- A range of Workers Groups, g., Black & Minority Workers' Group, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Forum, Neurodiverse Staff Support Group.
- Well-being Support: Knowsley want to improve the well-being of our employees both in & out of the workplace
- Apprenticeship Offer
- Secondment Opportunities
- MyTime – Monthly supervisions scheduled with you. This is your one-to-one time solely focused on your career development
- Reflective Supervision - 4 weekly
- Access to Signs of Safety Group Supervision
- Newly Developed Progression Pathway
- Learning at Work Week: A yearly celebration awards to recognise & celebrate individual practice across the council.
- Visible and accessible Leadership including Monthly Principal Social Worker (PSW) drop-in sessions
- Themed Practice Learning Week: Providing a range of bitesize learning opportunities.
- Cycle to Work Scheme: We are committed to greener transport solutions. Our scheme entitles you to significant discounts on the price of a new bike & safety equipment.
- Eye Tests: We provide all display screen users with a free eye test on request. We have a corporate eye care scheme which includes a contribution to the cost of glasses
- Childcare Vouchers
- Free Refreshments – Tea, Coffee and Milk
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Credit Union Membership
- VIVUP Discounts & Savings The program offers a staff discount scheme.
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have,
- Hold a Social Work England registration.
- Be eligible to work in the UK.
- Hold a full UK driving licence.
- Social Work Qualification, degree or equivalent.
- At least 2 years’ experience as a social worker within children’s services.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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