Children’s Social Worker – Assessment & Child Protection Team (ACP)
Swindon Borough Council
Swindon
Children’s Social Worker – Assessment & Child Protection Team (ACP)
Job specification
Location:
Swindon
Hours:
37 – Happy to talk flexible working
Salary:
£34,721 to £45,306 p.a. dependent on experience
Salary notes:
Plus £1,500 p.a. market factor supplement
Package:
£3,000 “golden hello” payment after 1 years’ service Plus Retention payments of £2000 after completing 2 years’ service and a further £2000 after 3 years’ service (regardless of experience)
Closing date:
26/03/2023
Job reference:
012
Interview date:
TBC
Date posted:
28/02/2023
Our Children’s Service is rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted but we are not complacent here at Swindon. We have drive and aspirations to continuously transform our service and work towards ‘Outstanding’, to ensure children receive a consistently good service every day.
Ofsted recognised that the quality of leadership and management at all levels is an emerging key strength for us and our permanent senior leadership team, led by our new in post Director of Social Work, is ambitious, energetic and assured in the oversight and delivery of services to children and their families.
We have now implemented the Family Safeguarding Model in 2022, a new multi-disciplinary approach that supports a whole-system change to child protection for children up to adolescence, focusing on supporting the needs of children and adults so that children can safely remain within their families. This is a great opportunity to join us now and be part of this implementation from the start.
In addition, we have an established and growing ASYE programme, linked to our Social Care & Leadership Academy, offering mentoring support, fostering a culture of learning and challenge, manageable caseloads and good quality supervision, as we commit and invest in growing our own talent, as well as our experienced social workers.
About the role
We now have opportunities to join our Assessment and Child Protection Team.
The ACP team undertake assessments and investigations of any issues relating to child protection on a 4 weekly duty system. Social Workers will be expected to undertake the following: involving:
• Home visits
• Collaboratively working with professionals, practitioners and other agencies
• Statutory Assessment
• S47 enquires
• Initial Children Protection Conference
• Looked after Children first review
• Initial Court Statement
Our offer to you:
- £3000 “golden hello” payment after one year’s service
- Retention payments of £2000 after completing two years’ service and a further £2000 after three years’ service
- Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 (eligibility criteria applies)
- Competitive salaries
- Free car parking at our central Swindon campus and easy commuter links to many locations
- A career average revalued earnings (CARE) pension scheme
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) rising to 31 days after 10 years’ service
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Leisure and Legal Services discounts
- Eating Out, Shopping and Entertainment discounts
About You
Your aspirations should be limitless and you will be as determined and passionate about Children’s Services as we are. As a local authority, we continuously drive forward improvements in our services. We want our Social Workers to be part of our transformation, contribute to improving the safeguarding of our children, and we will make sure you have the full support network and training to do it.
Our teams are ambitious and proactive and we are looking for people who will share that ambition and be a part of our journey.
Candidates must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act – for the effective performance of a customer-facing role).
Our commitment to your development
We are dedicated to ensuring that you can progress your continued professional development and access training and learning opportunities linked to the BASW competencies for career progression.
We have an established Social Work & Leadership Academy. The Academy aims to celebrate the best in professional practice in Social Work and Social Care Leadership. The Academy represents an opportunity for us to demonstrate how we support, develop and value the professional disciplines in Social Work and Social Care through a targeted framework of career development and learning opportunities.
For more information or to arrange an informal chat please contact: Emma Brunsdon, Team Manager [email protected] or Aysha Whittaker [email protected] Team Manager.
This role is a safeguarding role and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, you must therefore complete a full application form and send to [email protected]
CV’s will not be considered for this role.
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