Social Worker â Edge of Care
Social Worker â Edge of Care
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£ 5147 - 6406
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We have an exciting role on offer within our Edge of Care service as a Social Worker.
About Us
In Middlesbrough we believe that wherever possible and safe children and young people should be supported to stay living with their family. We are excited to have been recruiting for a passionate and experienced Social Worker to a new Edge of Care Service.
As a member of the team you will work intensively and directly with small numbers of children getting alongside them their friends families and communities and working with them collaboratively and systemically to develop high trust strengths-driven relationships that catalyse positive change.
You will help support families to keep their children safe within their family network and community by supporting and augmenting their support network and intervening effectively alongside partner agencies with the spaces where harm is occurring.
Your practice will centre SHiFTs Breaking Cycles ingredients and an unwavering commitment to anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice: you will work with persistence aspiration creativity and flexibility tailoring everything you do and working with children and families whenever and wherever they feel safest. Your practice will be underpinned by Middlesbroughs Signs of Safety practice model which is used across Childrens Services when working with children families and the wider professional network.
Your job is to do whatever it takes to enable children and young people for whom there are concerns about harms to live safe and happy lives with people who love and care for them. If you are motivated child-focused and enthusiastic about making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children and young people we want to hear from you!
You will be part of an exciting new team which encourages a flexible working approach dynamic relationship building and thinking outside of the box. Alongside your statutory role you will be supported to go the extra mile to make a difference to the most vulnerable children and young people within our authority who are at risk of entering Local Authority care.
Your main duties will include:
Undertake statutory home visits and maintain excellent recording and timekeeping.
Conduct direct work with children preparing reports for statutory meetings.
Attend strategy meetings and perform various assessments including Child and Family Viability and Risk Assessments.
Manage your own caseload with a focus on trauma-informed relationship-based practice using a systemic model.
We understand the importance of balancing work with personal commitments. While some evening and weekend work will be required this will be thoughtfully planned to accommodate both the familys needs and your own schedule. Plus any extra hours worked can be reclaimed during the week ensuring you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
The Edge of Care team in Middlesbrough will offer a high level of support including personal supervision monthly case supervision and training opportunities to enhance your skills and career within a supportive and dynamic team. You will also be part of monthly Child and Family Discussions which offer the opportunity for reflective practice with our partner agencies.
If you are ready to make a difference and be part of a dynamic team apply now to join our Edge of Care Service in Middlesbrough.
In return we can offer:
- Generous leave entitlement with an option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.
- Excellent pension plus top-up options.
- Staff networks run by our staff for our staff.
- Flexible working (dependent on job role).
- Electric car lease scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Employee benefits portal including Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme.
- Staff lottery.
- Travel and car parking schemes.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities.
- Fantastic career progression opportunities and lots more!
This vacancy is fixed term for 18 months.
Please note Middlesbrough Council do not currently offer sponsorships.
The above post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
If you would like to talk through this opportunity further please contact Hannah Ditchburn
We operative a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability are a looked after young person care leaver or a veteran.
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