Assessment Social Worker- Stourport

Are you a children's social worker with an ever-increasing caseload?
Do you get frustrated at only being able to spend a short amount of time with families rather than being able to forge longer-term relationships?
Are you an agency worker and moved from one short-term contract to another meaning that you haven't had consistent management mentoring and career development?
A Supervising Social Worker is required to join a newly established family service that due to its current success is looking to expand its current team so that it can increase its current offering. This is a rare opportunity to work in an environment that has a small consistent caseload enabling you to build long-term relationships with families and other professionals whilst working within a stable team.
Overview:

• Title: Supervising Social Worker
• Salary: Up to £42,000
• Location: Stourport
• Hours: Full time

The role:
This is a social care provision that offers residential accommodation to vulnerable families which provides full support in all areas of parenting. The service aims to provide a safe, homely, nurturing environment where residents can learn the skills and abilities required to care independently for their families. The team is currently made up of support workers, key support workers, and resident Social Workers who will provide families with support and guidance, both practical and emotional, in all areas of parenting and within life skills.
While caring for their children, parents will be assessed using an appropriate Social Care Parenting
Assessment tool and will be encouraged to develop new skills, emotional resilience, and self-esteem to help prepare parents to care safely for their children.
Duties will include

• Managing a caseload of no more than 5 at any one time, whilst the pace of work is much slower than in local authority settings you will need to have some resilience as you will be working with these cases on a long-term basis
• Completing a range of assessments and reports within deadlines
• Chairing various meetings
• Liaising with other professionals involved in the cases and maintaining good working relationships with supporting agencies
• Taking the lead on specific parenting programs
• Produce statements and give evidence in court
• Take referrals and secure placement planning meetings
• Achieve the best outcomes for our children and families and sustain them in their communities.
• Undertaking statutory duties in accordance with National Standards and Regulations
• Have a good knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations.

The successful candidate:
What you will need to be a successful Assessment Social Worker

• Degree or equivalent in social work
• 2 years of Qualifying experience is desirable
• Current SWE registration
• Experience in undertaking specialist PAM's assessments,
• Knowledge and experience of using psychodynamic framework as a tool in understanding family dynamics to support families to reach their potential.
• Experience in undertaking parenting programs
• Experience of working in safeguarding
• Experience in giving evidence in court

Benefits:

• Granted key worker status
• Competitive salary
• Progression and CPD opportunities
• A host of family-friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• A full range of free training is available
• Sickness Benefit Scheme
• Generous Pension Scheme