Social Worker – Serious Youth Violence, Missing and Exploitation Team
2 months ago
Salary: £42,003 to £54,533 per annum (market supplements included)
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time – 37 hour per week
Location: Based at County Hall North, Horsham – usually 3 days per week in the office with occasional travel within the county
Are you a registered qualified Social Worker?
Do you want to make a difference to children and young people in your community?
Can you manage a caseload and assess needs for the people in your care?
If so we want to hear from you…
As a Social worker in the Serious Youth Violence, Missing and Exploitation Team, you will act as a senior professional with excellent knowledge, integrity, and challenge in line with the Professional Capabilities Framework. The role will require you to deal with complex cases within a specialist area including working alongside many other agencies, dealing with complex family dynamics, managing complex risk levels, and considering legal issues.
You will manage a caseload under regular supervision and prepare for and work with individuals, families, carers, groups, and communities to assess their needs and circumstances. You will implement a range of therapeutic interventions to support change.
We provide regular group supervision and peer learning alongside specialist roles within the team to focus on the most vulnerable children. As a Social Worker, you’ll have a minimum of 5 CPD and training days per year with access to excellent learning and development provisions such as Research in Practice and Community Care Inform, Social Work England fees paid and annual leave up to 29 days, as well as the option to buy up to 3 additional days.
As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do. For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee, please visit our page.
The Opportunity
As a Social Worker within the Serious Youth Violence, Missing and Exploitation team, you will be working to deliver first class support to vulnerable children and young people. We are looking for emotionally intelligent, organised, resilient individuals who can evidence the value they could add to our team. You will be able to build positive working relationships with children and young people, professionals, partner agencies and carers as well as respectfully challenge when appropriate.
You will be expected to demonstrate relevant theoretical Social Work concepts, practices and detailed organisational knowledge relating to the provision of a professional Social Work service dealing with complex issues. You will be expected to confidently chair a range of meetings. There is a regular and intrinsic requirement to communicate in English with members of the public.
About you
Some of the key skills and experience required for this role include:
Analysis and interpretation of complex information and data to enable prioritisation and support in planning next steps. Work as part of a team and partnership with key stakeholders to assess needs and implement outcomes. Communicate effectively to all audiences, both written and orally and negotiated and persuade where necessary. recognised Social Work qualification e.g. Degree in Social Work, Post Graduate Certificate in Social Work, DipSW, CQSW or equivalent as recognised by the relevant professional body. Completed relevant post qualifying training, have evidence of at least one year’s experience post qualification and be registered with the relevant professional body. Knowledge of theoretical Social Work concepts and practices, with demonstrable examples of dealing with a breadth of complex issues and situations, for example, attachment, impact of developmental trauma and child development, motivational interviewing, relational practice, solution-focussed interventions and systemic working. A good understanding of anti-oppressive, anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practice in social work. Experience of managing levels of risk within a caseload of complex cases. You will need to be able to travel independently around the county, including to areas that may not be easily accessible by public transport. Pool cars and pool bikes are available.For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
About us
We are committed to improving our services for the children and families we support in West Sussex. In May 2023 Ofsted Inspectors praised West Sussex County Council’s Children’s Services for its ‘relentless approach to improving practice,’ giving the service an overall rating of ‘requires improvement’, with ‘good’ judgements for children in care and leadership and management. The judgements on children needing help and protection and children leaving care are they ‘require improvement to be good’.
Inspectors recognised the ‘strong, determined and cohesive leadership team’ who have made significant improvements since 2019 and their commitment and focus to make further improvements.
For further information about us and about working in Children’s Social Care at West Sussex County Council, please visit Careers in children's social work in West Sussex .
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