Salford City Council
Location
Salford, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Salford City Council
Salford Civic Centre
Chorley Road
Swinton
Salford
M27 5AW
Frontline Consultant Social Worker (CSW)
Grade: 5A - £51.515 - £53,213
Working Hours: 36
Contract Type: Fixed Term until 04/08/2024
Closing Date: 17th March 2024
What is Frontline?
Frontline is England’s largest social work charity. Everything we do aims to make life better for children who need a social worker, to help keep them safe from harm and to give them every possible chance to fulfil their potential. We do this through developing excellent social work practice, leadership and innovation.
One of the ways we make this happen is by recruiting and teaching a new, diverse generation of social workers specialising in child protection to
join our Frontline programme. The programme is a three-year social work training programme for graduates and career changers.
What is a Consultant Social Worker?
The Consultant Social Worker (CSW) role is pivotal to the participants’ first year on the programme. Each CSW is responsible for five participants who are undertaking their Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work. CSWs work with participants using a practice hub model approach – a systemic practice model for working with families, with cases managed through weekly hub meetings. These meetings provide a dynamic learning environment and a reflective space to think systemically about the cases in the hub.
The role offers those who wish to remain in practice the opportunity to do so alongside the chance to take on supervisory and management responsibility for a small team. For more information about the exact responsibilities of a CSW, please see the CSW job pack.
What will I get from the role?
The Consultant Social Worker position offers the opportunity to:
• Step up to a management-level role without leaving practice.
• Access to a high-quality systemic training programme.
• Demonstrate through a portfolio of work that you meet the Practice Educator Professional Standards (Stage 2).
• Receive support and mentoring from one of Frontline's practice tutors.
• Influence and shape practice, and practice education, across your local authority.
How to apply:
1. Complete an application form : follow this link to complete an online application form
2. Anonymous scoring : the panel, which includes a representative from Frontline and the local authority, will anonymously score the applications. These scores will be carried forward and considered in the overall hiring decision, should you be progressed to the next stage.
3. Attend an interview : if shortlisted, you will be asked to complete a role play and interview.
If you have any questions about the application process or the role, please contact [email protected] You can also visit our FAQs page for more information.
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£51.52k per annum
