Location
County Durham | United Kingdom
Job description
Full Circle are part of Durham’s Countywide Specialist Services and have an excellent record for delivering high quality children’s therapeutic services. The service is for children and young people with complex backgrounds who have had negative childhood experiences and are not doing as well as we would expect, even though they are now safe from harm. The Team consists of therapeutic social workers, a clinical nurse specialist and a consultant clinical psychologist who work together with other professionals as part of a child’s care team.
Full Circle plays an important role in supporting healing from trauma. Full Circle work to promote placement stability, deliver therapeutic parenting support to adoptive parents and carers, undertake individual and dyadic therapeutic work with children and young people. In addition, the Team also provide a range of attachment and trauma-based training to a wide range of professionals and those who use our service. We work into a number of other teams within children’s services and also provide post-adoption support.
This is a fantastic time to join Full Circle who have recently received excellent feedback from Ofsted who have recognised how valuable Full Circle Support is, "The therapeutic service provided by Full Circle is invaluable. Using evidence based research, the service is making a real difference to children who have been traumatised by adverse childhood experiences, as well as supporting their carers." (September 2019). At their more recent inspection, Ofsted said of children, young people and families, "They receive tailored and highly effective support with their emotional needs from the specialist therapeutic Full Circle team. Foster carers and adopters are well supported by social workers and Full Circle in the transition and continuing care of children placed with them." (May 2022)
The Full Circle are also proud of their Investing in Children Membership Award™ status, which recognises and celebrates examples of imaginative and inclusive practice with children and young people.
WHAT IS INVOLVED?The role of the social work consultant is to work with the team manager to manage and supervise an integrated, multi skilled social work led team, ensuring high quality and effective services are delivered to children and their families in line with procedures, legislation and national guidance.
The social work consultant will play a key role in developing and monitoring the competency of a multi-disciplinary therapeutic team, maintaining and championing expertise in specific areas of work with children and families; by driving excellent practice based on research evidence and professional experience; and by supporting achievement of improved outcomes for vulnerable children and their families.
The social work consultant provides constructive challenge to enhance practice, procedures and policies, promotes innovation and introduces new ways of working from recognised areas of excellence. S/he also contributes to the development of knowledge and promotion of excellence within the team making use of sophisticated, critical reasoning as well as modelling and facilitating reflective and evidence based decision making.
We encourage you to contact Louise Woolfe via email at Louise.Woolfe.durham.gov.uk to arrange an informal discussion about the role.
WHAT WILL I NEED?A minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience of direct work with children and their families, including children in need of support and child protection
Experience of providing therapeutic interventions to children and young people
Significant experience of identifying and responding to and guiding others to understand and manage risk/need across the threshold continuum.
Degree in social work or equivalent social work qualification, e.g. Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work (PGDipSW), Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW), Diploma in Social Work (DipSW), Certificate in Social Services (CSS)
AND
Current SWE Registration
The successful applicant for this post will be required to apply for a Disclosure & Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure.
Please refer to the attached person specification for the full criteria.
HOW TO APPLY In line with the County Council's Recruitment and Selection Policy, please note that we are unable to accept CVs. Applications must be submitted on-line via the Northeast Jobs portal.
Please use the ‘Person Specification’ section of your application form to demonstrate that you have the essential and where possible, desirable experience, skills, and knowledge. Candidates who do not evidence that they meet the essential qualifications and experience listed on the person specification will not be short-listed.
INTERVIEWS Interviews are scheduled to be held on the 3rd May 2024
We operate 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.
If you have any support needs or require assistance when applying for this role, please contact the Payroll and Employee Services Team via email
[email protected] or telephone 03000 264743 / 264613 / 265289 / 267241
Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered with North East Jobs, including your invite to interview if you are short-listed. Please check your email after the closing date for notification from ‘
[email protected]’ as you will not be notified by any other means.
BENEFITS AND REWARDS We can offer you a range of employee benefits including competitive salaries, a generous leave entitlement of up to 32 days, a government pension scheme and various flexible and hybrid working options (benefits are subject to individual Terms and Conditions).
If you would like to know more, please follow this link:
For more information about the support, benefits and rewards we offer children’s Social Work in Durham, please see below:
[email protected] or telephone 03000 264743 / 264613 / 265289 / 267241 Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered with North East Jobs, including your invite to interview if you are short-listed. Please check your email after the closing date for notification from ‘
[email protected]’ as you will not be notified by any other means. BENEFITS AND REWARDS We can offer you a range of employee benefits including competitive salaries, a generous leave entitlement of up to 32 days, a government pension scheme and various flexible and hybrid working options (benefits are subject to individual Terms and Conditions). If you would like to know more, please follow this link: For more information about the support, benefits and rewards we offer children’s Social Work in Durham, please see below: Our recent Ofsted inspection outcome graded us ‘good’ overall with outstanding leadership - highlighting that we know ourselves well, our practice model is well embedded, we have high expectations and are committed to improving outcomes for children and families. Staff told inspectors that they enjoy working in Durham, they get lots of development opportunities, feel well supported by their team managers and this makes us an employer of choice. It is an exciting time to join the Durham family and we would love to chat with you about opportunities. Durham Children’s social care won a gold award for most supportive employer and one of our Social Workers won a silver award for Children’s Social Worker of the year in the National Social Work awards 2022 - we are committed to helping your practice flourish and are overjoyed for our staff to be recognised in this way. HYBRID WORKING Durham County Council currently operates a hybrid working policy where a model of 2 days in the workplace and 3 days at home/remote will apply. This model is pro-rated for part time roles and arrangements are at managers discretion, alternatively you can work all of your contracted hours within the workplace if you prefer. EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION We are a proud equal opportunities employer and recognise the value of difference, having a diverse talented workforce brings new ideas and new perspectives, which will facilitate growth and improvements to services. As a Disability Confident Leader, we encourage applications from disabled people and can provide support throughout the recruitment process, for more information please refer to the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion page on our website. Our recent Ofsted inspection outcome graded us ‘good’ overall with outstanding leadership - highlighting that we know ourselves well, our practice model is well embedded, we have high expectations and are committed to improving outcomes for children and families. Staff told inspectors that they enjoy working in Durham, they get lots of development opportunities, feel well supported by their team managers and this makes us an employer of choice. It is an exciting time to join the Durham family and we would love to chat with you about opportunities. Durham Children’s social care won a gold award for most supportive employer and one of our Social Workers won a silver award for Children’s Social Worker of the year in the National Social Work awards 2022 - we are committed to helping your practice flourish and are overjoyed for our staff to be recognised in this way.">
Our recent Ofsted inspection outcome graded us ‘good’ overall with outstanding leadership - highlighting that we know ourselves well, our practice model is well embedded, we have high expectations and are committed to improving outcomes for children and families. Staff told inspectors that they enjoy working in Durham, they get lots of development opportunities, feel well supported by their team managers and this makes us an employer of choice. It is an exciting time to join the Durham family and we would love to chat with you about opportunities.
Durham Children’s social care won a gold award for most supportive employer and one of our Social Workers won a silver award for Children’s Social Worker of the year in the National Social Work awards 2022 - we are committed to helping your practice flourish and are overjoyed for our staff to be recognised in this way.
HYBRID WORKING Durham County Council currently operates a hybrid working policy where a model of 2 days in the workplace and 3 days at home/remote will apply. This model is pro-rated for part time roles and arrangements are at managers discretion, alternatively you can work all of your contracted hours within the workplace if you prefer.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION We are a proud equal opportunities employer and recognise the value of difference, having a diverse talented workforce brings new ideas and new perspectives, which will facilitate growth and improvements to services.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we encourage applications from disabled people and can provide support throughout the recruitment process, for more information please refer to the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion page on our website.
Our recent Ofsted inspection outcome graded us ‘good’ overall with outstanding leadership - highlighting that we know ourselves well, our practice model is well embedded, we have high expectations and are committed to improving outcomes for children and families. Staff told inspectors that they enjoy working in Durham, they get lots of development opportunities, feel well supported by their team managers and this makes us an employer of choice. It is an exciting time to join the Durham family and we would love to chat with you about opportunities.
Durham Children’s social care won a gold award for most supportive employer and one of our Social Workers won a silver award for Children’s Social Worker of the year in the National Social Work awards 2022 - we are committed to helping your practice flourish and are overjoyed for our staff to be recognised in this way.
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