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Location

Northampton, Northamptonshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

Social Worker Support and Safeguarding

About the Role

The role is responsible for providing practical and social work support for children and families. This involves holding complex caseload, undertaking assessments, visiting children and their families, carrying out interventions, reviewing the work undertaken, direct work with children and families and any other work identified as necessary. All this must be based on best evidence and good practice, privileging the best interests of children and young people.

This role will require candidates with a strong desire to develop social work expertise to support the Children’s Trust with its improvement journey

What will you be doing?

To deliver and provide social work services, at a level appropriate for a professionally qualified post, to children and families to ensure the welfare of children and young people is safeguarded and they are protected in accordance with the legal and statutory obligations of Northamptonshire Children's Trust.

About You

You will be a qualified social worker, who has completed your ASYE, and have the commitment and passion to be at the forefront of delivering best practice and support to children and families. You will be able to manage a complex and diverse caseload to the required standards.

As a Social Worker you will be confident in your analysis and decision making to deliver purposeful and effective social care. 

This role will require the candidate will have a strong desire to develop social work expertise to support the Children’s Trust with its improvement journey.

Our Benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

• 2 Day Induction Programme
• 2 days Signs of Safety training (social care colleagues)
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Local government Pension Scheme
• Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
• Employee Discount Scheme
• 27 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days – dependent upon Grade after 5 years’ service
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days
• Employee Discount Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Monthly quality supervision
• SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues)
• £6,000 Welcome Bonus 
• Retention bonus

About Us

Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation. 

We regret that we are not accepting any overseas applications at this time.

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Salary

£37.88k - £41.12k per annum