Vacancy Details

Description

CHILDRENS & JOINT COMMISSIONING SERVICES

PREVENTATION SAFEGAURDING SERVICES

SOCIAL WORKER (CHILDREN WITH DISABILTIES TEAM)                   REF: 102105                         

Band 10 – 12 £32,076 - £42,403 pa

Permanent 

37hpw 

 

Currently we are also offering a non-contractual retention payment to experienced Social Workers.  

 

Children’s & Joint Commissioning Services have a Social Worker vacancy within the Children with Disabilities Team. The team provides a comprehensive social work service from the point of single assessment through to work on a long term basis. The team support children in need, including those in need of protection by assessing need, creating packages of support and managing risk. Additionally the team provide an effective and co-ordinated care management service provision to children with disabilities and their carers.  

Hartlepool is a vibrant and energetic town with growing prospects. As an authority we want to make Hartlepool the best it possibly can be and want dedicated, driven and committed staff to help us achieve that. 

We are committed to providing high quality services to children, young people and their families and will offer you an excellent working environment valuing supervision, training and opportunities for your professional development. Children Services in Hartlepool will prioritise your wellbeing by ensuring you have a manageable caseload, receive a high level of support, you will have a visible management team, an excellent staff wellbeing at work offer and be part of a very positive culture of support and development.

We will offer you protected time away from casework responsibilities, break out spaces and wellbeing days which are solely designed to support your health and wellbeing. We are especially proud of the support and guidance we offer newly qualified Social Workers. A dedicated team of very experienced practitioners work closely with the newly qualified Social Workers and Team Managers to ensure newly qualified Social Workers have the very best experience and finish their first year in practice highly skilled and full of confidence. In addition we offer a protected caseload which allows newly qualified Social Workers to continue their development journey at a level and pace appropriate to their experience and requirements.

Hartlepool Children’s Services has a very stable workforce and rarely employs agency Social Workers. Although we have used a small number of agency Social Workers when required to assist with capacity and to ensure caseloads are reasonable, we believe that the inequality in the pay betweean permanent staff and agency staff can cause resentment and destabilize the workforce; our priority is the investment in you and our current workforce.

Hartlepool Children’s Services has a strong and effective culture, we are a collaborative team and pride ourselves on the highly supportive and relational way of working both within the organisation and with our children and families. This culture has ensured that we have one of the highest rates of staff retentionin the region and feedback from our recent workforce survey confirmed that staff are happy working in Hartlepool and the support they are offered by all levels of management is excellent.

We were recently rated Outstanding in our Inspection of Local Authority Children’s Services (ILACS).  Inspectors found that “Senior leaders have not only sustained the good practice and leadership seen at the last inspection, they have been relentless in driving further progress and improvements”.  Additionally the report detailed that “The workforce has access to an extensive training offer. The local authority is investing well in ‘growing their own’ social workers with investment in national recruitment and step-up programmes. Students are well supported to ‘flourish safely’. There has been an improved focus on family networks and children’s voices. Newly qualified social workers are well supported through a well established assessed and supported year in employment programme”. 

You should possess or graduate this year with a social work qualification at a degree or diploma level (or equivalent). Hartlepool Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment measures, including an enhanced DBS barring list check and also need to be registered with Social Work England.

 PLEASE NOTE - All communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the e-mail address that you have registered.  Please ensure that you check your junk mail

For further information, please contact Chris Rooney, Head of Service on 01429 523729 or Karmen Testo, Team Manager (CASD) on 01429 405577.

Closing date: 15 September 2024 – Midnight

 

 

In order to apply for this vacancy, you must be able to supply the required answers to the following questions: