Job Title: Social Workers in ISS
Location: Romford, London
Salary: £35,751 – £44,790 per annum plus £4,000 market supplement
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Closing Date: 23:59 on the 20th February, 2022.
About us:
As a borough, we are currently experiencing the most exciting period of growth in our history, taking huge steps forward in our journey. We are building a Children’s Services, by nurturing a culture of achieving excellent outcomes and empowering families to create sustainable solutions for themselves. The development and implementation of our outstanding service, relies on our social workers to be the driving force for innovation and strive to deliver the best possible care, allowing us to take our place as a centre of excellence for social work practice.
We pride ourselves in empowering our staff by providing excellent training and great benefits. Our Social Work Academy equips our workforce with the tools, support and the space to do their best work, by playing a key role in the development of social work professionals at all levels. Our academy ensures our team receives accredited training on systemic practice, manageable caseloads, quality supervision and mobile working as a standard to allow more time to work with our community. Havering invests heavily into our social workers, not only offering highly competitive salaries and exceptional benefits, but also our ability to grow people from within and develop already talented professionals is what makes us special.
About the role:
As an Intervention and Support Service social worker you will support children, young people and their families where there is an identified need for on-going intervention. Our Children’s Services will benefit from this post by working towards achieving our aim to enable our children and families to lead happy, healthy lives.
We place a strong emphasis on permanency and focus on the principle that, wherever possible, we should preserve continuity of a social worker for children. The service places an emphasis on stability whether that can be achieved through good parenting within the family, or through a stable placement outside the family.
About you:
Are you a qualified social worker, with 2 or more years of experience, registered with Social Work England, have excellent communication skills, dedicated to making a positive impact, and able to build trust with the people you work with. In this role, you will be able to understand and relate to our diverse community, fundamentally appreciating the issues around disproportionality. Our social workers hold a pivotal role, and therefore it is crucial that you are patient with people who maybe going through a varying range of issues such as alcohol misuse, mental health problems or neglect.
As a social worker in Havering, you will feel comfortable with and hold substantial experience of managing defined caseloads and working collaboratively to facilitate high support and high challenge through co-production. As well as being passionate about utilising creative means of engagement and collaboration in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people and families in need of support.
Our services are diverse and we have interesting and stimulating opportunities for everyone, as well as various career pathways you can explore. No two days are ever the same, as you’ll be working with a number of children, young people and families who are all facing different and at times complex situations.
However these are not the only skills and characteristics we are looking for. To be shortlisted for the position you must be able to clearly evidence the following within your application:
- Finding and executing innovative solutions in difficult situations
- Strive to always deliver the best possible care
- Passionate about practising social
- Conduct yourself with the upmost empathy, sensitivity and professionalism
Havering strives to be a diverse and inclusive borough, a place where we can ALL be ourselves. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of race, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, age, religion etc.
We offer family-friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Social Worker, Support Worker, SWE Qualified, Enabler, Social Carer, Care Management, Support Coordinator, Care Manager, Support Manager, Social Care Coordinator, Youth Social Worker, Guidance Councillor, Young Persons Advisor, Youth Worker, Youth Support, Support Assistant, Fostering Support will be considered for this role.
