Job Title: Senior Specialist Social Worker
Location: Walsall
Salary: Grade 10: £37,890-£42,821 per annum (pay award pending), plus relocation package of up to 25% of starting salary (conditions apply).
We want our staff and management teams to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in Walsall, and in Children’s Social Care we are committed to promoting equality and anti-discriminatory practice.
We welcome applications from people of all cultures, races, ethnicities and religions, of different genders, ages, sexual orientations, disabled applicants, and recognise unique perspectives and contributions.
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Walsall is a great place to practice Social Work. We strive to provide the best services and outcomes for our children, young people and families, and this has just been recognised by Ofsted who have graded us as GOOD!
Ofsted told us that: ‘There is a strong corporate commitment and investment in children’s services from the chief executive, lead member and other members to implement Walsall Council’s priorities for children. As a result, there is tangible progress and benefits for children, their families and the workforce. There has been a significant reduction in social work caseloads so social workers can spend more time with children and their families. Workforce stability is good and results in fewer changes of social workers for children’.
To achieve this we try to keep a resolute focus on workloads. Our current workload average is 13.3% per full-time Social Worker. We are also trialling clinical supervision for our Social Workers and Team Managers in partnership with The Child Psychology Service, as part of an enhanced wellbeing programme for all staff.
We offer flexible working, with a hybrid approach of home working and office-based working to maintain our team support and culture.
This is a great time to join us!
About the role: Senior Specialist Social Worker
In Walsall we want to keep our experienced Social Workers in practice, and we want to do this by offering the right progression and support opportunities. We have created this new Senior Specialist Social Worker to support this. The Senior Specialist Social Worker is a progression opportunity that reflects the type of a workload that a practitioner manages, and the development of their knowledge, skills and experience, including an emerging specialism in practice. Senior Specialist Social Worker will be experienced members of their team and services who draw on their knowledge and skills, and especially their specialist interests, to support others. In return, they are able to able to access specific training and development opportunities in their specialism(s), and will be encouraged to participate in development work in those areas.
We are currently advertising for a small number of Senior Specialist Social Workers across the following areas:
- Duty and Assessment
- Family Safeguarding
- Disabled Children and Young People
- Corporate Parenting
About you:
- Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement
- Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas.
- The post holder must have a social work qualification or equivalent and must be registered with the Social Work England.
- The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
If you’re interested in the role and would like to put yourself forward, please hit APPLY.
