Adolescent Worker - Merton, United Kingdom - Merton Council

Merton Council

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Merton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Merton Salary Grade - ME11 - £37,038 - £39,582 per annum inclusive

Advert Text:

My Family, My Future, My Merton

"A place where Outstanding Children's services are offered, where children and young people feel they belong, stay safe and can thrive"

We want Merton to be a great place for every child to grow up, and to give every child the best start in life.

This has never been more important and we need to be even more responsive to new and emerging needs as a result of Covid-19, in particular children and young people's emotional health and wellbeing.

Our children's services have recently been judged Outstanding by Ofsted, as we move towards the pinnacle of our high quality and standards of practice.

Our Leaders are committed and focused on supporting our staff and families.

We work well with our partners and are committed to making decisions alongside our children and families:

We keep children and young people at the heart of our work
We 'Think Family' and focus on the strengths within families
We are committed to doing what we say we will do
We learn from what we do to improve the experiences of children, young people, and families
We celebrate difference.

We have implemented a blended practice model which combines the best parts of signs of safety, systemic practice and relationship based social work.

Our new staffing structure provides clear career progression pathways and opportunities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Family Assessment and Intervention Service, the Edge of Care team for an Experienced Adolescent Worker

The role would include primarily providing crises structured interventions that enable young people and their families to develop problem-solving and solution focus skills, build resilience and achieve positive, sustainable behavioural change.

This post would also entitle intervention with young people exposed to contextual harm and provide intensive intervention to families and their children aged 11-17 who are at imminent risk or needing to be looked after.

You will need to have relevant experience in providing crises intervention using solution focussed approach.

The role would be suitable for those that are interested in working with children, young people and families that are navigating relationship difficulties, contextual harm challenges or at risk of homelessness.

Flexible working arrangements would be in place as there would be an expectation that work could and might need to be completed outside traditional 9-5 hrs.

or weekends in crises situations in agreement with the Team manager.

This is a permanent post and is available to those in ME11 Experienced Adolescent worker positions.
- children in need,
- children in need of protection,
- children in care
- prospective and approved foster carers and special guardians

As required by your line manager, to mentor less experienced colleagues; supervise social work students and alternatively qualified colleagues and co-work complex social work interventions with children, young people, their families and carers.

As an Experienced Adolescent Worker you will need to be able to work at a fast pace and be well versed in our Effective Support for Families in Merton document MSCP-Effective-Support-for-Families-in-Merton-Full-Document-Aug- ).