Senior Social Work Practitioner - Swansea, United Kingdom - Swansea Council

Swansea Council

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Swansea, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

£41,496 - £43,516 per annum. Our Child and Family Services Team are looking to recruit a full time Senior Social Work Practitioner on a 12 month fixed term basis to cover the maternity leave of the existing post holder.

Post title:
Senior Social Work Practitioner

Post number:
SS.67721-V1

Salary:
£41,496 - £43,516 per annum

Directorate/department:
Social Services

Closing date: 11.59pm,

Further information
The post will be based within The Academy which comprises of three pods:

Integrated Safeguarding Hub (ISH) pod in conjunction with the family wellbeing team
CINCS pod
CDT pod

This unique and exciting opportunity will be working within the ISH pod.

We are passionate about achieving positive outcomes for children, young people and their families and supporting them to achieve what matters.

We are equally committed to supporting staff to be the best they can be, ensuring they feel valued and trusted with the work that they do.

The development of the Academy will give Newly Qualified social workers the opportunity to have the time and space to develop their skill set.

These roles, as well as newly appointed child and family support workers sit within the CINCS pod but will have the ability to develop their skill set across the whole academy giving them an all rounded and protected first year in practice.

The Academy sits at the front door of social services, the focus of the work within ISH is to support with any immediate safeguarding of children and young people and is a short-term intervention.

The CINCs Pod and the CDT pod will focus on supporting children and young people where there are care and support needs with the remit of work being up until the point of a child protection conference.

This is a very exciting time for Swansea in terms of the developments of the service and is a unique opportunity for two skilled and experienced social workers to join us and support with the on-going developments within the service.

About these unique roles

As a Senior Practitioner above all you will be passionate about improving the outcomes of children and young people and their families and have the suitable skills and experience to support the development of newly qualified staff and support workers enabling them to develop their own skillset and become confident practitioners by equipping them with the tools to build meaningful relationships and make lasting changes for families.

ISH Senior Social Worker
Lead on best practice

Support with the immediate safeguarding of children, young people and their families.
Carry out Strategy discussions, meetings, S47 and hold cases up until the point of an Initial child protection conference.
Support families to develop plans through family network meetings.
Assess any safeguarding issues and determine what services is best suited to support the needs of individual children, young people and families.
Support with the mentoring and development of Newly Qualified social workers within the Academy by providing shadowing and coworking opportunity.
Build relationships with partner agencies and work on a multiagency basis.
Undertake direct work with children, young people and their families.
Be able to make threshold decisions regarding safeguarding
Have a good knowledge of Safeguarding Wales
Be able to manage conflict and difficult situations.

About Us

We are a friendly authority with a supportive and approachable management team, and a comprehensive learning and development offer driven by our passionate Academy Manager and Practice Leads.

We have a commitment to staff wellbeing and offer regular supervision, group supervision, reflections and training. There is good team moral and very supportive culture.

As a team we like to learn from each other, support everyone to become the best they can be and grow as a team and service.

The benefits of working with us include:

Competitive salary
Generous holiday allowance
Flexible working arrangements
Excellent pension with the Local Government Pension Scheme
Access to the Cycle to Work scheme
Staff discounts
Discounted leisure centre and gym membership
Great office location near the sea and city with excellent transport links
Relocation package

If you like the thought of working in the second largest city in Wales and the regional commercial centre for South West Wales, now is the time to apply.

It is an exciting time to be living and working in Swansea with major investment and significant regeneration programmes taking place.

Safeguarding

Within Swansea Council there is a "Safeguarding is Everybody's Business" principle, and this applies to all Swansea Council employees, elected members, volunteers and contractors.

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