Experienced Social Workers - Children's - Family Support and Safeguarding

Newham Candidate Experience Site • Naperville, IL

100d • £46,133 - £57,194

About The Position

We’re a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and limitless potential. We’re a challenging yet rewarding place for social work practice to flourish and we are steadfastly committed to our workforce being representative of the families that we work with. We are taking coordinated, meaningful and focused action to develop an inclusive culture because we believe this is at the heart of enabling diversity in all respects, including diversity of thought. We are taking positive actions to challenge all forms of discrimination and injustice to help make Newham a fairer and more equitable place for children and families to live, learn and thrive. As part of our commitment to building a Fairer Newham we are reimagining the way that we serve the families that we support. We are realising positive change by combining our Assessment and Intervention social work services into our new Family Support and Safeguarding Service. We’re currently looking for practitioners to join our team. We understand that social work can be a challenging yet ultimately very rewarding profession that makes demands of you personally and professionally. In Newham we value your wellbeing and we aim to ensure that you have a better work/life balance through a remote working offer when you are not visiting children and families, a modern office space for when you’re on site, a flexible working policy where all requests are considered, and a clinical offer to support you to do your best work.

Requirements

• Qualified, SWE registered social workers.
• Experience beyond ASYE year in either assessment or long-term work with children and families.
• Commitment to working relationally with families.
• Genuine interest in restorative, relationship-based practice model.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in tackling disproportionality in social work.
• Interest in learning and growing within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Support families from first point of contact and assessment through any subsequent longer-term intervention.
• Work with children and families whose lives are influenced by disability or SEND.
• Caseholding and being on duty 1 week in 16.
• Engage in court work when necessary, transitioning cases to the Children in Care service.

Benefits

• Competitive salary package that rivals capped agency pay.
• Oyster card/parking permit for business use.
• Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits.
• Travel season ticket loan, cycle scheme, Local Authority pension.
• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees