Senior Social Worker

FosteringKinship Assessment - Senior Social Worker
£48, 711 - £51, 754 per annum (Salaries include market factor)

Full reimbursement of Social Work England registration fee

Essential Car User Allowance offered as additional allowance paid

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We are an experienced team of assessing and supervising social workers who strive to keep families together where possible. Kinship care is growing due to the understanding that children thrive within familiar, safe environments. We undertake a number of Private and Public Law assessments such as viability assessment, connected person assessment, and special guardian assessments to ascertain the most appropriate order for the child and family.

This is a senior social work role. The successful applicant should be an experienced social worker who can undertake difficult and complex family dynamics while keeping the child in focus. They should have good assessment and analytical skills and be able to produce a high standard of court work within court timescales. The role will also provide an opportunity to support the development of newer staff members and supervise support staff. The senior social worker will deputise when the manager is on leave and offer support to the management team, with training, support, and development to both staff and carers.

Please click on the links below to view the job description and person specification.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people can be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice.

Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check. It is an offence to apply for a role that involves engaging in regulated activity with children and adults in vulnerable circumstances if you are barred from working with one or both of these groups.

We value our employees and offer staff rewards and plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression including:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Automatic access to a secure, flexible, and tax-efficient Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
• Free on-site parking
• Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
• Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling
• Flexible and mobile working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home – our approach is to promote greater levels of flexible working around personal and family commitments

Find out further information about working at Telford & Wrekin Council including our full list of benefits.

A CV template is available if you do not already have a CV.

Please note that Telford & Wrekin Council do not hold a sponsorship licence for visas.

For any queries, please contact Gemma Laird gemma.laird@telford.gov.uk or James Sharp james.sharp@telford.gov.uk.

Attached documents
Fostering Service Senior Social Worker Job Description & Person Spec