Social Worker

Leicestershire County Council; East Midlands, Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Wigston Police Station, Bull Head Street Wigston LE18 1WX

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £34,350 - £41,373 per annum

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 4th April 2025

Interview Date(s): 28th April 2025

About the Role

We are looking for a qualified social worker who has a working knowledge of child exploitation. This job is an exciting opportunity to work in the Leicestershire Children's and Families Services Child Exploitation Team and work alongside Leicestershire Police Specialist teams to protect and help young people at risk of exploitation, or who have been exploited.

Responsibilities include:

1. Working in partnership with other agencies to ensure an effective multi-agency response to prevention and protection of children at risk of CE, trafficking or going missing from home, care or education.
2. Delivering high-quality social work services and contributing to the development of the service to vulnerable children and their families.
3. Enabling the local authority to achieve improvement outcomes for children and young people and families, working in line with the LSCB and CSC procedures.
4. Protecting and supporting children and young people at risk of CE and those known to be victims of CSE, in partnership with parents and carers where appropriate.
5. Chairing and/or participating in child protection conferences, CE strategy meetings, court, and other meetings as required.
6. Carrying out work outside of normal working hours if necessary.
7. Attaining and maintaining Management Vetting & Security Check Clearance within Leicestershire Police.
8. Completing a DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Be a qualified social worker.
• Be Social Work England Registered.
• Have experience and knowledge of child exploitation.
• Have experience of working in a multi-agency setting and building positive working relationships.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in being child/young person-centred, and trauma-informed.
• Show evidence of working within a fluid and challenging environment with the flexibility to meet the needs of the children and young people supported.
• Model good social work practice, including accountability for high-quality service delivery and efficient use of resources.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Ayshea Dalby Team Manager, Josie Jackson Team Manager

Telephone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail], [e-mail]

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation that welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.