Social Worker - Family Support and Protection, South Essex

Social Worker - Family Support and Protection, South Essex

Permanent, Full Time*

£36,101 to £48,622 per annum

Location: Basildon

Working Style: Fixed-base worker

Closing Date: 31st October 2024

This position is open to Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) and
Experienced Social Workers. (The starting salary for a NQSW is £33,885 per
annum and this will rise to £36,101 per annum on successful completion of
the ASYE programme).

In line with our Skills and Capability Framework, for an experienced Social
Worker the basic salary is between £36,101 per annum and £48,622 per annum
with 9 entry points across the range.

*Essex County Council understand how important flexibility and wellbeing is
for our colleagues working across children's Social Care and that we need
to think differently. We have therefore developed a

nine-day working fortnight

for full time frontline Social Workers within Children’s services. If you
would like more information on this, please

follow this link

.

Have you ever been interested in how Family Support and Protection’s social
work practice differs from other teams?

Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar about practice and our
investment in our workforce is second to none. It’s an exciting time to
join us. Not only have we been named Outstanding by Ofsted, we are delighted
and at the same time humbled to have been crowned

Social Work Employer of the Year

for the second time in the last three years!

There is ‘No Magic’ to it, click

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to see why

We are looking for motivated social workers, who are passionate about
making a difference for children and their families, to join our team.

Family Support & Protection

The Family Support and Protection (FS&P) teams work with families on
Child in Need & Child Protection plans to promote sustainable change.
FS&P Social Workers are responsible for building positive relationships
with families using systemic and strengths based social work approaches.
The work is varied and involves working with Public Law Outline (PLO),
Court work including S.7 report and when necessary, taking families into
proceedings and some Special Guardianship Order (SGO) assessments. Through
regular reflective supervision and access to CPD/Training from the Essex
Social Care Academy a BASW accredited CPD provider you will be encouraged
to be creative and innovative in the direct work you undertake with
families. We believe that giving families a supportive environment,
encouragement and insight helps them to navigate and achieve change. This
means we can say goodbye to families knowing they have to tools to sustain
change.

This is a great opportunity to join a friendly, stable, and dedicated team.
If you have a warm and caring personality, are organised, feel passionate
about supporting children and their families, believe in a strength-based
approach, can work within given timescales, and have a good sense of
humour, you’ll fit in well within this supportive and experienced service.

Why the team enjoy working here…………

“I love the team and will really miss it. I am only leaving to take up a
new role a senior practitioner. However, I am staying in the same service
as I love the work we do with families and the supportive relationships
within the teams”

“I have been in the team since becoming a newly qualified social worker, it
has been almost 4 years since I joined and I have enjoyed moving through
the roles from all the way through to Senior Practitioner – this team is
like a family”

“The support I have received from everyone in the team during my NQSW year
has helped me gain confidence and although things can get a bit tough at
times there is always someone on hand ready with a cuppa or on the end of a
phone to talk things through with or help me manage difficult situations –
I never feel alone”

“I started coming down to spend time with the team when I was a student
social worker and I stayed – I am now a senior practitioner, our manager is
really supportive and takes time to get to know you”

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

· A recognised social work qualification i.e. Diploma, degree or Masters in
social work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent, with current registration with Social
Work England as a registered social worker.

· Evidence of continuing professional development, aligned to any relevant
Professional Competency/Capability frameworks or Knowledge and Skills
Statements.

· Experience within a social work setting with evidence of challenging
social and family situations.

· Strong communication skills and an ability to develop a rapport and
engage with diverse groups of individuals.

· Developing strong relationships with partners, other agencies and the
local community, to achieve joint objectives and offer a supportive
framework for children and families.

· Understand delivery of value for money interventions balanced against
need.

· Evidence of clear decision making in order to highlight and limit the
potential risks associated with intervention.

To read more about us please visit

https://www.workingforessex.com/role/children-families

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area
including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond,
transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so
in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the
mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud
of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames
Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts
of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its
newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of
Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It
means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read
more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re
committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under
our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job.
Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments
during the process.

We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet
the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role
require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update
service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are
kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your
certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for
ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update
service please go to

https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees
and volunteers to share this commitment.

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