Duty and Assessment Team Social Worker
Salford CouncilSalford, North West
Overview
This is a local council role (full time) with Salford Council based in Salford. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
We are on our way to achieving our goal to provide Outstanding support and care to children, families, carers and practitioners across Salford. We are investing in the right social workers to get us there and we are expanding our teams within our Duty and Assessment Team (DAT).
The Duty and Assessment service is currently made of up of 6 sub teams with 6 social workers, 1 advanced social worker, a team manager and service manager. Here on DAT each team is on duty for one week, where you will be allocated new children and families to support and assess. On DAT workers continue intervention with families post C&F assessment until they have had 3 child in need meetings or ICPC has been convened. This means that longer term interventions with families are supported by our child in need and child protection team so families receive a more consistent service.
We are resource rich which helps our workers. This ranges from our bespoke team of family practitioners co-located with the social work teams, dedicated business support alongside minute taking pools to help reduce time spent on admin. We have bespoke Domestic Abuse offer which includes direct work with children, parents and adults that harm and Edge of Care service Route29 who will complete visits and support after working hours and the weekend.
Have a keen interest in an area? Some of our workers are champions in sexual harm, neglect, housing, NRPF and domestic abuse. We are keen for you to have specialisms or be a ‘champion’ of practice in a certain area.
In Salford, we are interested in you as a person and the practitioner you are or who you aspire to be.
- Building trusted relationships while making sure peoples wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision making.
- Having conversations with people based on what matters most to them.
- Connecting people to wider networks of opportunity and support.
- Increasing peoples creative potential and self-esteem.
- Responding quickly to crisis and sticking with children and families until things are better.
- Keeping in touch with children, young people and families and taking a genuine interest in how they are and if anything needs to change.
- Being ambitious, curious with a desire to learn and reflect.
- Up to 34 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays).
- Competitive salary following pay and grading review.
- Free parking
- Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance.
- Training in the Family Partnership Model which Salford is adopting across the Local Authority.
- Recently refurbished office space with free parking on site. The majority of our teams are sat together in Swinton at Unity House.
- Rich in resources to help you with any child or family you work with.
- Robust training offer and mentoring scheme to support you with your career and aspirations.
- A comprehensive Wellbeing Offer
- Regular, quality, reflective supervision from a consistent management and leadership team.
If you are interested in knowing more about the make-up of our teams, how we work, our offer to you please visit: Be a social worker in SalfordSalford City Council
We'd love to hear from you and find out more about what you're looking for so if you'd like to talk to us please just drop a quick message to keeley.mcilvaney@salford.gov.uk and we'll get a call arranged. We look forward to hearing from you!
Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
What we need from you if you are invited to interview:
- Passport/ID - You will be required to provide original documentation confirming your right to work in the UK. Successful candidates will also be required to provide proof of address.
- Qualifications/registrations if applicable for the role
Want to know more about Salford?
As an authority we are dedicated to improving the lives of our residents, and as an employer we are passionate about helping individuals to thrive in their work. We are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture and are proud of our professional accreditations which champion this.
Find out about our city as a place to live, work & grow, and learn more about the amazing work we are doing. You’ll also find out about the wealth of benefits we have to offer you on our Salford pages!
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