Social Work Assistant x2 - Childrens
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £12.92 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | STOKE ON TRENT, Staffordshire, ST4 1RN |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Stoke on Trent 5248828 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Temporary Social Work Assistant x2 - Childrens
Reference no: Stoke on Trent 5248828
Pay rate: £12.92 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, 08:30 – 17:00
This opening assignment is for 10-11 months
City: STOKE ON TRENT, Staffordshire
Predominately an office based position but with a 2 day flexible hybrid WFH option
Enhanced DBS required for this role
A Social Work Assistant is required with extensive experience with working with DV / IDVA to address the safety of victims at risk from intimate partners, ex partners, or family members to secure their safety and the safety of their children. Serving as the victim’s primary point of contact, to assess the level of risk, discuss the range of suitable options and develop safety plans and to be pro-active in implementing these plans.
Key responsibilities:
Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people and to support families.
Assist colleagues in carrying out statutory duties and requirements.
Contribute to the pod/team in actively planning for safety, permanency and stability for children and young people regardless of the setting in which they live and to actively support children to live at home safely.
Develop a positive, professional relationship with children, parents/carers and professionals.
Work in partnership with colleagues, parents and carers, ensuring that child-centred systemic practice is the principal standard and framework for all work undertaken with children, young people and families.
Be committed to practice that is anti-discriminatory and that actively promotes equal opportunities.
When required undertake primary worker role to support families by leading S17 (child in need) cases identified by the Practice Manager. Taking responsibility for co-ordinating and managing these cases, ensuring a robust support plan is created in collaboration with the family and other professionals.
Arrange, chair and review child in need meetings to ensure targets are achieved and child’s needs continue to be consistently met.
Undertake specialist family work including contribution and support in parenting assessments, risk assessment and single assessments as directed by the practice manager. Where appropriate also undertaking parenting support and life story work.
If required attend court to provide verbal evidence of any assessment undertaken.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, we cannot, unfortunately, respond to all applications. If, therefore, you have not heard from us within 3 days please make a working assumption that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Qualifications:
Educated to at least GCSE standard English and Maths or Literacy & Numeracy Award equivalent.
Level 3 Diploma in Children & Young People’s Working or other relevant qualification (eg, NNEB, Diploma in Youth and Community Work, Welfare etc) or a willingness to work towards this.
Experience:
Experience of direct work with children and families.
Extensive experience with working with DV / IDVA to address the safety of victims at risk.
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Knowledge and commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Sound knowledge of the Children Act and Child Protection legislation.
Basic knowledge of systemic practice and its application in children’s social care.
Skills & Abilities:
Ability to establish professional, effective working relationships with a range of partners/colleagues and children, young people and families.
Ability to write accurately, concisely and sensitively with a high degree of detail.
Able to communicate effectively and professionally through written work with children, young people, families, colleagues and professionals.
Able to build and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children, young people and families.
Able to think reflectively and creatively in relation to direct work with children, young people and families.
Able to work autonomously and prioritise work efficiently.
Excellent verbal communication skills with a high degree of confidence in order to challenge and articulate information whilst retaining a professional approach at all times.
Able to maintain confidentially at all times.
Ability to fully meet the requirements of the post and cover the geographic area required, either by possession of a valid driving license or access to public transport in line with the regulations of the Equality Act 2010.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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Job Ref: Stoke on Trent 5248828
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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