Social Worker- Adoption & SGO Support Team ( Fixed Term 10 Months)
| Posting date: | 25 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £39,384 to £42,620 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 August 2024 |
| Location: | One Angel Square, nn1 1ed |
| Company: | Northamptonshire Children's Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Ref/75/4893 |
Summary
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
- 2 Day Induction Programme
- 2 days Signs of Safety training (social care colleagues)
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Local government Pension Scheme
- Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
- Employee Discount Scheme
- 28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years’ service
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Monthly quality supervision
- SWE Registration paid yearly (social care colleagues)
- Undertake succinct, timely and thorough assessments in complex situations, using Signs of Safety frameworks, secure base and DDP principles.
- Progress support plans for adoptive families and for children subject to Special Guardianship Order and their Special Guardian families, including group work and training.
- Have knowledge and experience of therapeutic parenting, attachment theory and the application of these to adoption issues in work with families and children.
- Work closely with other professionals and inform/coordinate work done by colleagues in education, health, safeguarding teams and other agencies.
- Engage and work directly with parents/ carers and children/ young people, using age and stage appropriate methods to inform the assessment and planning process, to hear their views and respond supportively.
- Deliver training and group work, with support of colleagues
Qualified Social Worker,
Registered with SWE
Enhanced DBS Clearance
About us
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.