Social Worker-Families Together Team
| Posting date: | 08 May 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 June 2025 |
| Location: | leicestershire, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5216 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Field Based Worker
Salary: £31,074 - £41,373 per annum (pro rata for part time) plus market premia £3,283
Working Hours: 37 Per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 25th May 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
If you are interested in this post with us please read on……….
About the Role
Families Together Team (based centrally at County Hall)
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the development of the Families Together Team which will work with children who are at risk of becoming a child in care. We believe that the best place for children is to be raised within their own families, immediate or wider, wherever it is safe and appropriate to do so.
If you are passionate about building relationships with children and their families, then our team is looking for you to join us. We are looking for two passionate, motivated and ambitious social workers who are focused on working towards positive outcomes for the children and families we support.
his role is subject to a DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity.
About You
Who we are looking for -
To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following 7 essential criteria within your personal statement.
- Appropriate social work professional qualification such as MA, DipSW or CQSW with experience of working in a statutory child safeguarding setting and evidence of continuing professional development.
- Knowledge and understanding of the complexity and contexts of vulnerabilities and risks that young people experience and the complex needs of families where children are on the edge of care.
- You will be an energetic and enthusiastic social worker who is able to share your enthusiasm and passion for practice with your colleagues.
- You will be able to evidence your skills and knowledge of creative, innovative and relationship-based social work.
- Ideally you will already be confident in the application of the Signs of Safety methodology but certainly in the value of relationship-based social work.
- You will have an in depth understanding of Trauma informed practice and ensuring the child/family are at the centre of everything you and your team do, and you have high aspirations for those we serve and support.
- You have retained a strong interest in research and the evidence base for practice and are confident about how this can be used in practice
We hope this sounds like you!
Our salaries are competitive but we know from our own staff that there are other reasons to come to Leicestershire. We hope you agree. We look forward to hearing from you
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
About Us
In Leicestershire we have a fantastic package to provide our workers. This includes the option as a full-time worker to do hybrid working, celebrating diversity with a range of events throughout the year, recognition of our staff in annual Pride in Practice events, fantastic learning and training opportunities - enabling our staff to develop and progress within their roles and committed wellbeing support.
We are proud of our continuous improvement plan - 'Achieving Excellence through Purposeful Practice' which sets out our key values, behaviours and ambitions. We have embedded the Signs of Safety approach throughout our services and this approach mirrors our values of Aspiration, Being Curious and Collaboration. We are focused on working with families and the networks of family, friends and professionals around children, to work in collaboration to achieve shared goals.
We are committed to our vision of becoming a trauma informed responsive department where we believe we are "stronger together". Our culture is one of partnership, where we look for solutions and recognise the potential impact of trauma on the children and families we work with and on our staff. We will strive to create a safe, compassionate, healing environment demonstrated through relationships based on trust, respect, hope and empathy. We will achieve this through a spirit of curiosity, by nurturing connections through relationships, making a deliberate effort to know and understand people, and by providing hope for growth and recovery.
We support and empower our staff to be the best that they can be. We will give you the support and resources that you need to work in collaboration with children and families.
We want all our staff to be inspired to go the extra mile. We are doing our best to create the sort of culture where practice excellence can flourish. We want to learn from what works, as much, if not more, than from when things go badly – we are ambitious to create a true ‘learning organisation. So…
Every year we run three annual conferences for staff to come together and reflect and learn.
Every month each team sets aside time for team learning.
You will receive consistent, regular, and reflective supervision
You will receive group supervision support
Twice a year our senior leaders take a week out spending time with social workers observing positive practice and talking to young people and parents and carers about their experience of services
All Social Work England registered workers have three extra Continuous Professional Development days over the year.
Our training offer to social workers is refreshed each year and is highly valued by our staff
We provide course and training to support workforce career progression including Practice Educator Awards, Aspiring Managers Program, and Social Work Apprenticeship Program.
We have a team dedicated to supporting practice excellence who work alongside practitioners offering monthly training and learning, coaching and mentoring to build practitioner confidence, 1:1 or group reflective case discussions, and other support to staff and teams that can be requested.
Our Practice Development Group is well established for practitioners to collaborate on practice development.
We have a Critical Incident Response service for staff which provides independent therapeutic support within 48 hours if you experience a significant traumatic experience within work.
We have a well-respected Wellbeing Service who provide specific support to staff when needed, but also offers events throughout the year. They also hold a weekly 1:1 focused session for children’s social care staff with a qualified therapist and we support our workers to use this service and seeing the strength in doing so.
In all service areas you are expected to work closely with colleagues across team and agency boundaries to ensure that families get the most appropriate level of support. Staff workloads are manageable and are monitored and managed closely. Managers and staff all have regular monthly supervision, and you will be supported in your practice by an experienced senior management team.
We are currently operating a hybrid model of working, which includes office working and working from home. You will be provided with equipment including a laptop and smart phone to enable you to complete your role. We utilise smarter and flexible working policies to support staff to fulfil their roles within flexible circumstances.
For more about working in Leicestershire go to:
https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/sites/default/files/field/pdf/2017/11/9/working-at-leicestershire-county-council.pdf
For further information about our services areas: https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/education-and-children/social-care-and-supporting-families
By the Way A Few More Benefits of working In Leicestershire….
Well regarded employee counselling services
Free car parking
Cycle to work scheme
Paid SW registration
Lease car scheme
Option to purchase of additional leave
Discounts at high-street stores and supermarket shopping
Special offers on leisure activities and gym memberships
Great Canteen for County Hall based workers (which is you!)
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 whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Netsai Muzuva, Team Manager
email: Netsai.Muzuva@leics.gov.uk
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
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. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
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.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
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