Adolescent Safeguarding Social Worker

Location: KINGSTON/TWICKENHAM (South West London)

Reference number: RQ1378296

Supply Care Solutions are a market-leading Medical, Social Care and Education recruitment consultancy, we offer a range of accredited services across the public sector, providing highly skilled, compliant professionals in all grades and specialties, including short, long term and permanent positions.

RATE: £39,951.00 – £42,840.00 per annum

TYPE: Permanent

TEAM: Adolescent Social Worker

HOURS: This is a Full time role (36 hours per week)

Job profile:

We have two permanent vacancies in our Adolescent Safeguarding Team and are seeking experienced social workers who have worked in the field of contextual safeguarding (child criminal or sexual exploitation and serious youth violence). We will also consider applications from experienced social workers that have an interest and passion for this area of specialist work. We are looking for social workers who want to work in a dynamic field of practice, with other experienced social workers that are passionate about working with adolescents and finding opportunities for engagement, safety and resilience.

About the team:

The Adolescent Safeguarding Team delivers the statutory social work functions for children and young people identified as requiring an assessment or plan to reduce their risk of harm outside the home. This includes the range of social work from assessments and investigations to child in need, child protection or children in care plans, including court work when absolutely required. The team works closely with Police, Health and Education colleagues to ensure a robust multi agency response to young people. The team represents their children at Pre-MACE, Youth Integrated Offenders Management Panel and Missing panel to support timely responses and robust safety planning.

About the role:

As an Adolescent Safeguarding Social Worker, you will ensure high levels of quality interventions using AfC’s social work practice model, Signs of Safety, agreed quality standards and operating procedures.

You will represent AfC at operational multi agency and others meetings as appropriate.

You will be responsible for ensuring that adolescents are safeguarded from harm whilst parents and carers of adolescents are supported in their parenting capacity to protect and nurture them whilst ensuring that the public is protected where youth offending is concerned.

Staff Benefits:

29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month
Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
Hybrid and mobile working (between home and work)
Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
Flexible working options – helping to keep a good work life balance
A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
A range of staff benefits and discounts
An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
Welcome payment and retention bonus for selected roles
Access to free parking at your main place of work
Working with a wide range of families from diverse backgrounds with different presenting issues
Travel assistance package for business use, including car and cycle mileage reimbursement, annual season ticket loan or business Oyster cards
Minimum of 12 protected Development Days each year for all staff
Support and recognition from a stable senior leadership team with an open door culture
Managers who recognise complexity of cases and load, value hard work, provide reassurance, build confidence and facilitate career development and progression opportunities
A huge range of additional professional development opportunities as part of our regional Social Work Teaching Partnership.

How TO APPLY- Please send the following below:

Updated CV in WORD (NO GAPS)

DOB & NI number

To find out if this could be your next job, and for more details please call 020 8506 1111 (option 1, ask for Michael)

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