Salary: Grade H/I £30,507 - £37,849 pro-rata for part time (bar at £33.799 dependent on PQ award)
Hours: 18.5 hours & 37 hours
Contract: Permanent & Fixed Term
Court Team
We are looking for Social workers to join our
excellent Safeguarding service in
Bolton’s Children’s
Services which were judged as ‘GOOD’ in an Ofsted ILACS inspection in 2018 and
Ofsted commented
“Children
who need help and protection are supported by timely and effective services,
delivered by skilled social workers, with decisions that are made by managers.”
The
successful candidate will be a qualified social worker with a passion for
working with children and their families to improve outcomes for children and
to keep them safe from harm with experience of court work.
The
Safeguarding service in Bolton is split into two teams, a child in need and
child protection team and a separate court team. Here in Bolton
we keep children and young people at the centre of all the work we do, we
ensure we offer families the support and intervention they need to give them
the opportunity to bring about change, to enable them to safeguard and meet the
needs of their children.
You
will be a motivated and enthusiastic practitioner with the ability to build
professional relationships with children and their families.
You will be an excellent communicator, efficient in time
management, report writing and completing assessments as well as a strong team
player who values the strength of working in a person-centered manner. All roles require
social workers to be able to write reports to a good standard and deliver
accurate and concise information verbally and possibly in court.
The
court team are looking for social workers who have a passion to develop their
skills in this area, complete assessments of families within 26-week court
timescales and complete direct work with children and young people to ensure
their journey and daily experiences are understood and their voice is heard
within the court arena, produce initial and final evidence and work with looked
after children and their families and children who will be adopted.
We offer good management support, managers are
based in the same building and are available for informal
discussions/supervision in addition to formal supervision.
Ofsted stated
“The skill and experience of first line
managers is recognised and highly valued by social workers and is a key factor
in contributing to the experienced and largely permanent workforce.”
Our social workers are passionate about working
with children and families and supportive to one another.
All
newly qualified social workers (NQSW’s) are entitled to a supported and
assessed year in employment (ASYE) that is designed to ensure that they have opportunities
to develop as professional social workers and to ensure that they have a fair
chance to show their capabilities. NQSW’s will be subject to a 12 month
probationary period to support completion of ASYE. Further
information on the ASYE can be found at WWW.skillsforcare.org.uk/asye.
Progression
to Grade I for existing Grade H Social Workers in Bolton will be achieved by
successful completion of the Post Qualification Specialist Award or the Post
Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice (or equivalent).
If you would like any further information,
please contact Marie Parsonage, Team Manager on 01204 337422 or
email
Marie.parsonage@bolton.gov.uk
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting
the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to
share this commitment. A DBS check is therefore
required for this post.
This post is a designated customer facing role
under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per
the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater
Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your
continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or
NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and
Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to
our service-related benefits.
To see if you are suited to this role,
please review the job description.
Job Description.docx
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BN Right to Work.docx
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