Social Worker - Children's Service - CWD Team South
Team: CWD - CWD Team South
Family: Supporting – CBG9/10
Salary: Level 1 - £32,441 - £35,107 per annum pro rata - Plus MRS £5,100 per annum pro rata
Level 2 - £35,992 - £37,536 per annum pro rata - plus MRS £5,150 and enhanced MRS £3,850 per annum pro rata
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month
Contract Type : 1x Hybrid - Permanent
1x Hybrid - Fixed term/secondment - Maternity cover up to 12 months
Closing Date: Rolling Advert until 31/05/2024
Interview Date: TBC - Interviews will be arrnaged accoridngly. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a large amount of applications are recieved. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application.
About the role:
Central Bedfordshire Council is excited to offer an opportunity for a level 1 or Level 2 social worker role within our Children with Disabilities Team. In Central Bedfordshire we want to assist children and young people with disabilities to grow up safely, achieve more, and be happy and healthy. We know that the only way to protect our most vulnerable children is to value and support our talented Social Workers and we are looking for the finest Social Workers to join our progressive teams and in return to offer you the opportunity to develop, progress your career and find your greatness.
Children’s Services at Central Bedfordshire Council has been awarded social work ‘employer of the year’ alongside having been graded a ‘Good’ at our last OFSTED inspection.
This is an exciting opportunity for any social worker to develop their social work career and experience the front end of helping families and safeguarding. You will have relevant experience in understanding the best way of applying different social work theories and come up with ideas and knowledge to deliver imaginative ambitious interventions that improve outcomes for all involved. You will also have the communication skills to work with other agencies and present high-quality reports. This is an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker to develop their social work career.
We are proud that in the Children With Disabilities Team we enable workers to gain a vast amount of experience and opportunities in working with families who are subject to CWD Early Help Short Breaks, CWD Short Breaks, Child in Need, Child Protection and Public Law Outline Processes and Court Work. As part of our work we are embracing MI and systemic models of social work practice which we hope to develop further over the next coming months. The Social Worker will be key in supporting these developments and the development of the Locality Model.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Julia Overton at julia.overton@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 4008
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Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
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