Social Worker - Level 2
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Team: Family Support, Mid Beds Locality Area Job Family: Supporting - CBG10 Salary: Level 2 - £35,992 - £37,536 per annum pro rata - Plus MRS £5,100 per annum & Enhanced MRS £3,850 per annum 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: Hybrid - Permenant Closing Date: 13th May 2024. Interview Date: TBC
About the role: Central Bedfordshire Council is excited to offer an opportunity for a Social Worker role within our Dunstable Family Support Team. In Central Bedfordshire, we want to assist children and young people 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 team 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. We are proud that in Family Support we enable workers to gain a vast amount of experiences and opportunities in working with families who are subject to child in need, child protection and court work. We aim to work closely with families developing our use of MI and implementing systemic practise. Family support also facilitates workers the opportunity to build up a repertoire in carrying out direct work with children and young people. Family Support pride ourselves on our small teams and manageable cases loads allowing workers to undertake meaningful practice with children and their families.
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 and 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.
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 positions, please contact: Sarah Broderick at - sarah.broderick2@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or 0300 300 5671 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
If you require assistance to apply for our roles, help with writing your CV, interview techniques or careers advice please contact our team of careers advisors at ncs@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk Our service is confidential, impartial and free for all.
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