پست شده در: خدمات اجتماعی/سلامت عقلی در دودلی | آخرین بروزرسانی: |
Salary: Grade 8 to Grade 10
£33,024 to £43,421 per annum plus £7,000 per annum Market Forces Supplement (salary and grade subject to experience)
Child Friendly Dudley holds the highest ambitions for our children, young people and families and works to a restorative practice model.
We have implemented Family Safeguarding Practice across children's services. It is a strengths-based, whole-family approach to child protection, bringing together individual multi-disciplinary teams comprising of professionals from children's and adult services to work intensively with families to reduce the number of children entering into care or becoming subject to child protection planning.
Family Safeguarding Practice moves the focus from monitoring compliance to engaging with families in a strengths-based way and producing meaningful change through Motivational Interviewing, a person-centred therapeutic way of practicing designed to harness and enhance readiness for change. The new workbook recording system allows Social Workers to return to the grass roots of Social Work practice and focuses on building relationships with children, young people and their families to achieve better outcomes for the whole family.
It is an exciting time to join Dudley Children's Services as we embed the Family Safeguarding Model. We have an extensive training offer through our Centre for Professional Practice with great career progression opportunities. We are looking for dynamic and driven Social Workers to join us on our journey to achieve excellence.
The Family Safeguarding Service comprises of 6 teams and supports families with children under the age of 12.
We aim to create an inclusive working environment where everyone can achieve a healthy work/life balance. We are serious about our responsibility for personal and professional development and look to ensure that staff are equipped with the skills, knowledge and experience to succeed. The Councils Benefit Package is designed to boost and maintain the health, wellbeing and general quality of life of all our staff.
Security and support at work
We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that staff are paid fairly for the work they undertake and have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance. We offer:
A competitive salary package, including a career progression scheme
A range of flexible working options, including flexitime and home-working, dependent on service requirements
A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
The Local Government Pension Scheme
A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme - we are committed to supporting you
Bullying and Harassment and Dignity at Work policies to protect your everyday working life
Your professional future
We invest in our staff, to enable them to develop personal and professional skills and progress in their Social Work Career.
All new employees receive a comprehensive induction, training and development programme, with regular opportunities to update their skills and achieve their full potential. We welcome fresh thinking, recognise real talent and encourage innovation and ingenuity.
We train staff at all levels. We have a huge range of training opportunities, through the Centre for Professional Practice Service. We encourage and support Continual Professional Development, with opportunities to attend external training, secondment opportunities, and earn extra qualifications through the Apprenticeship Levy.
We are recruiting Qualified Social Workers with a minimum of 12 Months post-qualifying experience.
Connect2Dudley, part of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates