Family Help Social Worker

Family Help Social Worker

Job description

Part Time - 2.5 days a week (preferably one day will be Friday), Fixed Term until 31st March 2027

An exciting opportunity has opened up within Family Help that sits within the South Neighbourhood Team, for an experienced and motivated Social Worker. The work undertaken by the team is very broad, varied and no day is ever the same!

As a Family Help Social Worker, you will have good assessment skills and will hold CIN plans for children where the family are found to be intentionally homeless.

You will also be responsible for s85 assessments.

As an experienced Social Worker, you will at times work alongside keyworkers, supporting them with their planning and service delivery to the families allocated to them.

You will need sound risk management skills and be able to support colleagues over threshold decisions and offer advice and guidance as needed across the whole of Family Help.

You will also respond to requests for advice from outside professionals and partner agencies.

Practice frameworks and approaches:

In order to support families in achieving change, there are a number of different approaches and methodologies which underpin our practice in Bristol:

• Signs of Safety is the framework we use to assess and respond to harm.

• Systemic Social Work Practice provides the theories to understand the complexity of an individual’s experiences and the influence they have on their ability to make and sustain change.

• Relationship based Practice means strengthening relationships between people as well as strengthening social connections within communities.

• Contextual Safeguarding enables us to assess and respond to harm that affects children outside their families

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.

For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.

If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

For further information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively, please contact Natalie Walton natalie.walton@bristol.gov.ukor 0117 903 7770

Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Young people, Black and racially minoritised, Disabled, LGBTQ+ and Male candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.