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Senior Social Worker (Children's Services)

Bracknell Forest Council

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EDS Bracknell (Hybrid)

Permanent, Evenings, Full time, Nights, Part time, Weekends

Enhanced DBS check required

£55,218 - £58,858 inclusive of £689 LWA and 20% responsibility allowance

Hours are negotiable as there are 2 positions available


What we’re looking for…

A Childcare Senior Social Worker who has the following:

  • Significant experience as a Senior Social Worker preferably in referral and assessment and child protection teams.
  • Have a thorough working knowledge of Children’s legal framework and Government Legislation and Directives related to the work with children, young people and their families.
  • Extensive experience of undertaking complex section 47 Enquiries.
  • Experience of managing complex cases including safeguarding, Child in Need, children with mental health and behavioural issues and implementing a range of interventions.
  • Knowledge of legislation and policy underpinning all areas of social care.
  • Experience of a wide range of social work responsibilities across the disciplines of social care.
  • Understand and demonstrate Social Care core values.
  • Good communication skills both written and verbal.
  • Good assessment & negotiation skills.

What is it like working in our team…

This is an exciting time to be joining the service as we have recently remodelled our service structure.  EDS is already seen as a safe and effective service, safeguarding the children and vulnerable adults of Berkshire and has received positive feedback from both Ofsted and CQC.  In what other team could you work with so many professionals who are all experts in crisis intervention and specialists within their own field of social work and health?

The benefits you will experience are…

  • An inclusive and social working environment with a variety of staff networks including sports and social clubs.
  • Generous annual leave of 28 days increasing to 33 days after 3 years’ service (pro rata for part time)
  • Annual leave purchase policy.
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.
  • Career development through internal and external training opportunities.
  • Local government pension scheme.
  • Life insurance cover.
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support employees’ health and wellbeing.
  • Staff dental and health plans.
  • Discounted leisure centre and gym membership.
  • Supermarket discount.

You will be supported to carry out the following duties, responsibilities and training…

To respond to all Child Protection, Child in Need, Child Looked After and Children’s Mental Health calls that present out of hours, as per the Children’s legal framework and related guidance. EDS is a generic service and therefore you will have the added responsibility of responding to other social care emergencies including housing and adult social care cases. You will receive training on the relevant legislation, practice and processes to enable you to function as a practitioner with generic social work knowledge.

Interview date 

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 24th September 2024.   

Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment. Additionally, this approach allows the recruiting manager and the team to establish connections with potential team members.

We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.

Please note AI is prohibited during the interview process, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.

Want to ask us a question? 

For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:

Shelli Read, Business Manager for the Emergency Duty Service on 01344 353465 or

Linda Andrew, Team Manager on 01344 355050

(please note these phone numbers are only available between 9am-5pm)

At Bracknell Forest we champion equality, diversity and inclusion. At Bracknell Forest Council, we are always learning, ambition and inclusive. Please see our candidate pack for more details.

Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check as part of our pre-employment checks process.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience of working within the current Social Care System and Framework.

Social Work England registration fees can be claimed back from the Council. 

We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.

Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. Please be aware that sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.

No agencies please. 

 


Closing date: Sun 15/09/2024 at 23:59
Job reference: People/24/291143
Vacancy downloads:

EDS_Senior_Social_Worker__Children_Services__JD_PS_Sept24.pdf

Candidate_Pack_-_People_Directorate_-_Sept_24.pdf

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