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- Annual Salary: £36,101 to £48,622
- Location: Chelmsford
- Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
- Working Style: Community-based worker
- Closing Date: 3rd April 2025
Join Essex County Council's dynamic Children in Care team in Mid Essex, where flexibility, wellbeing, and a supportive environment are at the heart of our operations. We are committed to a systemic, strengths-based, and trauma-informed approach to social work, ensuring every child's experience in care is a positive one.
Day-to-day of the role:- Conduct visits to children and young people in placements, ensuring their care experience is supportive and nurturing.
- Develop permanency plans for children, including Special Guardianship Orders and adoption processes.
- Engage in life-story work to help children understand their care journey.
- Collaborate with foster carers, residential home staff, and other stakeholders to ensure the well-being of children in care.
- Provide support that might enable children to return to their birth families when possible.
- Be prepared to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, to meet the needs of the children.
- Diploma or degree in social work, CQSW, CSS, or an equivalent qualification.
- Registration with Social Work England as a registered Social Worker.
- Demonstrated capability in practice, adhering to the Professional Capability Framework (PCF) and Knowledge & Skills Statement (KSS).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and social work case recording systems.
- Ability to handle complex social and family situations with confidence and professionalism.
- Must be mobile throughout Essex and beyond, with a driving licence and car, or the ability to meet mobility requirements through other means.
- Training and development opportunities from our award-winning Essex Social Care Academy.
- Flexible working options.
- Employee wellbeing and counselling support.
- Lease Car scheme.
- Relocation package up to £8000 (subject to eligibility).
- Life assurance of three times annual salary.
- Payment of professional fees for approved professions.
- Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Volunteering leave.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- Employee Networks to support and connect.
