Children in Care Social Worker - South East London

Pro Social Partners are working with an Ofsted rated outstanding Council in South East London on an Exclusive basis who are seeking permanent Social Workers within the Children in Care service paying up to £52,116 Salary.

About the Role:

This role entails supporting children through care proceedings or permanency arrangements. We have a dedicated Court progression Manager to support you during Care proceedings and an actively involved Family Finder and life story worker to ensure that we achieve timely permanence for our children. Our practice model focuses on a systemic way of working using a compassionate mind approach, with clinical facilitators attached to each team for bespoke support.

Generous benefits package includes:

• Innovative and supportive working culture with emphasis on professional development and staff wellbeing and manageable caseload.
• Generous annual leave allowance in addition to 'rota days’ equating to an additional 10 days off per year
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements with good IT equipment
• Small teams allowing more direct support and supervision time from your Team Leader
• Ongoing professional development, including a minimum 50 hours protected professional development each year with our innovative Practice Academy
• Excellent pension scheme
• Essential car user free car parking (close to the workplace)
• Excellent Social Worker career progression scheme, including support from a Professional Educator and a well established Practice Academy
• Opportunity to attend different Staff Networks including Tackling Structural Racism, Future of Work or Equality Diversity and Inclusion
• Reduced rate gym membership
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Opportunities to join cross-sectional staff Task and Finish groups to improve practice and procedures

About you

As a Social Worker in one of the Children in Care teams, you will be instrumental in delivering a first-class service to ensure the best outcomes for the children and young people. Through building positive relationships with colleagues within the service and partner agencies you will ensure we are able to provide support and protection for children and young people in need and at risk.

As well as your experience as a social worker, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

• Social Work England registration
• A recognised qualification in Social Work
• To have passed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) if qualified after 2012
• A full driving licence and willingness to drive
• DBS clearance