Social Worker for Children's Social Work Academy

Peterborough Children’s services are launching their new innovative Social Work AcademyThe Social Work Academy will support Newly Qualified Social Workers and International Social Workers to hold a time limited reduced caseload, to enable them to transition to their allocated social work teams fully supported to be skilled and confident practitioners. The Academy will also support the implementation and embedding of our practice model and facilitate service wide learning and development.We are looking for an experienced Social Worker to support our newly qualified social workers and international social workers whilst based in the Social Work Academy. You will be co-allocated work with our NQSW to support their professional confidence and development with social work that requires statutory intervention, or to help think and plan assessment and intervention that may require more complex analysis.You must be passionate about improving outcomes for children and enjoy sharing your knowledge to support newly qualified social workers. You will be a reflective practitioner, with a value base of working relationally within a safeguarding context.Peterborough is:• Setting out a refreshed practice model with innovative ways of working with children and families,• A restorative culture that enables professional learning and development,• Developing our workforce with a new dynamic leadership team in place and an evolving workforce strategy.We believe that the best practice is 'family shared practice’, where many decisions about a child or young person are taken with them, their families and carers.We are looking forward to welcoming your applicationThis is a rolling campaign, and we will review applications daily so please don’t wait for the closing date to apply. Candidates will be progressed shortly after they apply, and the opportunity will be filled as soon as we identify a suitable candidate, which may be before the closing date. So please don’t hesitate, apply today.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Peterborough and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve.Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.