Social Worker - Kinship Assessment Team

Job description

Social Worker - Kinship Assessment Team

Permanent, Fll Time

£36,14. to £51,834. Per Annm

Location: Chelmsford

Working Style: Commnity-based worker

Closing Date: 13th October 6

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants mst have a crrent, nrestricted right to work in the K.

Here in Essex, we contine to raise the bar abot practice and or investment in or workforce is second to none. It's an exciting time to join s having received or nd Otstanding Ofsted rating in a row.

This vacancy can accommodate a newly qalified social worker.

The Role

We are looking for a social worker to join the contywide Kinship Assessment Team. The team complete Viability Assessments and fll Kinship Assessments for prospective kinship carers, whilst considering and implementing spport alongside assessment to spport children to remain within their family systems.

The Opportnity

The Kinship Assessment Team was created in 19 and has expanded to meet the demand across the Conty. We are seeking an experienced, resilient, self-motivated, and creative Social Worker to join the team. In this fast-paced role yo will assess and spport potential SGO/Kinship foster carers who have come forward throgh the Pblic or Private Law proceedings, and want to offer long-term care for children who are connected to them. The team aims to ndertake robst, analytical, and evidence-based assessments which focs on the trama children sffered and how the proposed carer/special gardian will provide long term care for that child/ren. These assessments are prepared for the cort and for fostering panel, and therefore yo will need to be reqired at times to give evidence in cort or present yor assessment to or fostering panel.

From speaking to kinship carers, we know that it is essential for them to be flly prepared and informed to make the right decisions going forward. As a reslt, yo will spport the delivery of preparation training days to ensre that we give people the opportnity to learn and ask qestions.

The Social Work role within the team brings the following:

An exciting opportnity to se yor assessment skills, knowledge arond attachment and trama and develop new skills.

Hold a manageable caseload.

Ensre ongoing development and training.

Links with Coram BAAF and Kinship.

Monthly spervision, peer spervision and team meetings.

Working flexibly and manage yor own diary.

Being involved in the continos development of the service within Essex

Take part in training delivery.

Spportive and helpfl colleages who are there for each other and where needed joint working is encoraged.

Or goal is to become a centre of excellence, and we are continosly developing the service. The work is fast-paced and challenging yet hgely rewarding. We are two teams bt work as one service. As a conty wide service, we work across all qadrants, North, West, Mid and Soth and beyond Essex, so it doesn't matter where yo live.

We are looking for a social worker with:

Experience and a good nderstanding of work within Children and Families.

Experience of working within a Kinship or Fostering service is preferable bt not essential.

Commitment to children remaining with their extended family when possible.

Analytical assessment writing skills and record keeping are essential.

ndertake sccinct, timely and thorogh assessments in complex sitations and to tight timescales.

Experience of attending Cort, fostering panel and to prodce good qality reports is beneficial.

nderstanding of the impact for carers of neglect/abse and trama on children and to provide spport throgh the assessment.

Excellent commnication skills are essential as yo will be expected to work closely with families, other ECC services, inclding bt not limited to Fostering, Children in Care, FS&P and Legal Services as well as alongside external agencies.

A commitment to flexible working is essential as some assessments will be ot of conty and/ or with families who have hge demands on their time.

Be part of the dty system rota.

To read more abot or bsiness area, please visit: Children & Families

Please take a look at or 'No Magic' Children & Families video

Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic K local athorities, Essex offers a stimlating pblic service environment. Covering over 1,4 sqare miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we're committed to transformational change and delivering better qality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for prodctivity, we ensre everyone matters in Everyone's Essex. With flexible working options and a focs on innovation, whether yo are looking to develop yor career or contribte to the local commnity, Essex is the ideal place for yo.

In March 6, the Government annonced that concils in Greater Essex will be reorganised into five new nitary athorities from April 8. In addition to this, Greater Essex has been accepted on to the devoltion priority programme, where we will work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined Conty Athority. Yo can read more abot these changes, and what this may mean for this role, on or careers site.

Essex Conty Concil is prod to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply nder or Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimm reqirements of the job. Please speak to or Recriters if yo reqire any reasonable adjstments dring the process. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimm reqirements of the role for which they are applying.

Once yo've secred yor role within Essex Conty Concil yo will receive many great employee benefits, inclding spport for npaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At Essex Conty Concil, we vale integrity and ethical behavior. We kindly ask that yo embrace or code of condct and the Nolan principles, inclding throghot the recritment process. Yor commitment to these standards helps s maintain a positive and respectfl workplace for everyone.

The role reqires yo to be mobile throghot a wider operational area inclding travelling arond the conty of Essex and beyond, transporting service sers and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility reqirements of the role throgh other means is essential.

As part of employment with Essex Conty Concil (ECC) shold yor role reqire a DBS check yo will be reqired to register with the DBS pdate service. The DBS pdate service ensres all registered DBS certificates are kept p to date and allows athorised parties to view the stats of yor certificate. This is an annal sbscription, and yo will be responsible for ensring this is maintained. For frther information on the DBS pdate service please go to https://www.gov.k/dbs-pdate-service

Essex Conty Concil is committed to safegarding and promoting the welfare of children and vlnerable adlts, and expects all employees and volnteers to share this commitment.

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If yo have qeries on this role or reqire anything frther, please email [email protected]

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