ABOUT THE TEAMS:

You will work in partnership with an enthusiastic team consisting of a Team Manager, Deputy Team Managers, Senior Practitioners, qualified professional Social Workers, Family Support Practitioners/Personal Advisors and Administrative staff.

ADOLESCENT AND CHILD EXPERIENCED TEAM, WITHIN THE CARE OUTCOMES SERVICE

The team works with young people in which sexual or criminal exploitation is the primary need, as well as care leavers. It is recognised that some of our most vulnerable adolescents in need, will become care leavers or share similar experiences and therefore have the same need to be safeguarded by the professionals they work with before and after their eighteenth birthday. The team work on developing strategies to keep the young people safe using traditional as well as more up to date research and practice methods relating to risk both in and outside of the home. Primarily, a contextual safeguarding approach will aim to strengthen professional relationships around risk management. The team will support young people to have every opportunity to engage in Education, Employment and Training. Multi agency working is a core element of practice and the team will work closely with colleagues from Police, Health, Education and Adult Social Care (promoting positive transitions into adulthood).

AT BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL WE HAVE ONE OVERRIDING PURPOSE TO IMPROVE PEOPLE’S LIVES.

If your passion is around collaborative work with families, centred on building relationships in order to help families develop resilience and make changes for their children, then we are the Local Authority for you. Working with families to keep children at home wherever possible, our dynamic teams work with families from point of contact through to long term support and intervention. Our practice model is underpinned by relationship-based, systemic approaches to facilitate change, alongside trauma informed practice.
Bath and North East Somerset Children’s Social Care are an innovative small Local Authority focused on therapeutic assessment and support. Rated Good by OFSTED, with continued vision and drive to improve further.
We have exciting opportunities for qualified Social Workers to join us. We are committed to being a dynamic and creative Local Authority, working hard to think differently about how we approach our work with families. We are deeply committed to providing tailored high-quality services and well thought out interventions to families to keep children safe. Our practice is values-driven with a strong ethos of child-focussed interventions.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The post holder will manage their own caseload, which will include children and families with complex needs. You will be able to evidence a strong ability to analyse information and formulate outcome focused plans for children and families. Applicants must be confident in writing professional assessments/reports as well as presenting their evidence verbally. Applicants need to have very strong organisational skills to manage and prioritise their work effectively and in a timely way and will be committed to working as part of a team to support colleagues in delivering optimum services to children and families.
We are seeking applications from experienced workers or those newly qualified within social work and are looking to enhance and further develop their skills and contribute to service development for vulnerable children.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ROLE IS SUBJECT TO AN ENHANCED DBS CHECK.

Safeguarding Statement: The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.