Social Worker - Families First - Wyre Forest

The Role

Qualified Social Workers - Families First

Wyre Forest and Bromsgrove district team.

Treetops children's centre, Kidderminster

37 hours per week.

Permanent role.

£34,811 - £43,149 plus marketforcesof £4,000 per annum

To be eligible for this role, you must have completed your ASYE

Our Families First team is seeking exceptional candidates who are focused on facilitating positive outcomes for our children, young people, and their families within Worcestershire.

Worcestershire is embarked on our journey through the social care reforms and has launched our new Families First multi disciplinary teams; working with children, young people and their families who have targeted needs or are identified as Children In Need. In this role you will be a key part of a friendly, innovative multi-disciplinary team with the ethos of building on existing strengths within the family in order to enable them to address their presenting needs, manage times of crisis or emerging challenges in order to ensure longer term positive changes.

You will work as part of a multi disciplinary team completing Family Assessments, identifying and delivering help, support and intervention through a Family Plan. Increasing safety and protection, and engaging our partners in meeting the families presenting needs and enabling families to stay together wherever safe and appropriate to do so.

Within this role you will directly with families within their own homes and communities; carrying out direct work with children in other environments for example in the school or family hubs. A key attribute is the ability to build a positive working relationship with our families in order for their plan of support to succeed. You will be expected to liaise with our internal and external partners who are integral to plans that support our families.

In order to support you and develop your practice and career you will be directly managed and supervised by our permanent skilled and experienced leaders who are passionate about achieving the best outcomes for children. You will be able to access a wealth of learning events and work with us to shape our services to children. In terms of the disciplines within the Families First teams, you will be working alongside Outreach Workers, Money Mentor, Family Support Workers , Youth Mentors, Substance Misuse,Emotional Health/Well being Workers, Domestic Abuse Practitioners, Family Decision making Coordinators and Advanced Social Work Practitioners.

If you wish to make a real difference to families lives and be part of a multi disciplinary team then there has never been a better time to join us.

These are permanent posts. The team office base is Kidderminster but you will have access to other touch points as county-wide travel may be required on occasion.

You’ll find an overview of the benefits Worcestershire County Council have to offer on our webpage

Some of these offers include:

• Great Holiday Entitlement:
  
  As well as bank holidays, you’ll get 26 days paid holiday (pro rata for part-time staff). This goes up to 31 days when you have been with us for 5 years. If you get more than 26 days where you work now, don’t worry because if you join us without a break, we’ll match your holiday up to 31 days. If you’re successful and want to take advantage of this do let us know!
• Brilliant Pension Scheme:
  
  The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a nationwide, career average pension scheme and is a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government.
• Professional Learning & Development:
  
  We actively encourage learning and development for all our staff should they want to progress further or explore other areas within the…