Social Worker and Senior Practitioner; Senior Social Worker - Referral and Assessment

Overview

Experienced Social Worker - Referral And Assessment Team
Senior Practitioner - Referral and Assessment Team
Focusing on the child, not forgetting you

Salary: Experienced Social Worker £39,709 to £47,509 per annum;
Senior Practitioner £44,951 to £53,373 per annum
In addition you will receive up to £2,000 Golden Hello Welcome Payment, up to £2,000 Annual Retention Allowance, and other benefits, including a lease car

Location: Bromley Civic Centre/flexible working (3 days in the office)
Hours: Full time - 36 hours
Contract: Permanent

Application
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Looking for your next exciting adventure in social work? Bromley Children’s Social Care has recently been awarded an Ofsted rating of “outstanding”. You can view the latest report here. Bromley is seeking highly talented and ambitious registered Social Workers and Senior Practitioners to join us on our journey to excellence. Bromley is committed to making children and young people in the Borough its top priority.

This role is within the Referral and Assessment Service. The Referral and Assessment Teams receive all new referrals from the Bromley MASH and undertake Child and Family assessments to determine how best children’s needs can be met. There are 6 teams, each consisting of a team manager and 5 social workers. The teams go onto duty for one week every 6 weeks and during their duty week, social workers will receive new allocations.

Bromley has invested to ensure social workers have lower caseloads. Referral and Assessment Social Workers will carry an average of 8 families. Social workers in the service are positive, motivated and feel that their current caseload allows them to complete good social work interventions with families.

As part of the Bromley Promise
, there will be a dedicated two-week induction programme upon joining us. You will be working within smaller teams comprising just five Social Workers/Senior Practitioners headed by the Team Manager. Our senior managers are accessible, ensuring you have support when needed. You will have dedicated time for quality and reflective 1-1 supervision with your manager.

Bromley works in a relationship-based practice framework and we are looking for a social worker who is passionate about working with children and their families. We seek individuals who can form good relationships with families and professionals to bring about positive changes for children and young people.

Our values and behaviours guide how staff carry out the work of the Council and engage with key partner agencies. To read more about our REAL Values and Behaviours, please view:
Values and

We are confident that with your support we will continue to provide high quality social care services to our children in Bromley as set out in our improvement and transformation plan. We ask that you bring your passion, dedication and skills to us.

• Manageable caseloads for every Social Worker
• Dedicated time for reflective supervision
• Generous Annual Leave Entitlement including an additional three days
• Small cluster teams with one team manager supervising five Social Workers
• Two-week protected induction programme
• Excellent Learning and Development opportunities with bespoke training for every social worker
• Social Workers and team managers have easy and regular access to the leadership team

To view our Roadmap to Excellence document please . To view our Social Work Practice Standards please . Please  to view our Making Bromley Even Better strategy.

• Golden Hello & Annual Retention Allowance
• Merited pay scheme
• 30 days Annual Leave
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Excellent training and career development pathway
• Free Car Parking at Bromley Civic Centre
• Mileage allowance for business trips in line with HMRC guidance
• Relocation Allowance up to £8,000 for successful candidates relocating from overseas or outside the outer southeast area
• Salary sacrifice schemes (lease cars, technology equipment, gym, etc.)
• A range of discounts at local retailers

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