Family Drug & Alcohol Court Locality Social Worker

Job Overview

The Social Worker will hold an FDAC family and work alongside the multi-agency service, TACS, to deliver evidence based therapeutic interventions in the collaborative, problem-solving court, FDAC. A crucial aspect of these posts will be to bring learning back into locality teams and further enhance services for locality families and communities. As an FDAC Social Worker you can expect the following:

• Systemic practice that is curious, courageous, and compassionate
• Trauma-informed approaches
• Deeper understanding of Hidden Harm and its impact on children
• Confidence in court settings and the expert voice of social workers
• Restorative practice with high support and high challenge
• Development of multi-agency interventions
• Collaborative permanency planning
• Equal access to FDAC for families across all localities
• You’ll be the 'spoke', holding one FDAC case from your locality
• TACS will be the 'hub', supporting you as part of the wider family team
• You’ll deliver interventions and share learning with your locality team
• Hold one FDAC case (approx. 2 days/week)
• Reduced caseload to support this work
• Attend fortnightly FDAC hearings with your family
• Write and curate all FDAC reports (review, evidence, final)
• Attend formulation and intervention planning meetings
• Deliver interventions and support permanency planning
• Work within a multidisciplinary team (including nurses, therapists, and support workers)
• Receive a full induction, peer and 1:1 supervision, and contribute to transformation reviews

We may be able to offer sponsorship for this role, in line with Home Office guidance and subject to pre-employment checks. Applicants must already hold a valid right to work in the UK that Gloucestershire County Council can transfer.

Please note that all welcome and retention payments, as well as the relocation package, are subject to terms and conditions, tax and national insurance deductions.

Under the terms of our Safer Recruitment Policy, if you are invited to interview, we will take up safeguarding references prior to your interview to understand your suitability to work with vulnerable children. These references will be discussed in your interview and we will contact your referees by Docu Sign. Please provide details of at least two referees, one being your current or last employer and the other from a previous employer, covering the last three years of employment/education.

If you have left full-time education or have not worked since then, the Head of School, College or University should be one of the named referees. We do not accept references from friends or family members or workplace colleagues who are not more senior.

• A full driving licence and willingness to drive
• DBS clearance (this position is subject to a DBS check)
• Completed your ASYE year (if you qualified after 2012)
• Hybrid working arrangements are available; teams can balance remote and office working

• Annual salary between £39,152 – £47,181
• £4,000 welcome payment
• £2,000 retention payment
• Up to £8,000 relocation package
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family-friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and T&C apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Access to our Social Work Academy
• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and T&C apply)

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