Qualified Social Workers; Children's Teams

Job Introduction

Job Title:

Qualified Social Workers (All Children's Teams)

Salary: £39,481 + £6,048 market enhanced payment, progressing to £43,149 + £5,589 market enhanced payment
* per annum PLUS £1k one off welcome payment* - term apply

Hours:

37

Location:

Base location Stevenage (East) or Hemel Hempstead (West)

Contract Type:
Permanent of Fixed Term / Secondment

Directorate:
Childrens Services

All roles are full time and permanent unless otherwise stated below under 'about the role'

At Hertfordshire County Council, we believe that the children and young people in our care deserve the best. And that means ensuring the social workers who work alongside them are trained, supported, and highly motivated.

As an innovative authority, we are committed to developing motivational social work practice and you will be trained to work in this way. You will be working at the forefront of best practice to deliver first class support to vulnerable children and families which will expose you to managing complex and diverse caseloads.

By changing our approach to families, they are changing their approach to us and we are managing to keep far more children at home safely with their families.

With dedicated Diversity & Inclusion strategy and focus groups, we promote diversity and inclusion across the delivery of services and within our workforce.

We will offer a stimulating working environment, regular supervision meetings and training opportunities to help you to reach your full potential with the assistance and guidance of our specialist L&D teams.

The pandemic has brought about changes in the way we work and having learnt from this and from feedback from our staff and communities, we are embedding important principles around ‘Our Way Forward’. The overarching vision for Children’s Services is that we work in a ‘flexible and balanced’ way with a focus on ‘continuous improvement’; this is underpinned by a ‘mix and blend’ approach by adopting hybrid ways of working, balancing the need for collaborative work spaces with the right technology for staff to work from home and touchdown areas where this is right for you and for our families.

Each Team is made up of; a Team Manager, Consultant Social Worker(s), Senior Practitioners, Social Workers, Children's Practitioners and Family Practitioners.

We are looking for experienced Social Workers to join one of the following teams:

• Separated Migrant Children Team - based in Stevenage

It is essential that all Social Workers who apply have the following:

• Qualified and Social Work England Registered
• At least 2 years post qualifying experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of legislation, guidance, policy, and procedures
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft IT package
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Regular Access to a vehicle

In addition to the above, below outlines team specific essential criteria:

• Ability to complete robust assessments & to assess risk.
• Knowledge/experience of working with Separated Migrant Children and of relevant legislation, guidance, policy and procedure specific to Separated Migrant Children.
• Knowledge/experience of working with children and young people subject to or at risk of exploitation including modern day slavery and trafficking.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Carl

This job role is within the Health & Social Care job profile. Please locate this via:
Job profiles - Health and social care

To read more about our service and opportunities available visit our Children's Social Work page

We review all applications on a regular basis with interviews arranged on an ad hoc basis - please check your emails for updates.