Advanced Social Worker; Children

The Access Team sits within the Front Door of our Integrated Children’s Service. Our social workers make a real difference. Every day they work with families to help children and young people who have had a difficult start in life achieve their ambitions.

They listen to young people and put them at the heart of all that they do. They work in partnership with families, equipping them with the skills they need to ensure young people live in happy, healthy and safe homes.

We have a strong culture of giving staff the time, freedom and support to explore new and better ways of doing things, so we’re looking for individuals keen to use their creativity to deliver high quality, child-centred practices, which ensure the best outcomes for children and families.

If you are looking for an office based role to practice your social work in a fast paced environment, this will be an ideal team for you.

What will you be doing? You will be office based (or home based subject national and local working guidance) and will be triaging referrals coming into the team regarding children & young people with welfare concerns.

In this non-case holding role, you will also be applying threshold for Universal Service, Early Help and Social Care in a rapid and timely manner. You will be dealing with professionals and parents daily by telephone.

You will be a qualified social worker with relevant registration to practice and a good understanding of asset and strengths based approaches to social work You'll be a?

problem solver, confident about making important decisions, underpinned by a genuine passion to work collaboratively with children, young people and families to meet their goals and aspirations

You’ll welcome challenge and embrace change and be innovative, positive and dedicated.

You will be well versed in dealing with professionals and parents daily by telephone.