Specialist Social Worker

Salary: £42,839up to £47,181 per annum
Grade: L

Contract:

Permanent
ours:
Full Time 37 Per Week

Location:

Scarborough, North Yorkshire

You will be part of a small and committed team working across child sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, missing children, and contextual safeguarding. While the Specialist Social Worker roles are currently non–case holding, there is an expectation that this will evolve, with a likely future focus on holding cases for those children at highest risk of exploitation. In the meantime, the role requires you to provide oversight and support to Children and Families staff and wider partners, encouraging innovative approaches to complex casework.

Specialist Social Workers are integral in developing relationships and working alongside multi agency partners to ensure the right outcomes for children.

You will be given the opportunity to attend varied and bespoke training child sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, missing, contextual safeguarding and private fostering furthering your own CPD as well as sharing learning within the wider workforce.

Ideally, the successful candidate will hold a Practice Educator qualification or bring substantial experience in practice education aligned to the Practice Educator Professional Standards. You will demonstrate a strong commitment to developing others, with the ability to provide reflective supervision, support learning and professional development, and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement across the workforce. Experience in coaching, mentoring, or supporting newly qualified social workers and students will be highly valued, alongside the ability to model best practice in complex safeguarding contexts.

The specialist social work team is committed to work with children and their families/carers, using a range of solution focussed, strength-based relationship practice models, including Signs of Safety, Systemic theory and the Family Finding approach. We are looking for an individual who can help us continue to offer a unique service and truly make a difference to the young people of our county.

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults or children at risk.

We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.