Social Worker - Permanency Team

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified

Location : Guildhall Complex, Achieving for Children

Hours Per Week : 36.00

Start Date : Immediate Start

Base Salary : £41,442.00

Top Point Salary :£44,331.00

We are offering a £3,000 annual market supplement for this role!

If you have a passion for promoting the best outcomes for children for whom we are corporate parents for and have a range of creative skills in engaging children of various ages then consider applying for a role whereby your efforts could have the difference to a young person!

All social workers within the Permanency service are offered the opportunity to undertake meaningful direct work such as life story work and the work we undertake can make life long differences to their lives. We are looking for enthusiastic, committed social workers who have the passion and the drive to make a positive difference to children’s lives and can help motivate the networks around our young people to achieve excellent standards of care and support to our young people.

AfC offers a hybrid way of working with the main office based in Kingston where you will support children and young people aged 0 to 18. Internal applicants will be considered for a secondment.

About the role

You will act as a corporate parent to our children and be the lead professional. It will be key for you to understand and champion the views and wishes of our children and young people so that they may be supported to reach their full potential.

You will work alongside other professionals, to ensure that a child and/or young person receives appropriate care, education and health services, and any other support needed to ensure their needs are appropriately met.

Supporting children living with relatives, friends of foster families and prospective adopters or children living in children’s homes and young people in semi-independent units. You will be responsible for ensuring the child or young persons safety and supporting them towards independence by:

Undertaking regular statutory visits

Completing and updating assessments

Care Planning

Working as part of a professional network to meet the needs of the children and young people

If you wish to have an informal discussion about this role please contact hiring manager Elzanne Smit on [email protected]

About you

We are looking for a candidate who possess the following qualifications and skills:

Educated to a degree level with the relevant social work qualification

Appropriate understanding of statutory legislation for example the Children Act

Planning skills for assessing and reviewing children and young people’s needs and

Planning packages of care across a range of cases

Experience in managing an allocated case load

A passion for Achieving for Children’s vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives

About our benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:

29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month(Or for term term workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract.)

Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC

Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)

Flexible working options – helping to keep a good work life balance

A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

A range of staff benefits and discountsAn excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway