The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The role:
We are looking for an experienced Senior Social Worker to join the Special Guardian and Connected Persons team. This is a busy team and the role will be monitoring and supporting Special Guardians post order in addition to assessment of Connected persons. An understanding of the regulations and legislation around this type of work is essential. You will also hold 1 or 2 complex assessments.
We are dedicated to high quality relationship-based social work, that is child-centred, family-minded, strengths and evidence-based, and outcome-focused. We are looking for outstanding senior social workers with a passion for direct work, and for supporting others. In return we will support you with training, reflective supervision, clinical advice and support, small teams and caseloads, and administrative support.
Our Children’s Services have been rated ‘good’ by Ofsted for over a decade, and we continue to strive for excellence in our practice and the best possible outcomes for our children and families.
About you:
We are seeking experienced social workers, who have the professional potential and personal attributes that our families need, and who also want to be supported to flourish. We have fantastic career progression opportunities. In our recent inspection (September 2022), Ofsted observed that “Staff receive empathy and care, and leaders do all they can to ensure that their emotional well-being is a priority. Staff speak highly of managers and leaders across every area of the service”.
As an experienced social worker choosing Southwark you will benefit from:
- Small teams with high managerial support – a lower ratio of workers to managers than most authorities. Regular group supervision, as well as monthly 1-1 supervision
- Access to further support and targeted specialist interventions from systemic practitioners and psychologists, embedded within teams
Benefits and more information:
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. You will benefit from 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 36 days with continuous service, a generous local government salary related pension, cycle to work and cycle loan scheme, season-ticket loan, confidential wellbeing and counselling support. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Additional information
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at enhanced level.
For an informal discussion about the role in the Special Guardianship and Connected Persons Team please contact Khalil Campbell, Service Manager on 0207 525 0547
Recruitment timetable
Closing Date: Tuesday 3rd January 2023 at 23:59
Interviews: Thursday 19 January 2023
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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