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 keen to be able to offer an exciting, stimulating and unique opportunity for social work qualified staff to apply for the role of Senior Social Worker in an innovative new design to revive Private Fostering in Southwark.
The role includes both managing a caseload and promoting private fostering within the internal organisation as well as within the Southwark community. This will role will include private fostering assessments and support for these children, participating on the panel, enabling effective and timely recording that feeds into into the strategic overview.
In this role you will lead on private fostering in Southwark which will include co locations in the community which will support various stakeholder consultations, workshops and training.
This is a chance to try a different way of working and creative approaches to engage with the Southwark community and ensure that our Privately Fostered children are receiving the best service possible.
This is great opportunity for Senior Social Workers interested in innovation, systemic working and relationship based direct work with children and families and professionals alike. The post holder will need to demonstrate a commitment to the value base of child-centred and family minded practice focused on improving lives.
About You:
You will have:
- Social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
- Relevant social work experience in statutory social work.
- Possess the professional potential and personal attributes to guide families.
- Possess good IT skills.
If you are interested to discuss the role with the hiring manager, please email either joyce.patton@southwark.gov.uk or abby-gail.mcIntosh@southwark.gov.uk
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 details
This is a new role that is available on a fixed term contract for 12 months. We welcome applications from external and interim candidates as well as internal social workers interested in a secondment with a difference.
Please note a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required for this role.
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: Friday 30th December 2022 at 23:59
Interview and Assessment date: Monday 9th 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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