Consultant Social Worker Children in Care Permanence Team

Consultant Social Worker within the Children in Care Permanence Team. This role will be based within Warwickshire’s Children in Care Permanence Team who are predominantly based in Bedworth but offer a Countywide service to all Children in Care who have a plan of permanency across Warwickshire and those who may be placed further away from home. If you join us you will see that we are a busy but highly rewarding team to work for, it is our passion to capture the voice of young people in all that we do and ensure that they are central to all care and pathway planning decisions relating to them and their future.

We offer a service to Children in Care of all ages (up to 18yrs) who have a plan of permanence in various settings including foster care, residential provision, supported accommodation, supported lodgings, and those placed with connected family members. We also work very closely with families, and as children get older and family circumstances change, we support children and young people to return to their families where safe to do so.

Our focus is on ensuring all children and young people are well supported to maximise their life chances; where they can thrive in our care, are safe from any harm or abuse, have access to the best education and training, and feel prepared for adulthood. We work hard to ensure that our children's voices are heard and that our team have opportunities to build positive relationships with the young people that we support.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service. Our Offer to you includes: Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload. Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.

A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply About the Role: You will need to be a minimum of 4 years post qualification. We are seeking a passionate Consultant Social Worker who will: To assist less experienced social workers by providing consultation, oversight, supervision, and mentoring.

You will lead on our monthly practice focused Group supervisions. To deputise for the Team Leader, as required. Under the direction of the Team Leader, to co-work on complex young people and undertake joint assessments / pieces of work. To attend a range of meetings on behalf of the Team Leader, including but not limited to, Strategy meetings, placement stability meetings and All About me reviews.

Take responsibility and lead the performance of your team, evidencing positive impact and outcomes are achieved for children. Completed additional pieces of stand alone worker to support the wider service. To deputise for the Team Manager, as required. Payscale O Grade  Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure Key Requirements: This role is Countywide so there will be some travelling within Warwickshire and also beyond Warwickshire to children and young people placed further afield.

This role will be primarily undertaken within office hours however agile working will be required, with some evening work depending on the needs of families. Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration . If you are looking for a role and embrace a challenge and have experience of and a passion for working with children and young people in care, we look forward to hearing from you.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specifications below: Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make: Warwickshire County Council is a place where