Enhanced Social Work Practitioner
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
30/05/2023
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 18/06/2023 23:59
Salary:
Grade 12 £39,493 - £43,516
Allowances:
£2,500 lump sum recruitment and retention allowance (reviews annually)
Job Category:
Social Work - Children Service
Employment Location:
Ferryhill/Peterlee. Hybrid working options are available.
Further Information
Are you an experienced social worker ready for the next step in your career?
Do you have experience of supporting students or newly qualified social workers in their practice?
We have wonderful opportunity to join Durham as an Enhanced Social Work Practitioner in our Families First Ferryhill and Peterlee teams.
You will be working within a supportive East locality team working with Children and Families. You will be supported by amazing colleagues, Team Managers, Social Work Consultants, and the extended senior management team. We offer a really strong training and development offer.
Our new Enhanced Social Work Practitioner posts are an excellent opportunity to stay in frontline social work practice whilst holding a reduced caseload and mentor newly qualified social workers as they build their professional confidence and skills during their Assessed and supported year (ASYE).
You will play a really important role in supporting Newly Qualified Social Workers (AYSE’s) You will act as a mentor, working alongside the AYSE’s, consistently modelling outstanding social work practice and skill, and providing ongoing advice and guidance on their cases. You will:
• Provide advice and guidance to the AYSE’s to help them build their confidence, resilience, knowledge, and skills in line with the Post qualifying standards.
• Facilitate structured fortnightly reflective sessions which incorporate thinking about signs of safety and trauma informed relational practice. Encourage the AYSE’s to hold multiple hypotheses, enable peer challenge and critical reflection in decision-making.
• Provide ongoing advice and guidance to the AYSE’s on their cases, co-working more complex cases ensuring this reflection is evident on the child’s record and improves outcomes for the child.
• Work closely with the Practice Leads in the Social Work Academy and the Team Manager to ensure that the AYSE’s have appropriate caseloads in terms of number and complexity, and that their ASYE progresses well.
• Contribute to their reviews and undertake observations of practice as learning opportunities and for their portfolio.
• Provide less formal support post ASYE as social workers work towards progression continuing to the learning culture in the team.
Please note that:
• This post is a case holding frontline social work post with additional mentoring responsibilities. Line management of the AYSEs will be carried out by the Team Manager.
In Durham you will benefit from:
• A senior leadership team that listens and cares about you and your work.
• Working alongside a well-resourced social work academy who can support you in your development
• Excellent opportunities for career progression, whether you want to broaden your experience as a social worker, practice educator or step into management.
• Professional development pathways for every stage of your career.
• A clear professional development offer, supported by a commitment to offering you 5 days a year to spend in continuous professional development (CPD), and opportunities to access specialist training.
• A culture of high expectations, high challenge, and high support.
• A culture, which takes pride in and actively celebrates social work and promotes relationship and strengths-based practice.
Removal, lodging and separation expenses may be available to you, if at the time of application for appointment you place of residence is outside the administrative area of County Durham and in excess of 30 miles in a straight line from their new administrative centre, along with a number of other criteria for eligibility.
Salary is Grade 12 with corresponding salaries £39,493 - £43,516 plus £2,500 lump sum recruitment and retention allowance (reviewed annually) is payable to the permanent available post only.
For an informal discussion and further information about the post please contact:
Megan Prosser, Acting Team Manager on 03000 268257 or via email at megan.prosser@durham.gov.uk
Ross Warwick, Team Manager on 03000 260643 or via email at ross.warwick@durham.gov.uk
Required qualifications
• Degree in social work or equivalent social work qualification, e.g. Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work (PDDipSW) Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW), Diploma in Social Work (DipSW), Certificate in Social Services (CSS)
• Current Social Work England Registration
• Commitment to work towards Practice assessor qualification PA1 and 2 in line with skills for care good practice.
Please refer to the attached person specification for the full criteria.
The successful applicant for this post will be required to apply for a Disclosure & Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure.
It is expected that interviews will take place week commencing 27th June 23.
BENEFITS AND REWARDS
We can offer you a range of employee benefits including competitive salaries, a generous leave entitlement of up to 32 days, a government pension scheme and various flexible and hybrid working options (benefits are subject to individual Terms and Conditions).
If you would like to know more, please follow this link: https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/26895/Rewards-and-benefits
HYBRID WORKING
Durham County Council currently operates a hybrid working policy where a model of 2 days in the workplace and 3 days at home/remote will apply. This model is pro-rated for part time roles and arrangements are at managers discretion, alternatively you can work all of your contracted hours within the workplace if you prefer.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
We are a proud equal opportunities employer and recognise the value of difference, having a diverse talented workforce brings new ideas and new perspectives, which will facilitate growth and improvements to services.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we encourage applications from disabled people and can provide support throughout the recruitment process, for more information please refer to the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion page on our website
Apply on-line or for further assistance contact Payroll & Employee Services on: PESCYPS@durham.gov.uk
In line with the County Council’s Recruitment & Selection Policy, please note that we are unable to accept CV’s. Any information provided on CV’s will not be considered for short-listing purposes.
Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered with Northeast Jobs, including your invite to interview if you are short-listed. Please check your email after the closing date for notification from ‘DONOTREPLY@NORTHEASTJOBS.ORG.UK’ as you will not be notified by any other means.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.