Therapeutic Social Worker - The Full Circle
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
19/09/2019
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 01/10/2019 23:59
Salary:
£27,905 - £31,371 pre progression / Grade 11 £32,878 - £36,876 post progression
Job Category:
Social Care - Children Service
Employment Location:
Annfield Plain, however you may be required to work at any Durham County Council office.
Further Information
Children and Young Peoples Services – The Full Circle
Vacancy Reference No: CYPS/19/264
Therapeutic Social Worker – full time, temporary until 31/12/2020.
Durham has an excellent record for delivering high quality children’s therapeutic services. The Full Circle is the Durham in-house therapeutic team, which consists of therapeutic social workers, a clinical nurse specialist and a consultant clinical psychologist who work together with other professionals as part of the child’s care team. The focus of the work is children who have experienced trauma due to abuse or neglect.
The Full Circle plays an important role in promoting placement stability, delivering therapeutic parenting support to parents and carers, undertaking individual therapeutic work with children and young people and providing a range of attachment-based training. We work into a number of other teams and are extending our work in post-adoption support and work with care leavers.
We are seeking to appoint a temporary Therapeutic Social Worker who will primarily support the education of Looked After Children and will involve the provision of training, Consultation and liaison with school staff.
We particularly welcome applications from experienced social workers who are:
- Interested in child mental health
- Empathic, reflective and analytical
- Have a good understanding of child development and the impact of trauma
- Possess both excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Resilient and work well under pressure
- Highly motivated with good organisational skills
- Able to work successfully across a number of teams and services
- Hardworking, reliable and creative
- Experienced in therapeutic work with relevant qualifications
- Work effectively with children and their parents / carers to improve relationships
- Committed to achieving better outcomes for Looked After children and young people, care leavers and children in need, including adopted children.
Essential 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) AND Current HCPC Registration.
Please note you must have completed your AYSE year and have 1 years post qualifying experience in Social Work.
The successful applicant for this post will be required to apply for a Disclosure & Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure.
For further information about the post please contact Lindsay Craig on 03000 264733 or via e-mail at lindsay.craig@durham.gov.uk
It is anticipated that interviews will be held on Thursday 10th October 2019.
Apply on-line or for further assistance contact the HR Operations & Data Team on Telephone: 03000 267247 (24hr answerphone). Email: hrCYPS@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 North East 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.