Leicester City Council
Child in Care Social Worker Level 2 or Level 3
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Reference: REQ8322
Description:
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
Come and join us within our Child in Care Service.
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Level 2 or Level 3 Social Worker to join our team.
This is a great time to be part of Leicester City’s ever-improving service ensuring children are at the heart of our work and to practice great Social Work. To help deliver our vision we are looking for an experienced social worker to join one of our teams who is enthusiastic, passionate and has a strong track record of working with children, young people and their families to achieve positive outcomes. You’ll play a key role in improving the life for families and children in Leicester.
As part of our commitment to ensuring you achieve your full professional capabilities, you’ll benefit from furthering your skills and knowledge through appropriate courses. At Leicester City Council we are committed to supporting your continual professional development and do this in a variety of ways.
We offer agile and flexible working that supports a healthy work life balance. You’ll have the ability to work outside normal office hours and visit locations across the city.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Working to achieve good outcomes for children in care aged 0-18 years old
- Supporting robust care planning and pathway planning
- Delivering on the statutory requirements for our looked after children
- Supporting children and young people in foster care, residential care and supported living arrangements
- Building strong relationships and enabling their voices to be heard
- Having a strong drive to support reunification plans to parents' care where appropriate
- Enabling care arrangements to move towards special guardianship care arrangements if this is the right plan for them
- Making a difference to the lives of our looked after children and young people
- Working with an experienced and established team who will share their practice wisdom and experiences
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What You’ll Need
- Post qualifying experience as a Social Worker
- Knowledge of relevant child legislation, guidance, standards and regulations as they relate to fostering, adoption and special fostering arrangements
- Confidence to confront challenges, balance risk and make appropriate decisions
- Recognised qualifications in Social Work e.g. CQSW, DIP SW or CSS, SWE registration
- Full driving license
- Ability to complete a DBS check
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- Satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester
- Work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance
- Generous annual leave
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Option of flexible working
- Chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities
- Flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate
Join Us
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease; make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.
This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Rina.Begum@leicester.gov.uk
Region:
Central
Location:
Halford House
Salary:
GBP39,152 - GBP46,142 Per Year
Package:
Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): GBP62,918.92
Contractual Hours:
37
Basis:
Full time
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