Social Work Assessor & Supervisor - Family & Friends Service Grade 14 £50,031-£52,116 + £10k Welcome Payment

Social Work Assessor & Supervisor – Family & Friends Service – Children – Croydon Council

Salary: Grade 14 £50,031-£52,116

Welcome Payment: £10,000

Retention Payment: £1,500

Permanent – 36 hours per week

Hybrid working

The Opportunity 

Our family and friends team is growing. We are looking for highly experienced individual who is fully qualified social worker to join us and work together in driving the service forward. The successful candidate will assess, supervise and train our carers. The role will involve you using a range of systemic ideas in your work, including promoting a practice philosophy which seeks to empower service users, build on individual strengths, and develop strategies which support them to understand, manage and respond to risk.

Essential Requirements

• Qualified and registered Social Worker (SWE Registration required).
• Experience in assessments, supervising and providing training for fostering carers.
• Excellent written and verbal communications are essential, so too is a creative approach to getting compelling messages across.
  Working knowledge of national policy and developments regarding children’s social care, and policy areas that impact on children’s social care.
• Demonstrable working knowledge of relevant fostering legislation, statutory guidance, standards and procedures.
• Ability to engage and develop effective professional relationships with applicants, children and families to achieve sustainable positive outcomes.
• Ability to assess applicants, children and families holistically in relation to their capacity and ability to provide care for Children Looked After.
• Evidence of building effective relationships with children, families and other professionals.
• Experience of undertaking effective, analytical and evidence based assessments.
• Experience of working with foster carers or those in assessment

Why Join Us           

In Croydon, our Children's Services has an established Systemic Practice model, experienced leaders, and high support for practitioners. Croydon people and staff are diverse, and we celebrate difference through focus on anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice. We are committed to delivering excellent social work practice and services to our children and families. As well as this we also offer the following:

• Our teams consist of experienced Social Workers at various levels
• Join a highly diverse workforce
• Reflective supervision is actively promoted and supported.
• The ethos at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change
• Caseloads of Social Workers are very manageable enabling managers to know children well & ensure high standards of practice
• You will join an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise.

Benefits
You will be valued for your skills and expertise, supported by the team of experienced professionals, as well as the management at Croydon Council, one of the largest employers in the borough. We also offer:

• Highly competitive compensation package
• Accredited Systemic Practice training
• A range of CPD opportunities
• 29-31 days (grade equivalent) annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and option to purchase more
• A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%
• Continuing Professional Development – genuine opportunities to grow, develop and specialise in your career
• Management development programmes
• Investment into your wellbeing
• Access to Employee Discount scheme with a range of programmes (Cycle Benefit Scheme, GymFlex, Retail Discounts and more)
• We promote flexible & hybrid working arrangements where possible to support a healthy work-life balance.