Social Worker / Advanced Social Worker - Family Assessment Service - Grade 11-14 (£44,019 - £52,116) + £10k Welcome Payment

Social Worker / Advanced Social Worker – Family Assessment Service – Children – Croydon Council

Salary: Grade 11-14 (£44,019 - £52,116)

Permanent – 36 hours per week
Welcome Payment – £10,000
Retention Payment – £2,500

Hybrid working

Job Purpose

We expect children and families in Croydon to receive outstanding services from our social work staff. We want our staff to have high expectations and high challenge of their practice and each other. It’s an exciting time to be joining us. To meet the changing needs of our children and families we have invested in creating the conditions for social work to flourish.  We have a number of exciting opportunities for Social Workers to join our Croydon. The Family Assessment Service receives cases from our Front Door (MASH). Social Workers carry out Child and Family Assessments, create family plans and where appropriate work with families to support the intervention of agreed plans (brief intervention).  Social Workers carry out S47 Child Protection Enquiries, work with a range of partner agencies to ensure children and young people are supported and safeguarded. Croydon has five teams within the Family Assessment Service based in our modern offices in Croydon, come and join us.  We are committed to improving the lives of children and young people and their families across the Borough.  We offer great office accommodation and facilities in the centre of Croydon with excellent public transport links.

Essential Requirements

We are looking for confident Qualified social workers, that are Social Work England Registered and that have completed their ASYE and who can demonstrate their skills, resilience and experience in:
Making relationships to create change
Identifying and working with our families’ strengths.
Managing complex cases
Working with families and children to produce Child and Family assessments
Working directly with children, young people and their families evidencing multi-agency partnerships with a robust understanding of thresholds of need.
Strong interpersonal skills to engage with families and referrers from all partner agencies.
Excellent analytical and writing skills and the ability to incorporate our systemic practice model which builds on families’ strengths with a focus on protective factors.
Effective time management skills to deliver within expected timeframes.

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.