Children's Senior Social Worker

About the role

We are inviting qualified and registered social workers who have at least two years post qualification experience in frontline children's statutory services in Sheffield to apply for senior social worker posts in our frontline child protection/child in need statutory services.

Responsibilities

• Work independently to hold and effectively manage a caseload of complex cases and have experience of working on full sets of care proceedings and attended court.
• Respond to complex referrals, provide casework advice, support, and guidance to other team members.
• Carry out investigations, assessments, and management of risk, write reports, give evidence in court, and provide professional opinion and work with children and young people in care, at all times following statutory and service standards and guidance.

Requirements

• Have mentored a student social worker and be ready for Practice Educator responsibility.

Qualifications

Further information from Dorothy.Smith@sheffield.gov.uk

Skills

• Experience in frontline children's statutory services.
• Ability to work independently and manage a caseload of complex cases.
• Experience of working on full sets of care proceedings and attending court.
• Ability to respond to complex referrals, provide casework advice, support, and guidance to other team members.
• Knowledge of conducting investigations, assessments, and managing risk.
• Proficiency in writing reports and giving evidence in court.
• Ability to provide professional opinion and work with children and young people in care.
• Mentoring a student social worker.

Benefits

• Investing in the workforce and promoting opportunities to under-represented groups.
• Valuing equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Increasing the diversity of the workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled, and LGBTQ+ people.
• Supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

Pay

Your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Schedule

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time, or as a job share.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.