Job Introduction
A full time permanent position has become available for a social work post in Lichfield Children in Care & Care Leavers Team.
Main Responsibility
- All Statutory duties for Children who are Looked After
- Maintaining accurate and up date records
- Planning for all task associated with a social work role including;
- developing and maintaining relationships with Children in Care, their families, foster carers, schools and all involved professionals.
- As a social worker for children in care you’ll be looking after and supporting those children who have for one reason, or another been taken into care. So, you'll be completing children's plans, attending reviews, you could be attending court, making visits to children, and completing PEPs.
The Ideal Candidate
As a social worker for children in care you’ll be looking after and supporting those children who have for one reason, or another been taken into care. So, you'll be completing children's plans, attending reviews, you could be attending court, making visits to children, and completing PEPs.
More generally, overall, our social workers need to be a:
- Qualified Social Worker
- Registered with Social Work England
- Have a current UK driving licence and vehicle
But above all, you will bring the desire to work with children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it is safe to do so.
For more information about this role, please contact Steve Warwick, Team Manager, on stephen.warwick@staffordshire.gov.uk
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Silver Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
