Children's Social Care Social Workers - Level 2 (Children in Care, Fostering

If you are an experienced Social Worker we want to hear from you. If you are reflective, proactive and resilient, have the desire to make a real difference and ensure children and their voices are at the heart of everything you do, Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council could be the place for you.,

• be willing to undertake a post-qualifying award (e.g Practice Education);


• be able to work with more complex referrals and challenging casework and have high quality skills in analysis of risk and decision making;


• already have begun to develop specialist knowledge within front-line services;


• be already working to the DfE Knowledge and Skills statements for child and family practitioners;


• be willing to develop confident presentation skills;


• have a commitment to continuous professional development.


We will require you to:

• be an essential car user;


• have a minimum of 2 years front line social work safeguarding experience;


• have completed the ASYE Programme successfully.
  
  BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come., Children's social care


Could you play a part in delivering an outstanding service that improves the lives of the children in our community? If so, BCP Children's Services is looking for you.

To transform and improve our services we are looking for committed and resilient social care professionals who will be fully supported to become the best practitioner that they can whilst developing a meaningful career. We are looking for colleagues to join us who think big, enjoy a challenge and can bring fresh ideas to our services in order to help enhance the lives of our local children in childhood and beyond.

We want the best possible outcomes for children and young people across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Our children's services teams aim to create the right environment for social work to flourish and for our children and young people to achieve their goals and ambitions.

If you're dedicated to making a real difference, have the skills, experience and commitment and if you want to be part of a team where your efforts and contributions will be noticed, we want to hear from you.


• Full induction, with a very supportive Practice Fundamentals offer.


• Clear career progression pathway and excellent learning opportunities.


• Manageable and diverse caseloads.


• Regular Supervision.


• 24 days annual leave (pro rata, for those without continuous service), plus bank holidays.


• Competitive salary with access to local government pension scheme.


• Flexible working arrangements in our newly refurbished Civic Offices with Local Offices near to where you need to work.


• Employee Assistance Programme.


• Relocation Scheme.


• Staff network groups.


We have vacancies in the following areas: Children in Care, Fostering and Private Fostering Teams., We offer an excellent benefits package for further details see here

As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation and colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. Expected to be in place 2024.