Social Worker | £28,672 - £42,821 dependent on qualifications and experience
Full time / Temporary, Children's Social Care and Safeguarding

Closing Date: 23/10/2020 | Job Ref: C/50126881 | Directorate: People | Service: Children's Social Care & Safeguarding | Location: Gateway Plaza, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Salary: £28,672 - £42,821 dependent on qualifications and experience  Plus laptop & phone 

Working Arrangements: Monday - Friday including agile working

Hours per week: 37

Contract type: Fixed Term for 12 months  - potential extension of the contract beyond 12 months will be subject to funding

Flexible working arrangement 

This post is suitable for Job Share

See our range of Employee Rewards

Closing date: 23/10/2020  at 23:59

 

 

The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.

 

 

 

This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check 

 

If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in.  If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email dbs@barnsley.gov.uk

 

 

Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service.  If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.

 

 

About the Post:

 

We have an excellent Safeguarding Partnership in Barnsley that works hard to keep our children and young people safe from harm and to help them achieve great outcomes. We believe that children thrive best when they are well supported with their families and in their own communities and we aim to deliver this through strengths-based approaches and strong relationships.

We want to extend our work with young people at risk of contextual safeguarding to develop excellent practice for young people in relation to extra familial harm and new safeguarding risks emerging such as online exploitation.

The role – Temporary 12 months 

As an experienced social worker, with expertise in contextual safeguarding you will support our social work staff and children’s practitioners to develop excellent practice through a strong focus on learning and quality practice. You will the facilitate and deliver training, working closely with the Barnsley  Safeguarding Children’s Partnership. This will be a non-case holding role and you will develop the social work tools and approaches to deliver excellent practice and act as a consultant to social workers on complex cases.

You will also deliver action learning sets and reflective group case discussions with practitioners to develop and improve practice. This role will help to develop  specific quality assurance activity to identify learning, development and ‘even better’ practice, developing both case level and service wide improvement plans. As required, you will chair, attend and contribute to key meetings in respect of Contextual Safeguarding & Child Exploitation. You will also develop online resources, internally and externally, for practitioners and parents and young people. Listening to the voice of young people and their families is key to our service development and in this role, you will develop participation and engagement strategies, forums and opportunities to consult with parents, carers and young people, to inform and improve service planning and delivery. You will also engage and consult with key stakeholders and member agencies of the BSCP to support system wide learning, improvement and that strategies, policy and procedures are joined up across the children’s partnership, including the South Yorkshire region.

Barnsley is a great place to work where your development will be supported and where you can shine. If you think that you have the skills, experience and ambition to help us achieve excellent practice in contextual safeguarding and you are looking for your next challenge then we want to hear from you. 

 

Please contact Di Drury, Head of Safeguarding for further information on 07876 843332

Email:  DianeDrury2@barnsley.gov.uk  

 

For further information please see our webpage: 




Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.

 

Job Profile: Social Worker Childrens ASYE (Generic) Job Profile.pdf Senior Social Worker Job Profile.pdf Experienced Social Worker Level 2 Job Profile.pdf

Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile.pdf
Supporting Information: CS Social Worker - Extra Information Job Profile.docx

Help with your application form

Why work for us?

 

 

Barnsley Council is passionate about Equal Opportunities and Flexible Working. We're committed to equality and diversity in all aspects of our work and welcome candidates with a broad diversity of talent. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Click here for more information.

 

CVs will not be accepted.

 

www.barnsley.gov.uk/jobs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vacancy Description
Closing Date: 23/10/2020 | Job Ref: C/50126881 | Directorate: People | Service: Children's Social Care & Safeguarding | Location: Gateway Plaza, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
 

Salary: £28,672 - £42,821 dependent on qualifications and experience  Plus laptop & phone 

Working Arrangements: Monday - Friday including agile working

Hours per week: 37

Contract type: Fixed Term for 12 months  - potential extension of the contract beyond 12 months will be subject to funding

Flexible working arrangement 

This post is suitable for Job Share

See our range of Employee Rewards

Closing date: 23/10/2020  at 23:59

 

 

The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.

 

 

 

This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check 

 

If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in.  If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email dbs@barnsley.gov.uk

 

 

Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service.  If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.

 

 

About the Post:

 

We have an excellent Safeguarding Partnership in Barnsley that works hard to keep our children and young people safe from harm and to help them achieve great outcomes. We believe that children thrive best when they are well supported with their families and in their own communities and we aim to deliver this through strengths-based approaches and strong relationships.

We want to extend our work with young people at risk of contextual safeguarding to develop excellent practice for young people in relation to extra familial harm and new safeguarding risks emerging such as online exploitation.

The role – Temporary 12 months 

As an experienced social worker, with expertise in contextual safeguarding you will support our social work staff and children’s practitioners to develop excellent practice through a strong focus on learning and quality practice. You will the facilitate and deliver training, working closely with the Barnsley  Safeguarding Children’s Partnership. This will be a non-case holding role and you will develop the social work tools and approaches to deliver excellent practice and act as a consultant to social workers on complex cases.

You will also deliver action learning sets and reflective group case discussions with practitioners to develop and improve practice. This role will help to develop  specific quality assurance activity to identify learning, development and ‘even better’ practice, developing both case level and service wide improvement plans. As required, you will chair, attend and contribute to key meetings in respect of Contextual Safeguarding & Child Exploitation. You will also develop online resources, internally and externally, for practitioners and parents and young people. Listening to the voice of young people and their families is key to our service development and in this role, you will develop participation and engagement strategies, forums and opportunities to consult with parents, carers and young people, to inform and improve service planning and delivery. You will also engage and consult with key stakeholders and member agencies of the BSCP to support system wide learning, improvement and that strategies, policy and procedures are joined up across the children’s partnership, including the South Yorkshire region.

Barnsley is a great place to work where your development will be supported and where you can shine. If you think that you have the skills, experience and ambition to help us achieve excellent practice in contextual safeguarding and you are looking for your next challenge then we want to hear from you. 

 

Please contact Di Drury, Head of Safeguarding for further information on 07876 843332

Email:  DianeDrury2@barnsley.gov.uk  

 

For further information please see our webpage: 




Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.

 

Job Profile: Social Worker Childrens ASYE (Generic) Job Profile.pdf Senior Social Worker Job Profile.pdf Experienced Social Worker Level 2 Job Profile.pdf

Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile.pdf
Supporting Information: CS Social Worker - Extra Information Job Profile.docx

Help with your application form

Why work for us?

 

 

Barnsley Council is passionate about Equal Opportunities and Flexible Working. We're committed to equality and diversity in all aspects of our work and welcome candidates with a broad diversity of talent. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Click here for more information.

 

CVs will not be accepted.

 

www.barnsley.gov.uk/jobs