Northamptonshire Children's Trust delivers children's social care, targeted early help and young offending services. The Children's Trust will allow for a single focus on improving the outcomes of children and young people in Northamptonshire and will aim to develop a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish, aiming to deliver at the cutting edge of new innovation. The Children's Trust will deliver services for two new unitary authorities across the county.
The new Social Worker Career Progression structure is to develop and enhance your career with us here in Northamptonshire and introduces the new role of Senior Social Worker across our social work teams.
As a Senior Social Worker you will hold a more complex caseload, carrying out interventions and direct work with children, young people and families and reviewing work undertaken. The role will also provide mentoring and work shadowing for colleagues and you will work towards a Practice Educator qualification.
About you
You will have the following skills and experience:
Social Work England Registration (formerly known as HCPC)
Previous experience of handling complex cases
Previous experience of mentoring less experienced social workers
Previous experience within Children in Care
Enhanced DBS Clearance - or happy for us to undertake this for you prior to joining us
The Right to Work in the UK
About us
The Childrens Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children's Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils. This provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.
What we offer
Highly competitive salaries
£4,000 welcome bonus
Retention bonus
Social Work England registration costs
Flexible working practices, including home working, flexi time and job share
The opportunity to personally contribute to improving the service
Monthly high quality supervision
Up to 27 day's annual leave plus bank holidays (with service rises to 32 days plus bank holidays)
Opportunity to buy back up to 5 weeks of additional holiday each year
Subsidised local authority Pension Scheme
Additional 12 weeks of maternity leave at 50%
Employee discount schemes
Up to £8,000 relocation allowance
Signs of Safety training
An onsite academy delivering a variety of learning & development opportunities
