Social work job - CAT Team Children's

Your new company
Solihull Council have 3 new social work job opportunities to support the Children Assessment Team Service and play a central role in delivering high-quality and responsive social work within Solihull.

Your new role
Children Assessment Team Social workers complete the initial assessment from the front door and make a recommendation about what intervention is required, for some families, there may be a need for ongoing intervention from the Early Help Team, the Child in Need Team, The Child Protection and Court Team, the Looked After Children's Team or the 16+ and Asylum team. Social workers in CAT work with families until the point of the first court hearing, ICPC or CIN meeting.

This is a fast passed duty team. Social workers joining the Children's Assessment Team are expected to have excellent time management and organisational skills, a good understanding of risk and skills in consistent application of threshold. Social workers can expect to receive regular supervision (approx. 10 days after your duty week) and a high level of support. Despite being an incredibly fast paced and hardworking team, we work really well together and there is an excellent team spirit.

At full capacity, there are 30 social workers and 5 family support workers in this team, all split into five different pods. Pod's contain 6 x social workers, 1 x family support worker and a manager. Each duty pod is on duty one week and then off duty for four weeks. Child and Family Assessments and Section 47 enquiries are allocated on the day they arrive from the MASH. It is anticipated that experienced, full-time workers would pick up 6-8 assessments in every duty cycle. Case load averages vary depending on the point in the duty cycle, but we aim to ensure that social workers have caseloads of between 20-25 children.

You will receive a robust management support and regular monthly supervision, regular team meetings and weekly group check-ins. We ask that social workers are based in the office a minimum 2 days per week and hybrid working is agreed for the remainder of the week. We support with training and a helpful induction.

What you'll need to succeed
Must have 3 years post qualified experience as a Childrens Social Worker and hold a Social work qualification in either BA Social work, CQSW, DipSW, CCS or CCETSWPreferable experience in Children's LAC Team Must have completed ASYEEnhanced DBS check Car Driver

What you'll get in return
Working with Hays, you will receive a bespoke specialist recruitment service with your own personal consultant. In addition, you will receive:Lifelong career partner with over 16 years of recruitment expertiseSpecialist in Adult Social Work RecruitmentRecruitment partner for Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull and Coventry CouncilsExclusive access to the latest Qualified Social work vacanciesHelping you upskill through our My Learning platform, network forums and resourcesTransparency on timesheet/payroll platform - Option to be paid PAYE or Umbrella LtdSupport for CV writing and interview skills*£250 reward for referring another Qualified Social Worker, who we then place.You will be offered a competitive salary

What you need to do now
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