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Experienced Social Worker – Children’s Services

Employer
Swindon Borough Council
Location
Swindon, Wiltshire
Salary
£36,070 to £39,000 dependent on experience
Closing date
12 Jul 2020

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Experienced Social Worker – Children’s Services
Location: Swindon
Hours:37 Happy to talk flexible working
Salary:£36,070 to £39,000 dependent on experience
Closing date:12/07/2020
Job reference:004635
Interview date:TBC

Join Swindon and make a difference for children and their families.

There has never been a better time to join our Children’s Services teams as following a recent inspection, we have been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted (July 2019).

About Us

Ofsted recognised that the quality of leadership and management at all levels is an emerging key strength for us here at Swindon and our permanent senior leadership team is ambitious, energetic and assured in the oversight and delivery of services to children and their families.

Our quality of services has significantly improved over the last 12 months but we are not complacent and our transformation journey will continue, to ensure children receive a consistently good service every day. 

That means that we are continuing to heavily invest in our Children’s Services teams & in you- through a reduction in caseloads and fostering a culture of learning and challenge, to include the launch of our Social Care & Leadership academy, giving you opportunities and support to develop your career. 

The improvements include:

•    Multi-million pound investment into Children’s Services at a time when authorities all over the country are cutting budgets.
•    Significant restructure creating smaller social worker teams with better supervision, smaller case loads, and more opportunity for CPD
•    Developed an exciting learning and development programme based on outcome focused practice, risk assessment, permanency planning and developing supervision skills, to support our Social Workers to be the best they can be.
•    New intuitive IT system to cut down on desk time and make mobile working the norm
•    A separate Children Looked After team to make sure we provide the best service for children in care.

Our offer to you:

•    £3000 “golden hello” payment after 1 years’ service
•    Retention payments of £2000 after completing 2 years’ service and a further £2000 after 3 years’ service
•    Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 (eligibility criteria)
•    Competitive salaries
•    Free car parking at our central Swindon campus
•    A career average revalued earnings (CARE) pension scheme
•    25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) rising to 31 days after 10 years’ service
•    Leisure and Legal Services discounts
•    Eating Out, Shopping and Entertainment discounts
•    “Happy to talk Flexible working”

About You

Your aspirations should be limitless and you will be as determined and passionate about Children’s Services as we are. As a local authority we will continuously drive forward improvements in our services and we want our Social Workers to be part of our transformation, contribute to improving the safeguarding of our children, and we will make sure you have the full support network and training to do it.

Our teams are ambitious and proactive and we are looking for people who will share that ambition and be a part of our journey.

Candidates must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act – for the effective performance of a customer-facing role).

Our commitment to your development

We are dedicated to ensuring that you can progress your continued professional development and access training and learning opportunities linked to the BASW competencies for career progression.

We have recently launched the Social Work & Leadership Academy. The Academy has been created to celebrate the best in professional practice in Social Work and Social Care Leadership. The Academy represents an opportunity for Swindon Borough Council to demonstrate how we support, develop and value the professional disciplines in Social Work and Social Care through a targeted framework of career development and learning opportunities. 

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Social Work at Swindon- a new approach

At Swindon Borough Council, we are bold and ambitious in our plans, with a clear vision and direction for the future. Our status as one of the UK’s fastest growing towns is driving transformational change across our organisation, most significantly within our highly valued Children’s and Adult Services Social Care teams.

Children’s Services- Our transformation journey

There’s never been a better time to join our Children’s Services teams as following a recent inspection, we’ve been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted (July 2019).

Ofsted recognised that the quality of leadership and management at all levels is an emerging key strength for us here at Swindon and our permanent senior leadership team is ambitious, energetic and assured in the oversight and delivery of services to children and their families.

Our quality of services has significantly improved over the last 12 months but we are not complacent and our transformation journey will continue, to ensure children receive a consistently good service everyday.

That means that we’re continuing to heavily invest in our Children’s Services teams & in you- through a reduction in caseloads and fostering a culture of learning and challenge, to include the launch of our Social Care & Leadership academy, giving you opportunities and support to develop your career.

Improvements include:

  • Multi-million pound investment in staff and support
  • Significant restructure creating smaller social worker teams
  • New intuitive IT system to cut down on desk time and make mobile working the norm
  • A separate 'Children Looked After' team to make sure we provide the best service for children in care
  • High standards for management practice, support and supervision for staff
  • Listening to our social workers by holding regular social work forums

At the heart of it all is our desire to promote and cultivate a strong learning culture combined with outstanding leadership and supervision. Here is what you can expect to find when you arrive:

  • Early help and community health practitioners co-located with our social workers, providing great working relationships
  • Fantastic relationships with partner agencies such as the police and Swindon CCG
  • Teams located within communities, providing a closer connection to the people we work with

Adult Services

Adult Social Care has never been more vital.  That’s why our focus is on early prevention and ensuring that in our communities, older people, disabled and vulnerable residents are safe and able to live their lives with as much independence as possible.

At the centre of our work is the individual, their strengths and abilities with links to their families and communities critical in the work that we do.

We work with partners & providers to offer the highest quality support, continually developing our practices and services to flexibly respond to the needs of our residents.


Our Adult Social Care teams comprise of: Older People & Physical Disability, Hospital, Reablement, Safeguarding, Mental Health, deprivation of Liberty and Best Interest Assessment.

We offer a challenging and diverse work environment that will extend your existing skills and knowledge, supporting the development of your social work career pathway and practice.  We strive for excellence and quality in everything we do and professional development is a high priority for our teams.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a multi-disciplinary team and to influence how we are re-shaping Adult Social Care to meet the needs of our service users.

Provider services

Alongside our social work services, we also provide good quality and caring service provision in residential care, residential reablement, Learning Disability day services, Short term breaks, Shared Lives and Supported Living.

Reablement Support

Our reablement team are highly experienced, dynamic and progressive.

We are a successful team who have been able to ensure that 75% of our service users have remained independent in their own home without any formal support.

We are also part of a team who were highly commended by the Health Service Journal in June 2018, for improving value in the care of frail older patients.

Our commitment to your development

We are dedicated to ensuring that you can progress your continued professional development and access training and learning opportunities linked to the BASW competencies for career progression.

Our focus for 2019 is to create a Social Care Academy, pulling all of our learning programmes together as part of a dedicated and supportive career progression framework, to recognise our ongoing commitment to you and your development.

Read more about swindon here;

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2020/02/24/proving-power-multi-agency-teamwork-adult-safeguarding/

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2020/05/22/working-within-supportive-stable-team-reaping-results/

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2020/02/24/proving-power-multi-agency-teamwork-adult-safeguarding/

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2019/08/12/council-freeing-social-workers-work-creatively-giving-freedom-bureaucracy/

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2019/04/15/permanent-social-worker-team-heres-stayed/

 

 

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