Social Worker - specialist Domestic Violence and non-caseholding roles

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is seeking Social Worker for 2 specialist roles in its children’s services.

These are paid at the maximum MOU rate of £33.30 (umbrella).

Please see details below:

1 x Qualified Social Worker experienced in undertaking initial risk assessment, planned interventions, and updated risk assessments of those who have perpetrator DV. Serving as the person’s primary point of contact, and to be pro-active in developing and implementing safety plans. Staff to be predominately office based with the option to work at home 2 days a week.

1 x Qualified Social Worker for a non-caseholding specialist assessment role. Candidate must have specialist experience and training in Parent Assess, pre-birth assessments etc. This role also requires you to be locally based in Stoke up to 3 days per week.

Requirements of the roles:

• Qualified Social Worker
• Fully Social Work England registered
• Must have substantial post qualified experience in children’s social care
• Must have specialist domestic violence or specialist assessment experience and/or training depending on the role

Benefits of working for Stoke on Trent:

• Stoke on Trent has been voted as one of the friendliest places in the UK
• We are a very small geographical area and cover locality basis therefore travelling between visits, once in Stoke is extremely limited in terms of mileage
• Opportunities to become a ‘champion’ in various different areas of practice and development
• Secured funding for ‘family hubs’ and have been rolling these out across the city creating a fantastic early help offer including parenting programmes, confidence building courses, adult learning offer, food banks and charitable support plus much more
• We have a strong management team and also senior managers who are very supported
• Free parking via our critical user parking permit for various car parks across the city, including parking on the multi-deck car park next to the office
• Our culture is very much based upon team work, supporting each other and working together with our multi-agency professionals, this is emphasised by our locality working and strong working relationships
• Our model of working is restorative practice and this is well embedded into our practice now

Please contact me asap to discuss in more detail. We are offering £250 joining bonus for new starters with Reed.

Alternatively, we are offering £250 if you refer a friend or colleague and they are placed successfully into this or any other QSW role.