social worker Norwich, England
Job description
Three posts | permanent contracts | full-time 37 or part-time 18.5 hours per week | £27,344 to £29,439 per annum pro rata for part-time (Grade G) | Norwich
Are you currently working in an education setting with children or families?
Do you have experience of SEND?
Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable young people?
About us:
2023 in an exciting time to join Norfolk County Council Childrens Services following a recent highly successful Ofsted inspection and the launch of our new School and Community Cluster model. We want children, young people, and families in Norfolk to receive support at the earliest opportunity so that they can flourish. By acting together, as a prevention and early help system, we can enable families to receive the right support, at the right time.
This new model will mean we can build on the fantastic work taking place, with the skills and capacity to ensure we support children, young people, and families at the earliest opportunity. Getting the right response to children at the right time is critical to meeting children’s and their families’ needs.
School and Community Cluster Teams will work predominantly with those families that require early help. The cluster teams working practices will be rooted within our core ways of working and vital signs through relationship-based practice using Signs of Safety, Solihull, Communities of Practice, Joint Agency Group Supervision, Restorative working and Family Networking.
About the role:
We are seeking people with experience of working with vulnerable children, young people from any sector with an NVQ Level 3 in a relevant field.
- Deliver quality evidence-based early interventions that assist education settings and parents/carers to respond to the unmet learning and support needs of vulnerable children and young people.
- Work with education settings and families developing smart action plans with interventions that focus on improving learning outcomes for children and young people.
- Manage a workload that responds to needs at both an early help and emerging support level, delivering early intervention and where required specialist support to de-escalate and step-down support from a specialist/statutory level.
- Offer emotional and practical support to settings, children, young people and their families that increases their capacity to engage and participate in education, build resilience, and helps them achieve positive outcomes.
- Model good practice in supporting children and young people with SEND within education settings and their family at a range of suitable venues.
For further information about the role, please contact Pip Yaxley 01603 222624 ([email protected]) or Donna Darton 01603 475610 ([email protected])
We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
- Competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
- Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
- Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
- Financial benefits such as:
- ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discount programme which helps you save money on almost anything , from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
- A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- Relocation expenses paid upfront (where applicable)
- An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
- A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
- Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.
Before you apply , we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.
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Closing date: 27 July 2023
