social worker Bideford, England
Job description
Tide House is an Ofsted "Good" registered Residential Family Assessment Centre, providing high quality, evidence-based parenting assessments for family courts and local authorities across the South West. As part of our ongoing development, we are seeking to recruit a specialist Social Worker to complete Parenting Assessments.
Applicants must be a Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
We undertake a maximum of four assessments at any one time, within a residential setting. The caseload will not exceed four families, and community-based visits are rarely required. It is anticipated that this role will require no more than 2 days per week at our assessment centre in Devon, with the remainder of the work able to be completed flexibly, for example from home.
This is a full-time position. Salary will be commensurate with experience.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Undertaking structured assessment sessions with parents to complete a comprehensive parenting assessment
- Writing and undertaking weekly feedbacks for families to identify areas of strength and areas where improvement is needed, and organising or delivering interventions to meet these identified needs.
- Writing comprehensive, robust and evidence-based Parenting Assessments for the court, structured around the Common Assessment Framework, to inform care proceedings and care planning for children
- Completing Risk Assessments for placed families and children
The successful candidate will have:
- At least 2 years post-qualifying experience of working as a Social Worker in a Children and Families team
- A trauma-informed approach when working with parents and families, whilst ensuring that the assessment is child-focused
- Experience of engaging families to make and sustain positive change, with a strengths-based and solution-focused approach
- A commitment to best practice and ongoing professional development
We offer:
- Paid car parking
- Private healthcare
- Company pension
- Paid Social Work England registration fees
- Weekly group supervision and monthly Team Meetings
- Monthly 1:1 reflective supervision with an Independent Social Worker
If you would like to apply, then please submit your CV and a covering letter. For an informal discussion about this vacancy, or for full copies of the Job Description and Person Specification, please telephone Tia Coleman, Tide House Registered Manager, on 01237 237120.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Private medical insurance
Schedule:
- Flexitime
COVID-19 considerations:
We continue to operate in line with the current government COVID approach
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bideford, EX39 2AA
Reference ID: Specialist Social Worker - Parenting Assessments
