Social Workers - Citywide Vacancies Birmingham, England
Job description
Birmingham Children’s Trust continues to go from strength to strength. We are the largest provider of family support and social care services for children, young people and families in the country. Our goal is to become a centre of excellence in both social work and family support.
Working in the Trust gives you the opportunity to acquire a diverse set of professional experiences; and exceptional professional development. You will have a manageable caseload, which is underpinned by strong and secure management and key professional networks.
Our size means it is possible to build your entire social work career in the Trust, experiencing every aspect of social work, thus allowing you to progress in your social work practice and in management.
Join us and you will be able to ‘do the job you came into social work to do’. We are an independent organisation, which enables us to focus, single-mindedly on the safety and welfare of children and young people across the city. As well as focusing on you too.
You will work within our relationship-based, trauma informed family-led practice model. We will look to you to analyse the information presented to make informed decisions. You will complete all assessments in line with statutory requirements, as well as implementing, monitoring and reviewing children’s wellbeing within multi-agency meetings.
Our services will always be joined-up and you will develop robust partnerships with other teams and outside agencies; to include the police, health, schools and voluntary organisations.
There has never been a better time to join Birmingham Children’s Trust and develop your career.
Our vision is to build a Trust that provides excellent social work and family support for and with the city’s most vulnerable children, young people and families.
About you….
You will be a passionate, motivated and committed Social Worker who has completed their ASYE and wants to work with children and families to make a positive difference to their lives.
You will be able to build effective relationships, carry out in-depth assessments, be confident in partnership working with children, families and professionals, enabling their full participation in assessment, planning, review and decision making.
You will be able to work independently and be a key team player.
You must hold a recognised social work qualification and have current active registration with Social Work England.
About Us…..why we are different as a Trust….
We know and understand that being a social worker is hard work and challenging at times, that’s why we reward you with a very attractive employment offer and excellent benefits.
Alongside regular supervision, access to training and shared learning, mental health and well-being support, we offer a wider range of benefits available including competitive rewards and pension, a generous annual leave package with 29 days leave plus bank holidays; ‘Golden hello’, Retention payment from day 1 of joining for first two years of service and our recently launched Salary Sacrifice Car Leasing Scheme; to name a few. To find out more click HERE
If you would like to be part of our passionate and dedicated social work team and are committed to continuous improvement, then don’t hesitate and apply today.
Please call us at any time, if you need more information about the role or about working for us; email [email protected]
You must have completed your ASYE to apply for this vacancy.
Interviews will be held remotely on the 25th April 2023.
