Our vision is A Southend Where All Children Achieve Success. By joining Southend on Sea City Council as a Social Worker you will be key in making our vision a reality for all children. You will be joining a service where we demonstrate with pride that: 

• All paths lead back to the child
• We spend time getting to know each child and their story
• We do what we say we're going to do
• We work with the whole family
• No matter what, we aim to make things better

You will provide support to work to the highest standard using our model of practice, Restorative Practice, to deliver the vision. You will access a professional social work development offer, that has been designed with social workers, whatever stage you are at in your career. You will be given regular restorative supervision and separate supervision focussing on development and evidencing your SWE registration. We want everyone to take a lead in an area of interest for your team and you will explore this with your line manager. 

We have posts in a number of teams so please contact our recruitment partner, Hays, to discuss the teams we are currently recruiting to.

Southend on Sea City Council's Kinship Fostering Team are looking to appoint a full time permanent Social Worker to provide a supportive and efficient service to children, young people, their families and fostering families.

Within this exciting and vital position, you will be supporting foster carers to provide a nurturing caring environment for looked after children. You will also supervise foster carers on a 4 weekly basis, supporting them to develop their skills and training.

The team have an average of 15 cases per person.

Duty will be undertaken in the office approx 3 days a month, with an onsite team meeting every other week. The post is hybrid, but you will be expected to be on site a minimum of 1 day a week.

If you are interested in Kinship, Fostering Support or Recruitment and you are a person who is passionate and highly motivated about developing services within a health and social care perspective we would want to hear from you.

To be successful in this position you must be able to work in the UK, have a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with the Social Work England and have completed your ASYE.

You will need to have two years experience of working with foster carers and have a working knowledge of fostering regulations and national minimum standards.

You will need strong communication skills and be able to organise yourself and others. In addition you will need to possess a driving licence and have use of a car.

Pension:
 Southend-on-Sea City Council provide membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for employees aged under 75. The LGPS is a generous scheme and provides you with a future income, independent of share prices and stock market fluctuations.

Leave Entitlements:

We offer our employees a generous leave entitlement from 25 days up to 32 days based on length of service (Continuous service). Southend-on-Sea City Council also offer a range of flexible working and family-friendly leave.

*We also offer paid time off to allow employees to undertake volunteering activities*

Here at Southend-on-Sea City Council we also offer our employees free access to a benefit portal that provides access to wellbeing support and a range of salary sacrifice schemes to help spread the cost of items, including:

• Bicycles, cars, electronics and gym membership.
• The portal also provides access to a range of discounts on products and services including retail, food shopping, travel, dining out and leisure activities.
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Nowhere else will you gain as much experience on the job, making us a sought-after place to work. If you are passionate, dedicated to making a change and ready for a challenge – you could be the candidate we are looking for.

If you are interested in this role, please click 'apply online' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.

To request a copy of the Job Description/Person Specification for this role, please contact Nathalie via email Nathalie.s@hays.com

Please note: Applications for this vacancy may close prior to the date advertised above so you are advised to apply as soon as you are able too.

All applicants for this role will require an enhanced DBS check.

The Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications, regardless of race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, age or religion or belief.