View Vacancy -- Senior Social Worker - HART

Social Care & Welfare Qualified
Temporary / Fixed Term
 
£42,684 – £45,585

Early application is encouraged, as due to the high volumes of applications that we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

 

About Haringey

We are investing in creating a better borough for all our residents and bettering the lives of children and young people in Haringey is our first corporate priority. We are located in the north of the capital with a population of approximately 250,000 people and a growing population of 0-19-year olds. We are a diverse and fast-changing borough and tomorrow’s leaders; artists and innovators are busy growing up here.

 

Haringey is transforming its services for children and young people, and have already made exciting, innovative changes as we strive for excellence in all we do.

 

In short, we’re a council with high ambitions; a place to work that is full of energy and focus. Our teams have passion, integrity and commitment, and people join us, do so as they see Haringey is a learning organisation, and the people that work here strive for continuous improvement in their practice, aiming high to ensure we provide outstanding outcomes for our children.

 

We offer a great place to develop a career that is yours to own.

 

About the Service

HART provides a bespoke intervention in conjunction with foster carers to children/young people help the transition of children moving from residential care to living with foster carers.

 

About you

As a Senior Social Worker, you will be part of a specialist team working as part of the internal resource for helping children and young people moving from residential care to living with foster carers. You will support the team manager in the running of the team and to develop and maintain practice expertise’s in all areas covered by the service remit and to contribute to policy development promote a culture of organisational learning and development in the context of partnership working. You will also carry a managed caseload of complex cases requiring experienced and expert practitioner input in relation working with adolescence to living safely within fostering family.

 

 

Some of the key responsibilities include:

  • To be responsible for a managed caseload of the more complex cases in the service and ensure the delivery of a high-quality social work input, consistent with accepted notions of best practice and national and local guidance, in the context of partnership working.
  • To model high quality professional behaviour and to develop and promote notions of authoritative practice within the service.
  • To support the team manager in creating sound transition plans to help young people move from living in residential unit to living with foster carers.

 

 

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Experience of working with vulnerable children and young people.
  • Experience working with and supporting foster carers to ensure the best possible outcomes for children.

 

For a full overview of the job responsibilities and Person Specification please see attached job description.

             

For the successful appointed candidate, they will have access to a wide range of financial and non-financial benefits such as employee discounts, recruitment and retention payment; access to local government pension.

 

For an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Colette Elliott-Cooper – Head of Service.: Colette.Elliott-Cooper@haringey.gov.uk or by telephone 0208 489 9465.

  

For a full list of benefits on offer, please visit our website:

https://www.haringey.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/working-children-and-young-people-s-service

 

Other Requirements / How to apply

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An enhanced disclosure check with the DBS will be undertaken.

Closing Date: Thursday 5th December 2019

This post is offered on a 1 Year Fixed Term Contract basis.
For further information please contact the Haringey Hub: Resourcinghub@haringey.gov.uk

This opportunity is closed to applications.