Vacancy Details

Description

Directorate:  Children and Family Services

Section:  Children's Social Care 

Grade:  Level 7

Hours:  37 hours per week

 

 

This advert is open to both internal and external applicants.

 

Stoke City Council are committed to supporting children in their care to achieve permanency at the earliest opportunity. 

 

As part of this Strategy, Children's Services are developing a Reunification Project Team to support children to return to the care of their families, where it is safe to do so.

 

As a Social Work Assistant on the team, you will be responsible for engaging with a small cohort of families, with the focus of assessing support required, implementing programmes of support and building restorative and trusting relationships to empower families to meet the long term needs of their children. 

 

You will require excellent communication and written skills, with a background of direct work with children andfamilies. You will work alongside the Children in Need teams and the allocated Social Workers so will need to be an effective team player. 

 

You will also work alongside key stakeholders to ensure universal packages of support are available to families when reunification is achieved. 

 

What we offer

 

• Up to 41 days annual leave (including bank holidays)

• Option to purchase additional leave

• Hybrid working and flexible hours

• Access to high-quality learning and development

• Career progression opportunities

• Strong supervision and peer support

• Health and wellbeing initiatives

• Access to staff networks including equality, diversity and inclusion forums

 

 

If you would like further discussions around the roles, then please contact 

Dani Withington 

Principal Manager - Reunification 

danuta.withington@stoke.gov.uk

 

 

Additional Information

 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment.  This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

 

 

Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together.

 

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority.  If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

 

To Apply

Please create / log into your account and then click 'apply'.  If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.

 

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