The job itself

Are you a qualified Social Worker looking for a role with a good work life balance and real progression opportunity? Social Worker careers in East Riding of Yorkshire Council Children's Social Care could be exactly what you're looking for.

A great and exciting opportunity has arisen within the Children Looked After team for a full-time Advanced Social Worker. The Children Looked After team works with children who are in long term care, up until the age of 16.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Social Worker who has a keen interest in working with children, young people and families. If you are wanting to progress to the next stage of your social work career this is the role for you.

Working as part of a team of social workers, advanced social workers and with a dedicated admin support to undertake service specific tasks, the roles report directly to the Team Manager. The service offers blended working opportunities and provide agile working kits to allow work to be completed in council offices or from home.

Day-to-day duties include:

• Building positive and meaningful relationships with our children, young people and families.
• Ensure we meet our statutory duties and responsibilities in relation to our children looked after, and that practice standards are met.
• To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people, and their families.
• Assess the need for intervention and services for children, young people and their families that have been allocated to their workload, by establishing the seriousness that different risks present and any harm already suffered by the child, balanced with family strengths and potential solutions.
• Development of support plans and effective interventions that are produced collaboratively with children, young people and their families, which will manage and reduce identified risks and meet the needs of the child.

Check out some of our benefits:

• A competitive salary with performance related salary progression.
• Agile and flexible working opportunities.
• Free parking at your Beverley work base.
• Beautiful scenery when traveling to appointments rather than sitting in busy traffic. Check out why East Riding is a great place to live, work and play.
• A culture based on relational practice.
• A supportive friendly team
• Dedicated admin will complete service specific duties including minute taking, document indexing and telephone enquiries.
• Regular, reflective supervision and peer group supervision.
• Generous leave entitlement.
• Extensive training and development opportunities.