Calderdale is a beautiful metropolitan borough in the heart of the Yorkshire Pennines, situated between Manchester and Leeds. The spectacular natural landscape, vibrant towns, quirky culture, and tremendous architecture make it a great place to live and work. Its ideal location allows for easy access via the motorway or rail into the town centre or the surrounding area.
Calderdale Council’s Children’s Services have recently been judged by Ofsted as ‘Good’ overall with outstanding features for all our services to children in care and care leavers. We have fantastic opportunities in Children’s Social Care and are looking for passionate and committed people who can make a meaningful difference to our children and contribute to our continuing improvement journey.
The benefits of working for Calderdale Children’s Social Care is that you will be supported to provide the very best service for our children. Quality reflective supervision is provided and there is very much a learning culture within the service. We have a commitment to maintaining caseloads at an appropriate level, which ensures practitioners, are given opportunities to work effectively and robustly. We value our social work staff and in recognition we offer a free car parking permit and after the first year a retention payment. You will be given a comprehensive induction program and provided with regular person focused supervision to meet your well-being, training and development needs.
Children’s Assessment Team has four pods which consist of a practice manager, advanced practitioner and five social workers with administration support. As a social worker within the team you will be responsible for providing a quality service to our children in need of support and protection. The team undertakes child and family single assessments, section 47 enquiries and covers all aspects of planning, up until the appropriate transfer point to the relevant locality or children looked after team.
Applications will be considered from qualified social worker (BA/DipSW/CQSW or equivalent), registered with HCPC and can demonstrate qualifying experience gained within statutory children and families service.
We will offer:
Supportive management and a service-wide commitment to continuous improvement.
A creative and challenging team with supportive colleagues.
Opportunities to develop your supervision and management skills in a supportive environment.
Supervision and appraisal arrangements to build your skills and to assist you in your career development.
An excellent learning and development programme that reflects your needs and the skills that you will need to develop.
Closing Date: Sunday 11th June 2023
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.
We may utilise digital interview methods.
As part of our Vision (https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/) we aim to be a talented, resilient and inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of flexible working / job share opportunities for both full and part time staff.
On 30 January 2019, the Council declared a climate emergency in a bold move to step up its action to tackle climate change.
Calderdale Council embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and we are committed to providing an environment that is inclusive. We encourage applications from people who share our commitment to challenge inequality and promote diversity across Calderdale. We particularly welcome applications from communities that are currently under-represented in our organisation. All applications are anonymised before being seen by the selection panel.
For support on your application please read our Application Booklet or visit our Employment Hub.
We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date, an early submission is advised.