Qualified Social Worker | Child Protection & Safeguarding Team | London Borough of Havering*
Please only apply if you have a RECOGNISED SOCIAL WORK QUALIFICATION, RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AND SOCIAL WORK ENGLAND REGISTRATION
Without all of the above essential criteria your application WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED
**New Team**
Rate: £37 (higher rate dependent on experience)
Work Arrangements: Hybrid
Interviews: Ongoing. Managers available between 16:00 - 17:00 every weekday
Duration: 3 months (with opportunity for extension)
Role: Case Holding - long term
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Structure: (Please see attached New Structure Org Chart)
Havering are recruiting experienced social workers for roles in our New Safeguarding Teams. These teams will focus on:
- Children in need casework (CIN)
- Children and families (domestic abuse)
- Child protection (CP)
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Key focus:
- Safeguarding children (remain with families)
- Progress CIN / CP protection plans
- Improve outcomes
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Successes:
We have successfully recruited a number of new social workers to our teams and we look forward to welcoming experienced social workers to our remaining vacancies. We have a rapid turnaround on interviews.
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Support Network:
- We have 2 permanent consultant social workers who work closely with all our ASYE's and social workers within the service
- Systemic Practitioners who offer consultations and support to all our staff.
- Havering also offer robust support within their HR framework
- Each Team is made up of:
- 1x TM
- 2 x AP to support with complex casework.
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Working Model:
- Hybrid model
- Flexible approach involving working from our town hall campus/hubs.
- Expectation to work from our town hall campus during your teams duty week, for team meetings and other development days and at managers discretion some ad-hoc days onsite may be needed.
- Encouraging face to face working for teams as we know how important this is for social workers and all meetings with children and family take place face to face.
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Requirements:
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Why Havering?
- Reflection spaces available
- Meeting rooms and quiet spaces available to book
- On-site Parking available (subsidised for all Havering council staff)
- Access to our systemic training offers and development pathway
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Working location and arrangements (if not working from home): Town Hall, Main Road, Romford RM1 3AR Our main Town Hall campus benefits from excellent transport links via car or public transport. Our offices are located centrally in Romford, only 18 minutes from London Liverpool Street Station and easily accessible via the M25, A12, A406 and A127
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