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Job Title Social Worker Children We Look After
Job reference S44
Department Children & Young People Services Department
Grade 01 10
Pay From: £34,151 To: £42,296 Per Annum
Hours 37 hours per week
Closing date 06 March 2023
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Job Description
We are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a modernising Council which is passionate and ambitious for the children and families we support, our communities and our workforce. As part of our transformation journey, we continue to build on our progress and put children firmly at the centre of our care. We can only do this because of our highly valued, skilled, and supported workforce. St Helens Borough Council is on a mission to be a leading Council for best practice and an employer of choice for individuals seeking a rewarding role and career.

Working as part of our Children We Look After Team at St Helen Borough Council means you will enjoy a wide range of competitive salary and benefits, flexible working, and continuous development at all career stages. We are a strong, resilient Council, that respects and values the individuality and diversity that every employee brings We encourage applications from all sections of the community to enable us to represent the neighbourhoods in which we serve.

Making a difference at St Helens as a Social Worker in Children We Look After. This is what our children think about their care from the Children We Look After Team:

‘My social worker is an outstanding social worker who takes her young people's interests to heart and is extremely sweet and kind!'

'I'm honestly grateful to have had the best social worker possible assigned to my case. It's been a pleasure working with her'

'I absolutely adore my social work team; I've been lucky enough to have been assigned such lovely people.’

Joining us as a Social Worker in Children We Look After means you firstly be the best corporate parent to our children. You will be an invaluable resource to our children, the team and department working in a diverse, challenging and rewarding environment. You will build relationships with our children and families. This will support them to achieve aspirational outcomes through putting the child at the centre of your practice and working with other agencies to overcome any hurdles.

As a team, you will engage in professional development through support from our improvement team, external bespoke training and internal development projects. You will champion the work we do for our care experienced children and engage in regular reflective supervision and team development opportunities to keep innovation at the centre of our practice.

If you are a social worker who really likes to make a difference, is keen to develop and is keen to take on the challenge then, you can read our full job description and person specification criteria documents for full information along with application submission information.

St Helens is a great place to work so why not see what our colleagues have to say and to discover our full range of in work benefits. We understand that you may have some questions so if you would like to explore any aspect of this role before applying you are welcome to discuss this with us by submitting an expression of interest request to socialcarerecruitment@sthelens.gov.uk and a member of the Children We Look After team will be in touch to discuss any questions you might have.

This is a hybrid position with some home working, however the post will require you to be based at our offices in St Helens and be able to attend the St Helens area regularly as part of your work.

Thank you for your interest in working for us at Children’s Services St Helens Borough Council and we look forward to receiving your application.

This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its clients and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 NOLAN principles of conduct in public life. These include selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership.
Equality & Diversity

St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality.

This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure and Social Work England Registration.

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Social Worker Applicant Letter.pdf
Social Worker Person Specification.pdf
Social Worker Job Description.pdf
Social Worker Application Form Disclosure.pdf
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