Senior Social Worker (7297)

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Job Description

Temporary contract for 3 years | 37 hours per week | £42,463 to £46,732 per annum (Grade K) | Countywide

Senior Social Worker x 2 (Pre-court Team and Post-court Team)

Norfolk Youth Justice Service

3-year secondment subject to negotiation

Who are we?

Our Norfolk Youth Justice Service (YJS) is a statutory multi-agency partnership hosted within Norfolk County Council to prevent children from offending whilst safeguarding their welfare, protecting the public and helping restore the damage caused to the victims of their crimes.

• We are advocates.
• We are advisers.
• We are supporters.
• We keep children at the heart of everything we do.

As a YJS Senior Social Worker you will hold a caseload of the most complex cases, utilising specialist skills to build relationships, spend time and undertake work directly with children and families and deliver positive change.

We are looking for:

• social workers who want to expand their expertise into the field of youth justice
• motivated professionals who enjoy engaging with adolescents in assessment, planning and delivering strength-based interventions.
• social workers who are able to balance the safeguarding of the child alongside the safeguarding of the community at large.
• articulate people who have ability to produce and present complex reports to various forums.
• professionals who have strong planning and organisational skills and are able to manage competing demands

What's in it for you?

• A developmental opportunity to learn the youth justice framework and associated legislation
• An opportunity to gain experience in line management while also supporting practice development within the team to improve, maintain, champion and promote the highest professional standards
• An ability to work in a multi-agency team
• An ability to influence and advise practitioners across youth justice and children's services, promote inter-agency learning to improve outcomes for children, avoiding duplication
• An opportunity to work restoratively with children, parents and victims

OUR CHILDREN SAY:

• I want you to listen to me and hear what I'm saying
• Ask me about my views and opinions
• Don't assume you know
• Be honest and try not to keep secrets
• Don't make decisions about me, make decisions with me
• Take time to explain in a way I understand
• 'Doing with' gets me to my future

YOU'LL LOVE WORKING WITHIN NORFOLK YOUTH JUSTICE SERVICE IF:

• You want to work in an organisation with a culture of helpfulness and integrity.
• You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation.
• You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you.
• You like every day to be different.
• You love learning and want to develop professionally.
• Want flexibility in how you work - splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.

This post will have a locality base but much of your working week will be out and about in the community or working from home so you must have a driving licence and access to a vehicle to meet the requirements of the post.

In line with our current ways of working, you'll be expected to be in the office at least 2 days a week, in addition to team days. There is also a requirement to work out of hours on occasions.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specificationto help you demonstrate you meet the criteria we are looking for.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • 'Norfolk Rewards' our employee discount programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? please apply using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

Closing date for redeployees to receive priority consideration: 12 December 2024

Closing date: 29 December 2024

About Us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.