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Manageable caseloads, great rewards, excellent training and progression opportunities and generally just a great place to work. Click here to find some of the many reasons our existing staff love working for us.
OPEN ADVERTS:
These positions are open adverts and applications are shortlisted every two weeks.
Senior Social Worker (Referral and Assessment)
Salary: £44,829-£49,812 (inc local weighting & market supplement)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
At Slough Children First we offer exceptional support, flexible working and a chance to do things differently. We are proud to have created a place where social work can flourish. Our young people are looking for social workers who are down-to-earth, honest, approachable and who can be themselves. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
As a senior social worker within our Referral and Assessment Service, you will be responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases and producing outcome-based plans that reflect the needs of and risks to children and their families. You will develop effective relationships with children, young people and their families to improve the impact of work and determine the level of service available.
For this role you will need to be a Social Work England registered social worker with a professional social work qualification, or equivalent, and at least four years' experience. You will need to have direct management experience within children's social services where you can demonstrate strong and successful leadership and the ability to maximise the potential of others and implement service improvements.
Main Accountabilities
- Responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases producing outcome based plans, having regard to the needs of, and risks to, children and their families.
- To develop effective relationships with CYP and their families to improve impact of work and determine the level of service available ensuring written plans are agreed with the CYP and their families and reflect their views.
- To determine, using evidence based practice how these needs will be met subject to resources, statutory responsibilities, within the framework of council policies and procedures.
- To be responsible for effective Individual performance in line with national standards and performance indicators, including receiving regular supervision.
- Responsible for participating in routine auditing activity across the service to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice and record keeping and to act in accordance with requirements of the Quality Assurance Framework.
- To ensure that the needs of service users/carers from all communities are addressed, and that close attention is paid to equalities issues in all aspects of work. To ensure access to translation and interpretation services as necessary.
- To complete financial assessments and, where appropriate, to determine contributions and levels of need/service.
- With the agreement of the Social Work Team Manager/Practice Manager, to identify resources required and available to promote child/family well being.
- To develop and maintain effective working relationships at appropriate levels with other relevant partner agencies e.g. voluntary, community, schools, police, health other statutory agencies/local resource networks and internal partners.
- To maintain, monitor and review accurate records of all work undertaken ensuring recording information is accurate and up to date, including comprehensive use of the Integrated Children’s System.
- To work effectively move casework to other areas of service as appropriate with a clear transfer plan.
- To contribute to the development of services to children and families and to attend and contribute positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services.
- To identify own individual learning needs and ensure that practice reflects contemporary thinking. To ensure regular reflection of skills and abilities and use supervision and approval to identify future and plan to meet future needs.
- To provide cover for the work of other team members and undertake projects and other additional duties commensurate with the level of the job. (The nature of these will vary according to experience, competencies and the grade of the post).
Person specification
- Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
- Social Work England Registered (Essential)
- DBS Check (Enhanced)
- Indicative post graduate experience (2+ years)
- Professional Standards (Essential)
- Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Workers – issued by DfE (Essential)
- Ability to write reports to a high standard (Essential)
- Understanding of children and families legal framework and assessment process (Essential)
- Understanding and experience of child protection procedures (Essential)
- Current UK driving licence (Desirable)
- Access to own vehicle (insured for work purposes) (Desirable)
- Management experience (Not required)
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant Social work discipline (Desirable)
Apply Online
If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. If you have any questions, please email recruitment@scstrust.co.uk.
Good luck!
Senior Social Worker (Safeguarding and Family Support)
Salary: £44,829-£49,812 (inc local weighting & market supplement)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
At Slough Children First we offer exceptional support, flexible working and a chance to do things differently. We are proud to have created a place where social work can flourish. Our young people are looking for social workers who are down-to-earth, honest, approachable and who can be themselves. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
As a senior social worker within our Safeguarding and Family Support Service, you will respond to urgent Priority 1 and 2 child protection referrals with the aim of keeping children and young people safe from the risk of significant harm. You will gather information, assess and prioritise all decisions about the most appropriate response under S47 of the Children Act. You will carry out assessments on children and young people who have been sexually abused, as well as those who use sexually abusive behaviour. You will work to secure permanency within the family, either in the community or through court processes. The most vital aspect of your role is to help make the child’s journey as smooth and safe as possible, whether that’s through PLO, court, adoption and post adoption and to prevent a ‘cycle’ of being in and out of care.
For this role you will need to be a Social Work England registered social worker with a professional social work qualification, or equivalent, and at least four years' experience. You will need to have direct management experience within children's social services where you can demonstrate strong and successful leadership and the ability to maximise the potential of others and implement service improvements.
Main Accountabilities
- Responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases producing outcome based plans, having regard to the needs of, and risks to, children and their families.
- To develop effective relationships with CYP and their families to improve impact of work and determine the level of service available ensuring written plans are agreed with the CYP and their families and reflect their views.
- To determine, using evidence based practice how these needs will be met subject to resources, statutory responsibilities, within the framework of council policies and procedures.
- To be responsible for effective Individual performance in line with national standards and performance indicators, including receiving regular supervision.
- Responsible for participating in routine auditing activity across the service to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice and record keeping and to act in accordance with requirements of the Quality Assurance Framework.
- To ensure that the needs of service users/carers from all communities are addressed, and that close attention is paid to equalities issues in all aspects of work. To ensure access to translation and interpretation services as necessary.
- To complete financial assessments and, where appropriate, to determine contributions and levels of need/service.
- With the agreement of the Social Work Team Manager/Practice Manager, to identify resources required and available to promote child/family well being.
- To develop and maintain effective working relationships at appropriate levels with other relevant partner agencies e.g. voluntary, community, schools, police, health other statutory agencies/local resource networks and internal partners.
- To maintain, monitor and review accurate records of all work undertaken ensuring recording information is accurate and up to date, including comprehensive use of the Integrated Children’s System.
- To work effectively move casework to other areas of service as appropriate with a clear transfer plan.
- To contribute to the development of services to children and families and to attend and contribute positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services.
- To identify own individual learning needs and ensure that practice reflects contemporary thinking. To ensure regular reflection of skills and abilities and use supervision and approval to identify future and plan to meet future needs.
- To provide cover for the work of other team members and undertake projects and other additional duties commensurate with the level of the job. (The nature of these will vary according to experience, competencies and the grade of the post).
Person specification
- Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
- Social Work England Registered (Essential)
- DBS Check (Enhanced)
- Indicative post graduate experience (2+ years)
- Professional Standards (Essential)
- Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Workers – issued by DfE (Essential)
- Ability to write reports to a high standard (Essential)
- Understanding of children and families legal framework and assessment process (Essential)
- Understanding and experience of child protection procedures (Essential)
- Current UK driving licence (Desirable)
- Access to own vehicle (insured for work purposes) (Desirable)
- Management experience (Not required)
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant Social work discipline (Desirable)
Apply Online
If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. If you have any questions, please email recruitment@scstrust.co.uk.
Good luck!
Social Worker (Referral and Assessment)
Salary: £37,731-£42,839 (inc local weighting & market supplement)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
At Slough Children First we offer exceptional support, flexible working and a chance to do things differently. We are proud to have created a place where social work can flourish. Our young people are looking for social workers who are down-to-earth, honest, approachable and who can be themselves. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
As a social worker within our Referral and Assessment Service, what we call the front door, you will be responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases and producing outcome-based plans that reflect the needs of and risks to children and their families. You will develop effective relationships with children, young people and their families to improve the impact of work and determine the level of service available.
For this role you will need to be a Social Work England registered social worker with a professional social work qualification, or equivalent, and at least four years' experience. You will need to have direct management experience within children's social services where you can demonstrate strong and successful leadership and the ability to maximise the potential of others and implement service improvements.
Main Accountabilities
- Responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases producing outcome based plans, having regard to the needs of, and risks to, children and their families.
- To develop effective relationships with children, young people and their families to improve impact of work and determine the level of service available ensuring written plans are agreed with the CYP and their families and reflect their views.
- To determine, using evidence based practice how these needs will be met subject to resources, statutory responsibilities, within the framework of council policies and procedures.
- To be responsible for effective Individual performance in line with national standards and performance indicators, including receiving regular supervision.
- Responsible for participating in routine auditing activity across the service to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice and record keeping and to act in accordance with requirements of the Quality Assurance Framework.
- To ensure that the needs of service users/carers from all communities are addressed, and that close attention is paid to equalities issues in all aspects of work. To ensure access to translation and interpretation services as necessary.
- To complete financial assessments and, where appropriate, to determine contributions and levels of need/service.
- With the agreement of the Social Work Team Manager, to identify resources required and available to promote child/family well being.
- To develop and maintain effective working relationships at appropriate levels with other relevant partner agencies e.g. voluntary, community, schools, police, health other statutory agencies/local resource networks and internal partners.
- To maintain, monitor and review accurate records of all work undertaken ensuring recording information is accurate and up to date, including comprehensive use of the Integrated Children’s System.
- To work effectively move casework to other areas of service as appropriate with a clear transfer plan.
- To contribute to the development of services to children and families and to attend and contribute positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services.
- To identify own individual learning needs and ensure that practice reflects contemporary thinking. To ensure regular reflection of skills and abilities and use supervision and approval to identify future and plan to meet future needs.
- To provide cover for the work of other team members and undertake projects and other additional duties commensurate with the level of the job. (The nature of these will vary according to experience, competencies and the grade of the post).
Person specification
- Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
- Social Work England Registered (Essential)
- DBS Check (Enhanced)
- Indicative post graduate experience (12 months ASYE)
- Professional Standards (Essential)
- Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Workers – issued by DfE (Essential)
- Ability to write reports to a high standard (Essential)
- Understanding of children and families legal framework and assessment process (Essential)
- Understanding and experience of child protection procedures (Essential)
- Current UK driving licence (Desirable)
- Access to own vehicle (insured for work purposes) (Desirable)
- Management experience (Not required)
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant Social work discipline (Desirable)
Apply Online
If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. If you have any questions, please email recruitment@scstrust.co.uk.
Good luck!
Social Worker (Safeguarding and Family Support)
Salary: £37,731-£42,839 (inc local weighting & market supplement)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
At Slough Children First we offer exceptional support, flexible working and a chance to do things differently. We are proud to have created a place where social work can flourish. Our young people are looking for social workers who are down-to-earth, honest, approachable and who can be themselves. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
As a social worker within our Safeguarding and Family Support Service, you will respond to urgent Priority 1 and 2 child protection referrals with the aim of keeping children and young people safe from the risk of significant harm. You will gather information, assess and prioritise all decisions about the most appropriate response under S47 of the Children Act. You will carry out assessments on children and young people who have been sexually abused, as well as those who use sexually abusive behaviour. You will work to secure permanency within the family, either in the community or through court processes. The most vital aspect of your role is to help make the child’s journey as smooth and safe as possible, whether that’s through PLO, court, adoption and post adoption and to prevent a ‘cycle’ of being in and out of care.
For this role you will need to be a Social Work England registered social worker with a professional social work qualification, or equivalent, and at least four years' experience. You will need to have direct management experience within children's social services where you can demonstrate strong and successful leadership and the ability to maximise the potential of others and implement service improvements.
Main Accountabilities
- Responsible for undertaking social work on allocated cases producing outcome based plans, having regard to the needs of, and risks to, children and their families.
- To develop effective relationships with children, young people and their families to improve impact of work and determine the level of service available ensuring written plans are agreed with the CYP and their families and reflect their views.
- To determine, using evidence based practice how these needs will be met subject to resources, statutory responsibilities, within the framework of council policies and procedures.
- To be responsible for effective Individual performance in line with national standards and performance indicators, including receiving regular supervision.
- Responsible for participating in routine auditing activity across the service to secure the highest possible standards of social work practice and record keeping and to act in accordance with requirements of the Quality Assurance Framework.
- To ensure that the needs of service users/carers from all communities are addressed, and that close attention is paid to equalities issues in all aspects of work. To ensure access to translation and interpretation services as necessary.
- To complete financial assessments and, where appropriate, to determine contributions and levels of need/service.
- With the agreement of the Social Work Team Manager, to identify resources required and available to promote child/family well being.
- To develop and maintain effective working relationships at appropriate levels with other relevant partner agencies e.g. voluntary, community, schools, police, health other statutory agencies/local resource networks and internal partners.
- To maintain, monitor and review accurate records of all work undertaken ensuring recording information is accurate and up to date, including comprehensive use of the Integrated Children’s System.
- To work effectively move casework to other areas of service as appropriate with a clear transfer plan.
- To contribute to the development of services to children and families and to attend and contribute positively to team meetings to promote the delivery of integrated and effective services.
- To identify own individual learning needs and ensure that practice reflects contemporary thinking. To ensure regular reflection of skills and abilities and use supervision and approval to identify future and plan to meet future needs.
- To provide cover for the work of other team members and undertake projects and other additional duties commensurate with the level of the job. (The nature of these will vary according to experience, competencies and the grade of the post).
Person specification
- Professional Social Work Degree or equivalent (Essential)
- Social Work England Registered (Essential)
- DBS Check (Enhanced)
- Indicative post graduate experience (12 months ASYE)
- Professional Standards (Essential)
- Knowledge and Skills for Child and Family Social Workers – issued by DfE (Essential)
- Ability to write reports to a high standard (Essential)
- Understanding of children and families legal framework and assessment process (Essential)
- Understanding and experience of child protection procedures (Essential)
- Current UK driving licence (Desirable)
- Access to own vehicle (insured for work purposes) (Desirable)
- Management experience (Not required)
- Postgraduate qualification in relevant Social work discipline (Desirable)
Apply Online
If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. If you have any questions, please email recruitment@scstrust.co.uk.
Good luck!
Volunteers (Exploitation and Youth Justice Service)
Slough Children First is looking for committed volunteers who want to work within our Exploitation and Youth Justice Service, previously known as the Youth Offending Team. This role will give you the opportunity to improve your knowledge, learn new skills and also to develop positive partnership working with the local community.
We are looking for volunteers in these areas:
- Panels for young people who are on court referral orders
- Appropriate Adult (representing young people)
- Activities and programmes
- Mentoring (young people)
- Supervising (reparation projects)
If you are enthusiastic, keen to learn and work with the local community, you can benefit from this opportunity.
Apply Online
If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. If you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. This is an open advert with no end date. Applications will be shortlisted every two weeks.
Good luck!
Volunteer for NYAS (external vacancy)
Do you want to make a difference to a young person’s life? Do you have 2- 4 hours per month to spare?
The National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) urgently requires more volunteers, so why not volunteer as a mentor/befriender for NYAS as an Independent Visitor for children and young people in care? As a volunteer you will:
- Have fun, take young people on outings and maybe share a hobby, sport or interest
- Offer support and a listening ear and be a positive influence in a young person’s life and help build self- esteem and confidence
You don’t need any special qualifications. NYAS is looking for reliable and dependable people from all walks of life and they will provide training and ongoing support. They will also pay expenses to a set limit
Here is what some of their young people and volunteers have to say about this rewarding role:
- I like how my Independent Visitor isn’t anything to do with social services and is here to support me
- They have boosted my confidence, now I feel like when I go places I can just relax and have fun
- My young person always looks forward to me coming, they have had such a disjointed life, I am a stable figure in their life and this has to be important for them, as everything else changes around them a lot.
If you are interested, please visit the NYAS website or call Linzi Bagshaw on 07484 075165.
CURRENT ADVERTS:
These positions are currently open but have a deadline date for application.
If any job role is re-advertised, previous applicants should not re-apply. Thank you.
Performance Analyst
Salary: £34,731 - £39,839 (including local weighting)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
If you’re looking for a challenging yet rewarding role, one where you’ll be supported every step of the way, Slough Children First could be the place for you as we are looking for a Performance Analyst to join our Performance team.
As a Performance Analyst you will be supporting and providing timely, accurate analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data to allow service leads and senior management to make timely and relevant strategic decisions to shape current and future service delivery.
The role will also be involved in supporting national, local and regional reporting requirements including data returns to government as well as providing reporting to facilitate the preparation of inspections.
Main Accountabilities
- Work effectively as part of a team to meet performance reporting and data analysis requirements of Slough Children First.
- Explore, determine, monitor, analyse and advise on the performance of the services performed by the Slough Children First, working pro-actively with managers and staff to develop and maintain a deep understanding of the Companies work and effectiveness.
- Ensure compliance with all information security, data protection, information sharing and other policies, maintaining confidentiality of data and information at all times.
- Support the development and implementation of strategies for effective management of information in the Slough Children First to improve the quality of decision-making management oversight and operational practice.
- Collate and develop accurate performance information and to provide analysis of this to senior managers and other stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain relationships with managers and others within the Slough Children First, and in other agencies such as police, health and local authorities, to ensure that the work programme is informed by operational practice and enables the effective oversight of performance.
- Maintain and support the development of effective systems for the collection, storage, validation and transfer of data, ensuring that data held by the Slough Children First is accurate, up to date and proactively monitored.
- Support the completion of statutory returns to government bodies, including submission of the annual returns to the Department for Education (DfE), Youth Justice Board (YJB), and Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (ASGLB) ensuring that funding or reputation are not affected by inaccurate or incomplete returns.
- Support the manager to liaise with government bodies, such as the DfE, YJB, ASGLB and Ofsted, regarding the submission of statutory returns and lead on issue resolution.
- Lead on the production of statistical reports from case management systems to meet the analytical and reporting needs of the organisations.
- Support with the production of information and subsequent written responses in response to Freedom of Information requests and other relevant information requests.
- Actively participate in evaluation, procurement and testing of new information management systems to ensure the most effective outcomes, and to support upgrades and developments to existing systems used by the Slough Children First.
- Support managers with the provision of accessible data sets to inform strategic decisions and advise on the use of data and statistical analysis.
- Identify and undertake investigation where information is unavailable or of poor quality, and support strategies to improve re-cording and reporting.
- Ensure that all information held and disseminated complies with best practice in relation to GDPR, information security and the requirements of the Slough Children First.
- Support the development and delivery of training, as required, to information users and providers to achieve the best use and quality of information within the Slough Children First.
- Liaise with professional bodies, local authorities, regional networks and other organisations as required.
Person specification
Education, Training & Experience
- Demonstrable experience of working in an information management, data analysis, performance analyst, reporting development or research role involving reporting on performance indicators. (Essential)
- Significant experience of data collection, analysis, reporting and presenting data to various audiences (Essential)
- Significant knowledge of databases and demonstrable experience of database/reporting tools ideally Access, SSMS, SSRS, SSIS, Power BI or similar tools (Essential)
- Strong, demonstrable SQL skills and working knowledge of SQL Server, stored procedures, functions and indexes (Essential)
- Knowledge of data warehousing (design implementation or maintenance), dimensional modelling, star schemas to facilitate data extraction, structuring and manipulation (Desirable)
- Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to develop and apply complex formulae and VBA to facilitate automation and data analysis (Desirable)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to write succinct and clear reports and briefings. (Essential)
- Relevant qualification equivalent to a degree, ideally in a numerate, computer science or other STEM discipline, or sufficient relevant experience in a similar type of role. (Essential)
General & Specific Knowledge
- Commitment to continuous professional development (Essential)
- Experience of working within a local authority, children’s services or other similar public services setting. (Desirable)
- Knowledge of Liquid Logic Social Care Systems (Desirable)
- Knowledge of information security and confidentiality issues when handling sensitive data (Essential)
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to liaise with and work in partnership with senior managers and other agencies. (Essential)
- Proactive individual that is able to work as part of a team or using their own initiative (Essential)
- Strong numeracy and statistical skills (Essential)
- Strong IT literacy and familiarity with broad range of MS Office applications (Essential)
- Good problem solving skills and ability to think outside the box (Essential)
Apply online
If you would like to apply for this post, please use the application form to submit your CV and apply online. Once submitted we will be in touch shortly to discuss your application. if you have any questions, please email recruitment@sloughchildrenfirst.co.uk. The deadline for submitted applications is 11pm on Sunday 3 October.
Good luck!
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